Troy Nickerson joins Army West Point Wrestling as New Head Coach
Nickerson spent 11 seasons at Northern Colorado, where he helped transform the Big 12 program into a consistent top-25 program. He had many athletes succeed in the NCAA Championships in his time with the Bears.
Over his tenure, Nickerson had six All-Americans and 37 NCAA Championship qualifiers.
In his own time in college at Cornell, he took home the 2009 NCAA Championship at 125 pounds with an undefeated 25-0 season.
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