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Ohio Wrestling Announces Addition of Two Assistant Coaches
< < Back toOhio wrestling announced Friday the additions of assistant coaches Eric Morrill and Colton Sponseller to head coach Joel Greenlee’s staff.
Morrill joins the Bobcats after four years spent as an assistant with Virginia Tech. In his time with the Hokies, the team won back-to-back ACC Championships in 2013 and 2014, and finished eighth in the NCAA Championships in the 2013-14 season. In four seasons in Blacksburg, Virginia, he helped coach five lightweight wrestlers to eight All-American titles.
The former lightweight wrestler graduated from Edinboro University in 2011 with a 97-42 a college career record. In his first three years at Edinboro, Morrill wrestled at 125 pounds. In his senior season he bumped up to 133 pounds.
Sponseller comes from Edinboro after coaching with the Fighting Scots for three seasons, where he helped coach nine All-Americans.
The former middleweight had a successful college career with the Ohio State Buckeyes before he graduated in 2012. The former three-time NCAA qualifier went 105-24 with Ohio State and claimed All-American honors as a 165-pounder with a fourth-place finish at the 2011 NCAA Championships.
Sponseller was a University Freestyle National Champion in 2010 and 2011. He also won a bronze medal at the 2012 University World Championships. The former Buckeye placed twice at the U.S. Open in freestyle and finished fifth in the 2015 world team trials.
The Bobcats’ 2015 season starts off on Nov. 1 with their annual Green and White Intrasquad meet at noon.