Campbell Fighting Camels wrestling

Campbell Fighting Camels Wrestling
University	Campbell University
Head Coach	TJ Dudley (1st season)
Conference	SoCon
Location	Buies Creek, NC
Arena	John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center (Capacity: 3,095)
Nickname	Fighting Camels
Colors	Black and orange [1]
All-Americans
2
Conference championships
2019, 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025
Conference Tournament championships
2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

The Campbell Fighting Camels wrestling team represents Campbell University of Buies Creek, North Carolina. The squad is coached by Scotti Sentes. The Fighting Camels are full members of the non-wrestling Coastal Athletic Association, with the wrestling team competing as an associate member of the Southern Conference (SoCon).

History

Wrestling was founded at Campbell in 1968 under the guidance of Gerald Brown. There have been nine different coaches that directed the Camels over the past 40 years. Coach Jerry Hartman (1981–1988) led the Camels to an 80–39 record during his tenure as head coach. Former U.S. Olympian Dave Auble served as head coach of the wrestling team from 1999 to 2004.

During former U.S. Olympian and World team member Cary Kolat's six years as head coach (2014–2020), Campbell wrestling reached new heights. In 2017, Campbell won its first Southern Conference title in team history, sending five to the NCAA tournament. Nathan Kraisser also became the school's first All-American wrestler in 2017. The team would win a total of five Southern Conference championships during Kolat's tenure, winning two conference regular season titles and three conference tournament titles.

The current head coach is TJ Dudley, who was a runner-up in 2016 for Nebraska.

References

1. "Campbell Athletics Style Guide | Campbell University" (PDF). June 30, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.

External links

• Official website