Davis to assist Team USA coach Steiner in World Wrestling Championships Sept. 6-12
OKLAHOMA CITY – USA Wrestling has named Oklahoma City University assistant coach Link Davis to the 2010 U.S. Women’s Freestyle World Team coaching staff.
Davis will work with USA Wrestling national women’s coach Terry Steiner and assistant Keith Wilson of Colorado Springs, Colo., to lead the team that will compete at the 2010 World Wrestling Championships in Moscow on Sept. 6-12. USA Wrestling is the national governing body for amateur wrestling in the United States.
“Link has been very active with the Oklahoma City program, our premier college program right now,” said Steiner of Davis’ appointment. “They have had a lot of success there. Because of that, he will feel very comfortable with our World Team athletes. His personality is laid back, and he is easy to get along with. Link is willing to help the team and the program however we need him.”
Davis serves as the assistant wrestling coach at Oklahoma City University, where he has helped lead the Stars’ women’s wrestling program to two consecutive Women’s College Wrestling Association national titles and three NWCA National Duals championships in a row. In the three seasons of the OCU women’s wrestling program, OCU athletes have won eight individual WCWA national titles. Four OCU women’s wrestlers qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials.
Davis’ international coaching experience includes coaching the U.S. Senior team, which competed at the 2010 Canada Cup, as well as the 2010 Junior World team, which competed in Hungary. He also helped coach a WCWA college team which competed at the Spanish Grand Prix. Davis has coached a number of other teams that have competed in Canadian tournaments.
“It is a great opportunity to coach with some of the best coaches in the world, and to work with some of the best athletes in the world,” Davis said. “Our expectations for the team is that we expect seven medals. I believe that we can do it. We have a good young group of athletes who are hungry for success.”
The athletes competing on the 2010 U.S. World Team were determined at the World Team Trials held in Council Bluffs, Iowa on June 11-12. Kristie Davis and Brittney Roberts of OCU have been selected for the U.S. team.
The Stars open their college season with duals against Cumberlands (Ky.) and Wayland Baptist (Texas) on Oct. 2 at Abe Lemons Arena.