Episode 24 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling goes on the road as the Hokies finished up a road trip to the Dakotas with wins over South Dakota State and North Dakota State. On this episode, we'll catch up with Hokie alum Jarrod Garnett, who is now on the coaching staff at North Dakota State and we'll get coaching insight from the trip and the last few weeks of action from Tony Robie, Dave Hoffman and Mike Zadick. Mike Zadick's beard will also make an appearance. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW iTunes | St...
Nov 23, 2015•21 min
Zach Epperly and Ty Walz picked up the first victories in school history for Virginia Tech at the NWCA All-Star Classic on November 1. Shortly thereafter, the No. 6 Hokies trounced No. 13 Iowa State at Cassell Coliseum. On Episode 23 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling, coach Kevin Dresser will recap the performances at the All-Star Classic, the dual against Iowa State and the Hokie Open. But we'll also go weight-by-weight as we analyze the big home dual at Cassell against No. 2 Penn State. The Ni...
Nov 10, 2015•29 min
Episode 22 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling again visits with Hokie head wrestling coach Kevin Dresser as we look forward to Thursday's Maroon-Orange scrimmage at Northside High School in Roanoke and the two Hokies competing in the NWCA All-Star Classic on November 1. The Hokies start the year ranked No. 6 in the preseason USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll released on October 27. Coach Dresser talks about the pressure in such a lofty ranking and how his staff is handling it. Dresser will a...
Oct 28, 2015•31 min
The first practice has come and gone and coach Kevin Dresser is looking forward to kicking off the season. We'll talk with coach Dresser about the first week and he'll even answer a few listener questions. Episode 21 features Virginia Tech alum and current Princeton assistant wrestling coach Sean Gray. A two-time All-American for the Hokies, Gray recently was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame. We'll recap why Gray chose Virginia Tech under then-coach Keith Mourlam and how his t...
Oct 15, 2015•44 min
Episode 20 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling kicks off a new season of Hokie Wrestling as we roll into the second season of the podcast. Coach Kevin Dresser always gets asked about the lineup, so we'll dive right in and see who and what he expects from the 2015-16 version of the Virginia Tech Hokies. Before the lineup discussion, we talk a little bit about the upcoming NWCA All-Star Classic, set for Atlanta on November 1. For the second straight year, multiple Hokie wrestlers will be in the even...
Sep 30, 2015•37 min
It's been tweeted, rumored, confirmed and discussed, but what does the hiring of Mike Zadick and Derek St. John mean for Virginia Tech wrestling and the Southeast Regional Training Center? Find out on Episode 19 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling as host Jason Bryant talks with head coach Kevin Dresser, St. John and Zadick about their roles around the program. Before we talk with St. John and Zadick, Coach Dresser breaks down some of the news from the summer, mostly from the NWCA Convention held ...
Aug 21, 2015•56 min
When there's news, he's there. When there's a request, he's there and when it comes to anything and everything the media needs to know about Virginia Tech wrestling, Bryan Johnston is there. Johnston, the 2013-14 National Wrestling Media Association Division I SID of the Year, has been handling the athletic communications duties for wrestling at Virginia Tech for the past 16 years. As the offseason churns on, we'll talk with Johnston about his history with wrestling and the school and what thing...
Jul 08, 2015•40 min
Episode 17 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling features one of the members of the incoming Class of 2015, two-time New Jersey state champion David McFadden. Out of DePaul Catholic High School, McFadden went 85-1 over his last two seasons en route to a pair of state championships. A four-time placer and three-time finalist, McFadden explains why he chose Virginia Tech over Rutgers, what it was like to knock off some of the best kids in the country and of course, his preference between Taylor Ham an...
Jun 19, 2015•31 min
We'll get a special visit from Director of Athletics Whit Babcock on Episode 16 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling. Babcock is in his second year leading the department in Blacksburg and he breaks down the role of the wrestling program at Virginia Tech, his experiences in the sport while in college at James Madison and as an administrator at Missouri as well as his goals for the program at Tech. Babcock explains how his career as an athlete might give him a little bit of an advantage when it come...
May 26, 2015•22 min
Time to talk with another All-American here on Episode 15 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling. Christiansburg native Zach Epperly didn't have to go very far to make a college choice. His family lives about 15 minutes away from campus. Epperly followed older brother Matt to Virginia Tech and in 2014-15, the youngest Epperly finished seventh at the NCAA Division I championships at 174 pounds. It garnered him first-team All-Rookie by Amateur Wrestling News and he's one of two returning All-Americans ...
May 14, 2015•22 min
On Episode 14 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling, Jason Bryant catches up with head coach coach Kevin Dresser to talk about the postseason team awards and upcoming competition. Before getting into the team awards discussion, we still keep talking about the whole eating of turkeys after Jeremy Johnson's interview on last episode. Coach Dresser offers some encouraging rationale behind why the big bird is consumed. Coach Dresser will also talk about the freestyle and Greco-Roman competition coming u...
Apr 29, 2015•21 min
On Episode 13 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling, Jason Bryant catches up with volunteer assistant coach Jeremy Johnson. An Ohio native and two-time All-American at Ohio University under coach Joel Greenlee, Johnson came to Blacksburg after finishing his student teaching in December. He was instrumental in helping Ty Walz earn All-American honors at heavyweight. Johnson talks about what life has been like in Blacksburg, how much fun it's been and what his future will hold in coaching, teaching or...
Apr 18, 2015•21 min
The wrestling season has come to a close and on Episode 12 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling, host Jason Bryant and head wrestling coach Kevin Dresser break down the individual performances at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in St. Louis and look forward to the future. Coach Dresser also has a clinic and a fundraiser for Hokie Wrestling in Virginia Beach this weekend as the NHSCA National Championships take place at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, just blocks from the oceanfron...
Mar 25, 2015•29 min
On Episode 11 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling, coach Kevin Dresser gives us a rundown of the ACC tournament and the Hokie draws at the NCAA Wrestling Championships. A reminder, you can always go back and listen to the show at www.insidevirginiatechwrestling.com and they can subscribe using iTunes on your computer or Apple device by going to www.insidevirginiatechwrestling.com/itunes . There are also links on the show page about how you can listen via other apps like Stitcher and Spreaker. We’r...
Mar 18, 2015•20 min
The home slate is finished for the Virginia Tech Hokie wrestling team and on Episode 10 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling, coach Kevin Dresser recaps the finale and looks towards the last two duals of the season. Virginia Tech will head to Chapel Hill on Friday, February 20 to take on North Carolina before heading up to Long Island to take on the host Pride of Hofstra University on February 22 at noon. After those duals, the ninth-ranked Hokies will hang around snow-covered Blacksburg to prepare...
Feb 18, 2015•25 min
On Episode 9 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling, head wrestling coach Kevin Dresser takes a look back at the very first wrestling dual held at the Moss Arts Center. That dual was an 18-16 win over rival Virginia. The Hokies now prepare for two duals over the weekend as they welcome nationally-ranked Pittsburgh on Friday, February 6 at 7 p.m. and then on Sunday, February 8 at 2 p.m. against N.C. State. Coach Dresser points to some of the promising performances against Virginia and some of the not-...
Feb 03, 2015•45 min
Episode 8 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling catches up with head coach Kevin Dresser and 149-pounder Sal Mastriani in Ames, Iowa. The Hokies wrapped up an Iowa swing where they would defeat Northern Iowa but fall to No. 13 Iowa State at the Hilton Coliseum as part of a Beauty and the Beast production along with a women's gymnastics meet. Coach Dresser will discuss the ups and downs of the dual, address the Devin Carter "tweak," while Mastriani will talk about his season, his move to 149 pounds a...
Jan 20, 2015•24 min
Joey Dance captured the championship at 125 pounds at the 52nd annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships in Evanston, Illinois on December 30. The Hokies finished fifth as a team and now will ride back to the Commonwealth for the Virginia Duals on January 9-10 at the Hampton Coliseum. Dance and head coach Kevin Dresser will talk about all things Midlands and look towards the Duals on Episode 7 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling. Dance talks about what he did to bounce back after his loss to Penn St...
Jan 04, 2015•26 min
It's time for the holidays, but for Virginia Tech wrestling coach Kevin Dresser, that means only a few days before action kicks back up. On Episode 6 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling, Dresser recaps the wild 20-15 loss to No. 4 Penn State and goes down the individual performances. He'll also talk about the newest addition to the coaching staff, two-time heavyweight All-American Jeremy Johnson. Coach Dresser will also look forward to the 52nd annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships, set for Dec....
Dec 24, 2014•29 min
A third-place performance and three second-place individual performances highlighted Virginia Tech's trip to the 33rd annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. / / On Episode 5 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling, we talk with Hokie head wrestling coach Kevin Dresser about the individual performances in Vegas and we also visit with sophomore heavyweight Ty Walz, who was one of the surprise runners-up. / / Coach Dresser also looks ahead towards Penn State on December 19 and talks about the latter p...
Dec 10, 2014•40 min
David Hoffman came to Virginia Tech from the Hill School in Pennsylvania. After a stellar high school career that culminated with a couple of National Prep championships and a runner-up finish at the USA Wrestling Junior Freestyle National Championships, Hoffman headed to wrestle for then-coach Keith Mourlam at Virginia Tech. / / Hoffman then stuck around when Tom Brands took over the post for two years and finished his career as an All-American at 141 pounds. After a six-year run as an assistan...
Nov 19, 2014•34 min
The season is here and Virginia Tech wrestling prepares to open up its wresting schedule with a home dual on November 8 against Division II Newberry College and one day later, the Hokies will bring the Hokie Open to campus at Rector Fieldhouse. It's a jam-packed show today on Episode 3 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling. We'll talk with sophomore 125-pound All-American Joey Dance about his match with Missouri's Alan Waters at the NWCA All-Star Classic. We'll also meet up with senior 149-pounder D...
Nov 04, 2014•35 min
On Episode 2 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling, we talk with associate head coach Tony Robie. The Pennsylvania native was a two-time All-American for Edinboro and then went on to coaching positions at his alma mater, West Virginia and Michigan before landing the head coaching position at Binghamton. After one year at Binghamton, Robie came to Blacksburg to join Kevin Dresser's staff. With a wealth of experience, Robie was a natural fit for the program. Robie discusses the relationship he and Dre...
Oct 14, 2014•36 min
It's the first episode of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling, released just in time for National Podcast Day. Yes, National Podcast Day is September 30 and we couldn't think of a better time to launch this Virginia Tech wrestling-specific show where we'll talk with coach Kevin Dresser and his staff about all things related to the Hokie Wrestling Program. You can listen to Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling at insidevirginiatechwrestling.com, hokiesports.com and coming soon, we'll give you links to where...
Sep 29, 2014•41 min
