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Coleman Scott could be following his mentor out of the sport of wrestling.
Scott was associate head coach under John Smith at Oklahoma State this past season. Scott left his head coaching position at North Carolina to coach under his former coach, leading many to believe Scott was the heir to take over Cowboy wrestling when Smith retired. Smith ultimately retired at the end of this past season, but OSU hired David Taylor as head coach after Scott served as interim head coach during the coaching search. Scott is no longer a part of OSU’s coaching staff since Taylor took over.
Scott was interviewed on Jason Bryant’s Hall of Fame Legend Series earlier this week after Scott was recently inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member. After reminiscing about his wrestling career the entire interview, Scott was lastly asked what was next for him in the sport of wrestling.
“No clue,” Scott said on the podcast. “No clue right now. Yeah, with everything going on, I don’t know. I don’t know. We might’ve seen my last days in the sport. I’m not sure.
“And so that’s for me to figure out and time to get on with my family and be around my kids a little bit more. I’ve got some time to figure that out. That’s where I’m at today. I don’t know what this sport’s got for me anymore, Jason. I’m not sure. So I think I’ve got to do some deep diving the next couple of weeks, and like I said, with my wife, my kids, and really pour my life into them and to see where I’m at.”
Scott was a four-time All-American and NCAA individual champion in 2008 at OSU. Scott then had a successful international career after college, highlighted by winning a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games. He began his coaching career even before his competitive days were over as a volunteer assistant under Smith in 2013 and 2014. He then left for Chapel Hill.
Competing in his last tournament in 2016, Scott was an assistant at North Carolina for only one season before becoming the head coach in 2015. He led the Tar Heels for eight seasons, amassing the second-best winning percentage in program history at .605 and guiding UNC to its best team finish at the NCAA Wrestling Championships since 1995 during his final season there.
Scott left UNC to go back to Stillwater before this past season and become Smith’s associate head coach. The Cowboys posted a 14-1 dual record and finished 10th at the NCAA Wrestling Championships after two down years by OSU standards. Smith and wrestlers on the team praised Scott throughout the season in helping with the turnaround.
So far, no one from Smith’s last staff has announced a new destination. Tyler Caldwell was retained by Taylor as an assistant. Scott, Chris Perry and Gary Wayne Harding were not.
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