Wrestling Outlaws with Jesse & James: Recent Episodes
James Evans
Random wrestling conversations with coaches, wrestlers, and personalities. Interviewed by Jesse Whitson and James Evans
Last week Keenan Hagerty was named the first head coach for mens and womens wrestling at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO. Here he discusses the hiring process and his vision of program.
Tom Eisenhauer (Athletic Director of William Jewell College) discusses the decision to add mens and womens wrestling programs in the summer of 2020. Details: scholarships, coaching positions, wrestling room space, etc
Dom Bradley discusses some of his favorite Fargo memories as a wrestler and coach, and more.
MOUSA Wrestling National Teams Directors Bob Glasgow and Reggie Burress discuss the history for Team Missouri at Junior and Cadet Nationals and Fargo Trips from the past.
Bruce Burnett is a coaching legend. He started as a high school coach in Idaho, eventually coaching at Oklahoma State, then becoming the Head Freestyle Coach for the US National Team. He was the head freestyle coach at multiple Olympic games and the head coach at the Naval Academy for 13 years. Here he discusses those experiences, his coaching philosophies, and the legendary wrestlers he's coached.
Bricker Dixon (Assistant Coach, Liberty High School) talks the mental side of wrestling, his experiences wrestling in college for Cornell, birds, and various other topics.
Al Hull has held various roles in the Missouri wrestling scene for many years, next year he will be the athletic director at Blue Springs High School. Prior to that he grew up wrestling in Iowa and wrestled for Gable in college, he shares his experiences there, coaching in Missouri, at UCM, and more.
Bill Zadick is the US Men's National Team Head Freestyle Coach. In this interview he talks about how the team is training and USAW's response to COVID19, coaching philosophies, his experiences, and more.
Randy Smith (Victory Wrestling) has coached and trained some of the most successful wrestlers in Missouri history. Here he talks about what went into starting a successful club, the lessons he's learned over the years, Missouri memories, and more.
Joe Williamson (GRO Wrestling) was one of the original content creators for Flo Wrestling. He travelled the country and world broadcasting wrestling events. He discusses those experiences, the wrestling media, his new venture Gro Wrestling, the KC Stampede and more.
Kenzie McClain (Assistant Coach, Smithville) talks about his experiences in wrestling ranging from his high school career as a state champ, wrestling, working, raising a son in college, and now as a coach.
Clarissa Chun is an Olympian, Olympic Bronze Medalist and is now the assistant coach of the US Women's National team. Before that, she wrestled at Missouri Valley. She talks about he experiences in the sport and more,
Joe Rau is a USA Wrestling Greco World Team member who is currently training to compete for an Olympic spot. Here he talks about the path he took from Illinois wrestling, to D3 wrestling, to eventually making the world team.
Tony Ersland (Head Coach, Purdue) discusses coaching during quarantine, helping guys develop their minds, wrestling for Gable, coaching roles, and the most talented people he's worked with.
Missouri Wrestling Coaching Legends Mike Hagerty, Gary Mayabb, and Bob Glasgow discuss their coaching philosophies, keys to building a program, and Missouri memories.
Jacob Beck (Head Coach, Park Hill HS) discusses his experiences in Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado wrestling. Why he chose to become a teacher and coach. Coaching kids at different levels and more.
Brian Graham wrestled at Park Hill HS, Missouri Valley, and for the Greco National Team. He has a lot of great experiences, stories, and Missouri memories to share
Spenser Mango is a Greco Olympian and coach originally from St. Louis, MO. In this video he talks about how he didn't start wrestling until high school, how he got into Greco, Greco in general, and his Missouri wrestling memories.
Missouri USA Wrestling National Team Director Reggie Burress and Coaches Coordinator Mike Tuck give an update on summer wrestling as it currently stands and talk wrestling in general
Kyven Gadson (NCAA Champ, Iowa State) talks about the narrative people have created around him, how to get better during quarantine, making wrestling more accessible, favorite wrestlers, and more
Lee Pritts (Assistant Wrestling Coach, Arizona State) discusses ways that wrestlers can improve during quarantine, the cutting of ODU wrestling, his coaching stops, Arizona State's wrestling support system, Mizzou memories, and more.
Cody Brewer is a US Open champ, NCAA champ, HS champ, and is now the assistant coach at Virginia Tech. In this conversation he talks about various NCAA topics, his own experiences in wrestling, and more.
Iowa Head Coach Tom Brands discusses how to get better right now, the Olympics, relationships with officials, stalling, changes in coaching philosophy, mistakes made, how to build a wrestler from scratch, the best Iowa wrestlers that people don't know, his least favorite person to wrestle, his favorite wrestler to watch, and more.
Mike Hagerty is a wrestling Hall of Fame coach and official. His son Keenan Hagerty coaches at Maryville University and was an NCAA All-American. Here they discuss father/son coaching dynamics, the cancellation of NCAAs, Old Dominion cutting wrestling, and more.
JD Culp (Assistant Coach, Knob Noster HS) is a MoWest alumni from Warrensburg, MO. Here we catch up with him as he tells about how he beat cancer, recovered, and returned to wrestling Greco for the Air Force.
Nate Engle (Assistant Coach, Stanford) discusses living in California during Corona, his wrestling journey from California to Missouri, networking in wrestling, coaching at Stanford, and more.
Bricker Dixon wrestled at and graduated from Cornell. So what does apartment shopping look like for an Ivy League grad who is working on Wall Street?
Coach Reggie Burress clears the air about who the original "Tiger King" was in this classic story originally told on the drive to Fargo.
Dom Bradley has wrestled all over the world since he was in high school. As a result, he has seen a lot of cool and strange things.
Connor Fitzgerald (Head Coach Olathe South) discusses the winding road he took through college wrestling, learning while building up a program as a 25 year old head coach, and the difference between Missouri and Kansas wrestling.
Elias Vaoifi is a MoWest alumni (from Fort Osage) currently wrestling at Missouri Valley. He was an NAIA All American this season. In the fall he had the opportunity to wrestle at the World Championship representing Samoa. He and Coach Giangrosso talk about that experience and more.
Chris Chiomuma (Assistant Coach, Cal Poly) discusses living in California during Corona, using analytics in wrestling, wrestling in Missouri, competing in college for Oklahoma State, his coaching stops, and more.