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Hokiemacho OP
Aug 31, 2023 at 03:22 PM ET
Rob Koll officially announced as the new UNC Head Coach
He is coming from Stanford. Tony Ramos is staying on as Assistant Head Coach.

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TartanHokie
Couldn’t have asked for a better hire as far as the conference goes.
I think he will do really good things there. He will bring a lot of money with him and he knows what to do with it.
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donjfs3
Snagging Koll and keeping Ramos will be very good for UNC wrestling
VPIGUY VPIGUY
This will make for an interesting dual if Stanford joins the conference...
Koll had one of the best recruiting classes in the country this year at Stanford with (I believe) 7 guys in the top 100. I wonder how many of them come with him...
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TartanHokie
Carter Neves decommitted.
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TartanHokie
Think it was 7 in top 50 and #2 class according to some.
When Stanford wrestled Cornell last year (or year before), there was some drama with Yianni. Shoelace or something if I remember right. Definitely not as cordial as I thought it would be. Wonder if he can bring them all? Tough to pass up a spot at Stanford though. It will be interesting to see who they hire. They kind of went all in with Koll only to be left a couple years later. Plus, conference realignment could hurt also. Interesting timing for sure.
HokieToph HokieToph
Transferring from Stanford to UNC isn't that much of a "drop" academically
I suspect you'll see a number of those kids come with Koll
HokieJay HokieJay
IMHO a Stanford grad is head and shoulders above a UNC grad,....
... primarily based on whatever UNC has become, which isn't nearly as good as they claimed it to be. Lately, UNC's ethics, academics, and politics make them a very difficult equation to "balance". I would not want one of my offspring to attend, not at this point in time.
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Vidi Vici Veni
Several years ago UNC women’s soccer coach, about 20
Nattys spoke to my rotary club in Nc. Someone asked about recruiting , his reply, if you want to complete for nattys you have to recruit nationally and you have to get girls out of SouthernCal, and we cannot get them from Stanford because of academics
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MC4VT
I think several will come too but it is a large drop academically.
JoesterVT JoesterVT
Massive drop, even before considering the whole fake classes thing
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Hikinghokie
It's a significant drop
UNC is a good education, but not Stanford level. If they really went there for the education, they're staying. I suspect education is secondary to wrestling for some of them though.
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HwoodHokie
Definite academic drop. Stanford is elite globally. No contest.
HokieToph HokieToph
Transferring from Stanford to UNC isn't that much of a "drop" academically
I suspect you'll see a number of those kids come with Koll
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ChEHokie78
UNC graduates some of the best waiters in the State. When
I took my daughter there to scope it out they offer only a handful of majors that can land a good paying job. Very much a liberal arts university. No engineering. NC State is a much better choice academically in Carolina, if you want a job.