Cael Sanderson’s jump to Penn State was a little easier with his brothers in Happy Valley.
Penn State head coach Cael Sanderson is the only grappler in NCAA championship history to win four Most Outstanding Wrestler awards. He went 159-0 at Iowa State. (Assocated Press)
By GENARO C. ARMAS
Associated Press
STATE COLLEGE — The Sanderson boys stuck together from Iowa State to Penn State.
Now they’re making one more trip to the NCAA tournament together nearly a year after a whirlwind courtship lured Cael Sanderson from his alma mater to coach the Nittany Lions.
Cody, the oldest of the Sanderson brothers at 33, is Cael’s top assistant. Cyler, a 23-year-old senior, is one of the nation’s best wrestlers at 157 pounds.
“It would have been a lot more difficult” without his brothers, Cael Sanderson said of making the jump to Happy Valley. “I’m real grateful that they both came with me, and it wasn’t easy for either one of them.”
The Sandersons all wrestled at Iowa State, and Cody and Cael later coached the Cyclones while Cyler was on the team. Two brothers coaching a younger brother at the same program is rare in big-time college athletics.
via Cael Sanderson, brothers stick together for wrestling – The York Daily Record.
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