Show mstM Student llf I 41 Friday January 20 1978 Pag con t soy enough obout the guy ’ 13 - "r f 'S -- I X XV 4 ( 1 X“X ' - f 'r A' r “V i X V t i fa ' 7 ' Ccr Ison shouts mstr u tioos fu his wrostlors woo often will poos the middle of o fnutrh to u k nowlede his words Coach Carlson stops for a to his wrestlers instructions second to cool his throat before yellinq during a match With a fW v i tory over Weber State last week Coach Hob Carlson became USC’s winri invest wrestling coach surpassing the legendarv Ceorge ' Doc" Nelson In nine years he has won 92 matches lost 'ifi and tied two This ear his team has not lost a dual match Hut it has been a long time coming Carlson s program has ferment- ed into a nationally recognized program that began in the cellar during his early years his teams ost to junior colleges such as Rtcks and Snow For 17 straight matches USU lost to the Uniof versity Utah The program couldn't even attract a Utah high school champion s latest victory over ranked Portland State says hose das are gone And teams mat used to romp over USU now XC Uth avoid them j I used to wrestle Utah twice now only wrestle us once a efr' said Carlson “but mey 11 in ’’ year Carlson came to USU in l'£ to wrestle for USU But in his junior vear he gave up two years of eligibility to accept an offer to cos-oatFor two years he was the only coach in the NCAA without a degree In 1972 he finished his master's degree Then came the long task of building a quality program His teams parked cars leaned the stadium sold t shirts and even seafood to raise money for trips to Hawaii and Japan And gradually through extensive recruiting efforts to the U S wrestling capital Iowa Carlson's program began to grow Today the program's reputation is working for itself Carlson said that he gets W) letters a day from quality-athleteinquiring about the possibility of wrestling at USU To watch Carlson at a match it’s easy to see where he got the energy c -- a " can't relax when one of my boys is out there want them all to do well" Carlson says them I I I get attached to |