
University of Missouri-Columbia Wrestling
Coaching Staff (5)

Head Coach
Brian Smith Career 1986-90 Michigan State Wrestler 1991-92 Western HS (Fla.) Head Coach 1992-97 Cornell Assistant Coach 1997-98 Syracuse Head Coach 1998- Missouri Head Coach Wrestling Championships • Three Big 12 Championships • Nine MAC Championships • Placed third at NCAA Tournament 2006-07 • Placed fourth at NCAA Tournament 2014-15 • 197 Individual NCAA Championship Qualifiers Individual Awards • 10 Individual National Championships • 70 NCAA All-Americans • Two Dan Hodge Award Winners • 24 Big 12 Champions • 40 MAC Champions • Seven Conference Wrestlers of the Year • 2007 Dan Gable Coach of the Year • 2017 NWCA Coach of the Year • Three-time Big 12 Coach of the Year • Five-time MAC Coach of the Year Academic Awards • 77 Academic All-Big 12 Honorees • 28 Academic All-MAC Honorees • Five Academic All-Americans • 70 NWCA Scholar All-Americans In his 27th season as the Missouri Head Wrestling Coach, Brian Smith and his "Tiger Style" culture have molded the program into a national powerhouse that continues to pursue NCAA titles. AT THE HELM Hired on May 5, 1998, Smith sat down with his team and made a list of goals he hoped would help the 1998-99 squad and future Tigers. The team earned one national qualifier that season, Jeff Urban, but it was the ground floor of what was to be built in the years to come—the birth of Tiger Style. Since taking over, Smith has coached 64 individual conference champions, 192 NCAA qualifiers, 69 All-American performances and six wrestlers to 10 n
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Assistant Coach
Dom Bradley Career 2008-13 Missouri Wrestler 2014 Missouri RTC Senior Level Athlete 2015 West Virginia Vol. Assistant Coach 2016 Blue Springs HS Assistant Coach 2017 Iowa State RTC Senior Level Athlete 2018-19 Nebraska RTC Senior Level Athlete 2019-23 Missouri Vol. Assistant Coach 2023- Missouri Assistant Coach Wrestling Accolades • 2011 BIg 12 Champion (285) • Two-time NCAA All-American (2011, 2013) • Ranks 22nd in all-time wins at Mizzou (105) • Three-time U.S. Open Champion • Three-time Pan-American Champion • 2009 Junior World Champion (120 kg) • Eight-time U.S. National Team Member • 2016 third place at U.S. Olympic trials Former Tiger Style wrestling legend Dom Bradley is in his sixth year with the program and third as an assistant coach. Bradley was hired as a volunteer assistant coach before the 2019-20 season and was promoted to a full-time assistant coach on July 3, 2023. During his time with the program, Bradley has been an integral part of the development of the student-athletes and in the corner for Keegan O'Toole's consecutive National Championships in 2022 and 2023. The team has had 12 All-American performances and eight conference champions during his time. Most recently, Bradley was a key fixture, working extensively with heavyweight Zach Elam. Under his tutelage, the heavyweight finished sixth at the 2023 NCAA Championship and fourth in 2024. Elam became the first in the weight class to become an All-American since Bradley and finished his career 19th in the
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Recruiting Coordinator
RESPONSIBILITIES Assist in recruiting operations HONORS 5x NCAA Qualifier at 157 pounds for the University of Missouri MAC Champion 100 Win Club for TigerStyle wrestling 2024 US National Team Member Placed fourth at the 2023 U.S. Open, Bill Farrell, Senior Nationals and again at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. EDUCATION Masters of Education - Positive Coaching, University of Missouri (2024) Bachelors of Arts and Sciences in Communications, University of Missouri (2022) FAMILY Wife, Devin
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Assistant Coach
Keegan O'Toole Career 2020-2025 Missouri Wrestler 2025- Missouri Assistant Coach Wrestling Accolades • Two-time NCAA Champion (165) • Five-time All-American ...

Associate Head Coach
Kendric Maple Career 2009-13 Oklahoma Wrestler 2014-16 Oklahoma Vol. Assistant Coach 2016-17 Purdue Assistant Coach 2017-19 Nebraska Assistant Coach 2019-22 Missouri Assistant Coach 2022- Missouri Associate Head Coach Wrestling Accolades • 2013 NCAA Champion (141) • Three-time All-American • Ranked sixth all-time in wins at Oklahoma (127) • Three-time Big 12 Champion (2012, 2013, 2014) • 2018 UWW Freestyle World Cup Champion • Two-time U.S. Open Champion (2017, 2022) • 2014 Capital One Academic All-American After a distinguished collegiate and freestyle wrestling career, Kendric Maple enters his sixth year with the University of Missouri wrestling team and third as an Associate Head Coach. Maple was hired as an assistant coach in the summer of 2019 and entered the program as an NCAA Champion, multi-time All-American and a U.S. Freestyle Open Champion. Following his first three seasons with the program, he was promoted to Associate Head Coach in the summer of 2022. In his time with the Black and Gold, Maple helped guide Keegan O'Toole to back-to-back NCAA titles at 165 pounds in 2022 and 2023. Hes has coached five wrestlers to 13 All-America honors over five seasons and assisted eight conference champions to reach the top of the podium in both the MAC and Big 12. In 2022-23, Maple aided the Tigers to its 12th consecutive conference title (fourth since his arrival) and a fifth-place finish at the national tournament. The 2023 tournament finish is the team's best since 2016-17.
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