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Mizzou Wrestling's head coach Brian Smith appointed two-time national champion Keegan O'Toole to the coaching staff of the program on Monday, May 12, 2025. The recent graduate from the university will step into the role of assistant coach.
O'Toole joined the Mizzou Wrestling in 2021 as a freshman and won the MAC Freshman of the Year. He is the only wrestler from the program to have earned the All-American honor five times and became the third one to have won the NCAA Championships title twice. O'Toole won the NCAA Championships in the 165 lbs category in 2022 and 2023.
O'Toole is a three-time Big 12 Champion. During the course of his collegiate career, O'Toole has amassed 108 victories, leading to him being named the 2022 Big 12 Wrestler of the Year, recipient of the Amateur Wrestling News Hammer Award, the 2024 Gorriaran Award, and USA Wrestling's Athlete of the Week in March 2022. He has also been recognized as an NWCA Scholar All-American (2021-2025). Following his appointment as the assistant coach for the Mizzou Wrestling, O'Toole expressed his gratitude and reflected on the program's principles.
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"I am so thankful for this opportunity to be able to give back to the program that gave me so much," said O'Toole. "I can't wait to be in these guys' corners pushing them to be great wrestlers, but even more important, great people. Tiger Style is a lifestyle, and I want to help young men embody that."
On the international level, O'Toole has won the 2021 U20 Freestyle (74kg) in Ufa, Russia, and the 2023 U23 Freestyle (74kg) in Tirana, Albania.
Mizzou Wrestling's head coach Brian Smith makes his feelings known after appointing Keegan O'Toole as the program's assistant coach
Mizzou Wrestling's head coach, Brian Smith, opened up about appointing Keegan O'Toole as the program's assistant coach, emphasising that his Olympic-level dedication, and wrestling knowledge make him the perfect candidate to guide the team.
"Keegan O'toole is an exceptional individual with a deep passion for wrestling and coaching," said Smith. "His dedication to Tiger Style and commitment to training for the Olympics will be incredibly inspiring for the wrestlers around him. Having someone with such a high wrestling IQ and loyalty on our staff will surely be a huge asset."
After coaching Cornell University as an assistant coach and Syracuse University as the head coach, Smith joined the Mizzou Wrestling program in 1998. During the course of his coaching career at the Mizzou program, he has led six wrestlers to 10 national titles.
