Matt Brown, NCAA Champ, deep water, through work you will get better, and more…

Hi 👋

Welcome to Week #33 of the Wrestling Snacks newsletter.

A LOT has happened this week in the wrestling world. The coaching carousel keeps on turning, and the transfer portal continues to spit out guys into new galaxies.

If only we could create a real-life transfer portal to take us old people to a new place in time where everything is perfect… 😏

Let’s GO 💪

News Bites

• The NCAA and its five power conferences have agreed to allow schools to directly pay players

• 2X D3 NATIONAL CHAMP Massoma Endene has commits to Wisconsin

• 3x All-American Cam Amine to Transfer to Oklahoma State

• 2x All-American Wyatt Hendrickson to Transfer to Oklahoma State

• Andrew Alirez Announces He's Staying At Northern Colorado

• 4X All-American Kyle Parco is headed to Iowa

• Andrew Alirez vs. Jesse Mendez is set to headline the Beat The Streets Annual Benefit!

• Nelson Brands will wrestle for Iowa one last season

• Tyler Caldwell stays on coaching staff at Oklahoma State

• Princeton Adds NCAA Champion Anthony Ashnault to Coaching Staff

• Navy Hires Barry Davis as Assistant Coach

• Vincenzo Joseph Named Tar Heel Wrestling Club Head Coach

• Five-time All-American and World Team member Nick Lee named assistant coach for Penn Stat

Snacks

This week's snacks come from Matt Brown: NCAA National Champion, BIG 10 Champion, 3X NCAA All-American (2nd, 5th, 1st) for Penn State, and 3X Utah High School State Champion.

Below are some excerpts from our conversation, along with key takeaways and tips that can be applied to improve yourself as a Coach, Athlete, or wrestling Parent.