#269 Ed Ruth 3x NCAA Champ, Assistant Coach at Illinois
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Ed Ruth is one of the most decorated college wrestlers of all time. He won 3 NCAA titles for Penn State, finishing 3rd his freshman year. Ed also won 4 team titles under coach Cael Sanderson, where his teammates included David Taylor, Quentin Wright and Zain Retherford. After Penn State, Ed fought in Bellator while training at AKA in San Jose. Today, Ed is the assistant coach at the University of Illinois wrestling team. In this episode we cover:
-Training at Blair Academy with Jeff Buxton
-The first time Ed learned who Cael Sanderson was
-Wrestling Casey Cunningham as a freshman
-Ed’s mindset walking onto the mat
-Training at AKA with Khabib and DC
-BJJ and why Ed trained in the Gi vs no-gi
-The University of Illinois opportunity and what Ed’s looking forward to in Champaign
(Photo: Tony Rotundo)
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–Keyword: Wrestle
–Number: 224-54
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Presented by Spartan Combat and hosted by Ryan Warner, the award-winning Wrestling Changed My Life Podcast features in-depth interviews with wrestlers, mma fighters and coaches. Talking all things amateur wrestling, womens wrestling, freestyle wrestling, NCAA wrestling, high school wrestling, college wrestling and Olympic wrestling, we release new episodes every Monday and Wednesday. Wrestling Changed My Life is the fastest growing wrestling podcast and has been featured as high as #28 on Apple’s Top Sports Podcasts Charts.
