Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling

After six months on the job, assistant coach Jared Frayer and his family has settled into Blacksburg living. As a past Olympian, Frayer had the role of coaching another new hire, Frank Molinaro, at the U.S. World Team Trials in Lincoln, Nebraska. On the final episode of the third season of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling, Frayer opens up about why football games are important to recruiting, being a Buccaneers fan, his relationship with Molinaro and how he goes back with new assistant coach Tyler Graff. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Google Play Music | iOS App | Android App | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires. Follow @mattalkonline on Twitter for updates and nuggets of information about Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling and all the other shows that are part of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. You can also check out our network home page at www.mattalkonline.com.

After six months on the job, assistant coach Frank Molinaro and his family has settled into Blacksburg living. With two kids and another on the way, Molinaro compares the start of the 2017-18 preseason with his experiences at Penn State and Rutgers. Molinaro also talks about fall in Southwest Virginia, Hokie football and his relationship with Tony Robie and Jared Frayer. We also get a coaches perspective on what Tyler Graff will bring to the room. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Google Play Music | iOS App | Android App | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires. Follow @mattalkonline on Twitter for updates and nuggets of information about Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling and all the other shows that are part of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. You can also check out our network home page at www.mattalkonline.com.

The school year has arrived and Tony Robie is looking to make sure Hokie Nation is engaged and ready to go for the future. As we enter September, we've got our new staff settling in and a donor drive up and rolling. Robie will break down how Frank Molinaro, Jared Frayer and Tyler Graff are adjusting to their new digs, while Ty Walz moves from athlete to coach but maintaining his training at the Southeast Regional Training Center. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Google Play Music | iOS App | Android App | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires. Follow @mattalkonline on Twitter for updates and nuggets of information about Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling and all the other shows that are part of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. You can also check out our network home page at www.mattalkonline.com.

Tony Robie is hot on the recruiting trail as July 1 has come and gone. He's also had a chance to fire up the grill and celebrate the Fourth as Hokie wrestlers returned to campus for the upcoming wrestling camps hosted by Virginia Tech. We'll talk with Robie about some of the early stories on the road, the newest addition to the Southeast Regional Training Center, and some upcoming nuggets from the 2017-18 wrestling schedule. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Google Play Music | iOS App | Android App | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires. Follow @mattalkonline on Twitter for updates and nuggets of information about Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling and all the other shows that are part of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. You can also check out our network home page at www.mattalkonline.com.

Ty Walz ended his career as a three-time Division I All-American for the Hokie wrestling program, just the third in the school's history. Walz will now move into a coaching role as the volunteer assistant coach as well as continue wrestling with hopes of making World and Olympic teams in the future representing the Southeast Regional Training Center. Today, we'll talk to Walz about his cut down to 97kg (213 pounds), why he's choosing to go the same weight as World and Olympic champion Kyle Snyder, his technologically-advanced computer that trumps all of the other coaches and what he's looking forward to when he's finally done with that one last class. He also misses Chipotle. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Google Play Music | iOS App | Android App | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires. Follow @mattalkonline on Twitter for updates and nuggets of information about Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling and all the other shows that are part of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. You can also check out our network home page at www.mattalkonline.com.

Olympian Frank Molinaro comes to Blacksburg as a four-time All-American and past NCAA wrestling champion. In August of 2016, Molinaro represented the U.S. at the Rio Olympic Games, finishing fifth at 65kg in men's freestyle. On the latest episode of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling, Molinaro talks about his rise to prominence in international wrestling, his desires to coach long-term, life at Penn State, similarities with his alma mater and Virginia Tech as well as the infamous "I choose down" match against Kyle Dake. Molinaro opens up about his family, his hopes for his position and training and what the approach was like from coach Tony Robie. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Google Play Music | iOS App | Android App | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires. Follow @mattalkonline on Twitter for updates and nuggets of information about Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling and all the other shows that are part of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. You can also check out our network home page at www.mattalkonline.com.

The offseason churns forward but we're going to take a pause and introduce new assistant wrestling coach Jared Frayer to Hokie Nation on the latest episode of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling. A two-time All-American at Oklahoma and a 2012 Olympian for Team USA, Frayer is a Florida native with coaching stops at his alma mater, Harvard, Iowa, and Wisconsin. After time away from coaching, Frayer got lured back and this time, it was to Blacksburg. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Google Play Music | iOS App | Android App | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires. Follow @mattalkonline on Twitter for updates and nuggets of information about Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling and all the other shows that are part of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. You can also check out our network home page at www.mattalkonline.com.

It's time for Tony Robie to officially take the lead on the latest episode of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling. With Coach Robie now officially the head coach, he made sure to fill out his staff with two notable names with Olympic credentials. Coach Robie hired 2016 Olympian Frank Molinaro and 2012 Olympian Jared Frayer to join the Hokie wrestling staff after former assistants Mike Zadick and Derek St. John left Blacksburg to follow former coach Kevin Dresser to Iowa State. We'll recap the postseason with Robie and get an insight on what the hiring process was like, both for him and his new assistants. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Soundcloud | Google Play Music | iOS App | Android App | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires. Follow @mattalkonline on Twitter for updates and nuggets of information about Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling and all the other shows that are part of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. You can also check out our network home page at www.mattalkonline.com.

With Kevin Dresser now at Virginia Tech, Tony Robie has been labeled as Virginia Tech's interim head wrestling coach. As the Hokies closed out the season ranked fourth in the nation, Robie now has to lead the Hokies into the postseason and that begins with this weekend's ACC tournament in Raleigh. We'll chat with Robie about his role, the level of responsibilities and what's changed and then we'll go weight-by-weight to expand on what the postseason chances are for the Hokie wrestling squad. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Soundcloud | Google Play Music | iOS App | Android App | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires. Follow @mattalkonline on Twitter for updates and nuggets of information about Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling and all the other shows that are part of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. You can also check out our network home page at www.mattalkonline.com.

The Virginia Tech Hokies are the ACC regular-season wrestling champions for the third year in a row after beating 8th-ranked NC State 20-14 in Blacksburg on Saturday, February 11. On this episode of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling, coach Kevin Dresser will recap the Hokie wins over NC State on Saturday and South Dakota State on Sunday. We'll then look at some of the key matchups with the Hokies dual with visiting Nebraska on Sunday, February 19 at Cassell Coliseum in the NWCA National Duals Championship Series. Then we'll just about this year's matchups as a whole and Coach Dresser's position on contracts and opponents set for the National Duals and why or why not the Hokies aren't hosting Iowa. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Soundcloud | Google Play Music | iOS App | Android App | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires. Follow @mattalkonline on Twitter for updates and nuggets of information about Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling and all the other shows that are part of the Mat Talk Podcast Network. You can also check out our network home page at www.mattalkonline.com.