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After a long career as a high school coach in the Las Vegas area, Jimmy May retired from coaching scholastically and got away from the hustle and bustle of Sin City. Where did May end up? About the furthest place away when it comes to comparing lifestyles.

May traded high school coaching in Vegas to college coaching in Baldwin City, Kansas. Dan Harris, the A.D. at Baker University, a school older than the state of Kansas, got the sport added and May was selected the program’s first head coach.

What does May think about starting up this new program? Kyle Klingman and Jason Bryant find out. Listen below.

Joe Parisi, the head wrestling coach of the NAIA national champion Lindenwood Lions joined Wrestling 411 radio on Tuesday to talk about the NAIA, his team’s run at the championships and the diversity within wrestling. Parisi was very vocal about some changes that need to be made in college wrestling, not just on the NAIA level, but in the entire realm of college wrestling.

Travis and Trent Paulson, twins from Council Bluffs, Iowa and alumns of Iowa State University joined Wrestling 411 during the third segment to talk about winning championships at the U.S. Nationals in Las Vegas this past weekend.

5 Division I NCAA Champions
43 Division I NCAA All-Americans
85 Nationally Ranked Wrestlers
7 #1-ranked Wrestlers
9 #2-ranked Wrestlers

4 Division II NCAA Champions
40 Division II NCAA All-Americans
58 Nationally Ranked Wrestlers
7 #1-ranked Wrestlers
8 #2-ranked Wrestlers

6 Division III NCAA Champions
28 Division III NCAA All-Americans
56 Nationally Ranked Wrestlers
8 #1-ranked Wrestlers
8 #2-ranked Wrestlers

4 NAIA Champions
26 NAIA All-Americans
58 Nationally Ranked Wrestlers
7 #1-ranked Wrestlers
8 #2-ranked Wrestlers

Four-Year College Stats
19 National Champions
137 All-Americans
257 Nationally Ranked Wrestlers
27 #1-ranked Wrestlers
33 #2-ranked Wrestlers

One of the great things about the National Duals isn’t just the team excitement aspect, but how many great ranked wrestlers hit in each round, seemingly all over the place. The Division I rankings go 20-deep, so you’re going to see more ranked guys battling each and every round. While the new rankings haven’t been pushed out at the time of this post, according to December 23, there are 87 ranked wrestlers (of 200) in the field.

That’s an average of 8.7 ranked wrestlers per weight with the most wrestlers ranked at any weight coming at 141 pounds, which should continue to make the rankings convoluded as all get out.