Wrestling team finds new home at Sport Club
New coaches Redman and Serrano restructured team after former coach stepped down
Mandie Mohsenzadegan
Issue date: 10/9/07 Section: Sports
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Club president Hanno Murphy echoed the club's convivial statement and explained his vision for this group, which is open to both men and women and has had a long history on campus.
Murphy said he felt proud to be part of the club and that it had been an active part of SJSU sports.
"Back in the '60s and'70s, it was one of the most desirable NCAA Division 1 schools on the West Coast to attend," he said.
He added that the wrestling team was cut in the '80s, and the wrestling club began in its place.
Murphy, who had formerly practiced judo in high school, became involved with the wrestling club for the past two years when a friend of his mentioned the wrestling program, and Murphy stopped by practice to give it a try.
"I was instantly hooked. My life became focused around wrestling," he said.
In 2006 he took the leadership position despite the stressful responsibilities that he knew would be involved, he said.
"It became apparent that the club needed new leadership to be able to cope with the new Club Sports administration," he said, "so I stepped up."
The wrestling club originally held its practices in Yoshihiro Uchida Hall, but Murphy said the club was "adapting to a completely new system of club sports administration" at the time, and the club decided to leave campus in Fall 2006 and hold practices at Los Gatos High School.
When Jim Lucas stepped down as head coach, the new coach Rob Redman, alongside assistant coach Dave Serrano, helped restructure the team, Murphy said. The club moved back on campus this fall and practices in SJSU's Sports Club aerobics studio.
SJSU wrestler Daniel Calver said he is feeling excited about this season and is happy about the relocation back to campus.
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Joe Trooper
posted 10/14/07 @ 12:52 PM PST
It's good to see the club being able to practice on campus again. Finding time and space to host the practice on campus was always a bit fraught with difficulties and it's well appreciated that the Event Center has the given the club time and space. (Continued…)
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