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MC's Olson to help direct NCAA wrestling meet

February 18, 2000

Mike Olson, former wrestling coach at Monmouth College, has been tabbed to oversee the Great Lakes NCAA Division III wrestling tournament Feb. 24 and 25 in Elmhurst, Ill. Olson will run the seeding meeting and act as head of the tournament committee handling any grievances.

Olson’s coaching career has spanned 41 years and has produced 61 All-Americans, eight national champions and Monmouth College’s only Midwest Conference team championship in 1997. He was inducted into the Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame in 1984.

Dr. Terry Glasgow, Monmouth’s athletic director, calls Olson’s selection "a true tribute to the caliber of man Mike Olson is…this is quite an honor for Mike and the college to have this representation on a national level."

Olson was hired as MC’s wrestling coach in 1990 and served in that capacity until the program was discontinued after the 1998 season.

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