Ethan Kyle completed his first year as a full-time assistant coach with the wrestling program at the University of Wyoming in 2010-11. He served as the head coach for the Cowboy Wrestling Club and as a volunteer assistant coach for the UW team the previous season. During the 2010-11 campaign, Kyle helped guide the Cowboys to new heights. Wyoming captured their second-consecutive West Regional team title with five Cowboys capturing individual titles, and continued that success at the NCAA Championships. Juniors Shane Onufer (165) and Joe LeBlanc (184) earned All-America honors to pace UW to a 28th-place team finish. Kyle wrestled collegiately at 133/141 for the Oklahoma State Cowboys from 2003-07 under, then OSU assistant coach and current UW head coach, Mark Branch. He was a member of OSU's four national championship teams from 2003-06 and was a team captain in 2007 as a senior. Kyle took fourth place at the Big XII tournament as a junior and was an Olympic Team training partner in 2004. Excelling in the classroom, he was a four-time member of the Big XII Honor Roll and was the Most Outstanding Wrestling Academics Senior at OSU in 2007. He earned his bachelor's of science degree in physical education from Oklahoma State in 2007 and is currently taking classes at UW towards a master's degree in kinesiology and health. Kyle is annually a summer camp clinician at events nationwide and was a Gator Club Freestyle coach from 2008-09. As a prep student-athlete in St. Charles, Mo. at Francis Howell High School he was a three-time Missouri State Champion, a High School All-American (Wrestling USA), a Junior National All-American in Greco and a Cadet National All-American, both Freestyle and Greco. Kyle was born on November 29, 1983 in St. Louis, Mo., to Ed and Tina Kyle. He has two siblings, an older brother Alex and an older sister Amanda. |
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