Jamill Kelly leaving USA Wrestling to assume coaching position in Texas
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by Gary Abbott
Jamill Kelly, USA Wrestling's Manager of the National Coaches Education Program, has accepted a new position coaching young athletes in Texas.
Kelly will serve as a coach with Team Monday, a nationally respected club program based in Dallas, Texas. He will also serve as an assistant wrestling coach with Bishop Lynch High School, one of the nation's top prep school wrestling teams. Kelly will leave USA Wrestling on September 15 to assume his new duties.
"I would like to thank USA Wrestling for giving me an opportunity to work on the national staff," said Kelly. "My new position will allow me to focus fulltime on coaching, and I will be working directly with young athletes. I am excited to coach alongside Kenny Monday and those with Team Monday who are helping build wrestling in Texas."
"Jamill Kelly has a very bright future in wrestling," said USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender. "This is a wonderful opportunity for him to further develop his coaching skills and use his talents and experience to build champions. Jamill Kelly will remain actively involved with USA Wrestling programs in the future."
Kelly was a silver medalist at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. in freestyle wrestling at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, and was a member of the 2005 U.S. Freestyle World Team.
"We are all about getting kids to the next level and Jamill Kelly will help us to accomplish that," said Steve Silver of Team Monday. "Our program helps kids get into high school wrestling, and high school athletes advance to college programs and do very well there. We are trying to help anybody within wrestling to reach that next level."
Kelly served a year as the Head Assistant Wrestling Coach at Harvard Univ. prior to joining USA Wrestling. He helped lead Harvard to one of its best finishes ever at the NCAA Championships, with three individual All-Americans for the first time. Harvard had its first freshman All-American and scored the most points at the NCAA Championships in school history.
Kelly was a coach of the Cowboy Wrestling Club in Stillwater, Okla. from 2001 - 2006. He developed the club in the community, and coached over 100 area youth athletes. The club saw substantial growth and improved performance during his time there. He was a part of the coaching staff at Oklahoma State Univ., and assisted with the development of numerous All-American wrestlers there during his tenure.
He served as a coach of the 2007 U.S. Junior World Freestyle Team, which competed in Beijing, China and featured an individual champion, Bubba Jenkins at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. Kelly coached a U.S. freestyle tour team that competed in Krasnoyarsk, Russia in 2006. He also assisted with the coaching of Junior-level teams while working in Massachusetts.
Kelly had an outstanding performance in winning a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, one of three U.S. freestyle wrestlers to win a medal. A key win came in the semifinals, when he beat Russian star Makhach Murtazaliev to qualify for the finals.
He was a 2004 U.S. Nationals champion, and placed second at the 2002 U.S. Nationals and third at the 2001 U.S. Nationals. Kelly won a silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games, and was also a Pan American Championships silver medalist in 2002. He was a member of Freestyle Team USA four times. Kelly was a 2001 University Nationals champion.
He competed two years at Oklahoma State Univ., where he was a Big 12 Conference runner-up and served as a team captain in 2000. Prior to joining the OSU program, Kelly attended Lassen College, where he was second at the 1996 NJCAA Junior College Nationals. He was fourth in the 1995 California high school state championships, competing for Atwater High School.
Kelly will serve as a coach with Team Monday, a nationally respected club program based in Dallas, Texas. He will also serve as an assistant wrestling coach with Bishop Lynch High School, one of the nation's top prep school wrestling teams. Kelly will leave USA Wrestling on September 15 to assume his new duties.
"I would like to thank USA Wrestling for giving me an opportunity to work on the national staff," said Kelly. "My new position will allow me to focus fulltime on coaching, and I will be working directly with young athletes. I am excited to coach alongside Kenny Monday and those with Team Monday who are helping build wrestling in Texas."
"Jamill Kelly has a very bright future in wrestling," said USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender. "This is a wonderful opportunity for him to further develop his coaching skills and use his talents and experience to build champions. Jamill Kelly will remain actively involved with USA Wrestling programs in the future."
Kelly was a silver medalist at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. in freestyle wrestling at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, and was a member of the 2005 U.S. Freestyle World Team.
"We are all about getting kids to the next level and Jamill Kelly will help us to accomplish that," said Steve Silver of Team Monday. "Our program helps kids get into high school wrestling, and high school athletes advance to college programs and do very well there. We are trying to help anybody within wrestling to reach that next level."
Kelly served a year as the Head Assistant Wrestling Coach at Harvard Univ. prior to joining USA Wrestling. He helped lead Harvard to one of its best finishes ever at the NCAA Championships, with three individual All-Americans for the first time. Harvard had its first freshman All-American and scored the most points at the NCAA Championships in school history.
Kelly was a coach of the Cowboy Wrestling Club in Stillwater, Okla. from 2001 - 2006. He developed the club in the community, and coached over 100 area youth athletes. The club saw substantial growth and improved performance during his time there. He was a part of the coaching staff at Oklahoma State Univ., and assisted with the development of numerous All-American wrestlers there during his tenure.
He served as a coach of the 2007 U.S. Junior World Freestyle Team, which competed in Beijing, China and featured an individual champion, Bubba Jenkins at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. Kelly coached a U.S. freestyle tour team that competed in Krasnoyarsk, Russia in 2006. He also assisted with the coaching of Junior-level teams while working in Massachusetts.
Kelly had an outstanding performance in winning a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, one of three U.S. freestyle wrestlers to win a medal. A key win came in the semifinals, when he beat Russian star Makhach Murtazaliev to qualify for the finals.
He was a 2004 U.S. Nationals champion, and placed second at the 2002 U.S. Nationals and third at the 2001 U.S. Nationals. Kelly won a silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games, and was also a Pan American Championships silver medalist in 2002. He was a member of Freestyle Team USA four times. Kelly was a 2001 University Nationals champion.
He competed two years at Oklahoma State Univ., where he was a Big 12 Conference runner-up and served as a team captain in 2000. Prior to joining the OSU program, Kelly attended Lassen College, where he was second at the 1996 NJCAA Junior College Nationals. He was fourth in the 1995 California high school state championships, competing for Atwater High School.
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