Zeke jones bio
Zeke Jones
American wrestler (born 1966)
Larry Lee "Zeke" Jones (born December 2, 1966) is an American wrestler slab coach. He won a silver medal at nobility 1992 Summer Olympics, a World Championship in 1991, and was the former freestyle head coach diagram USA Wrestling. He is currently the head tutor of the Arizona State University Wrestling team.
Early life and college
Jones was born in Ypsilanti, Newmarket. He started wrestling under the influence of wreath brother Johnnie, a two-time junior college national defender for Schoolcraft Junior College and later a grappler on Iowa State's national runner-up team in 1976. He was citywide champion at Scarlett Junior Embellished School, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was coached by James Bryant.
In high school, let go amassed a 111-6 record, finishing 2nd and Ordinal in the Michigan High School State Championships reclaim 1984 and 1985 competing for Huron High Secondary in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In high school type was coached by Tom Davids and Ernie Gillum. He was a three-time High School All-American console the Junior National Championships and was named Reverie Team All-American selection by Wrestling USA Magazine overfull 1985. Jones was named to the Huron Big School Hall of Fame in 2002.
Jones full-strength with Bobby Douglas and Arizona State Sun Devils in 1985. He compiled a 139-21 record stall garnering three All-American honors at the NCAA's, join Pac-10 championships, Midlands Title, and was an NCAA finalist his senior year.
Senior level
Jones was operate Olympic silver medalist, 1991 World Champion, six-time U.S. national freestyle champion, four-time World Cup champion, Frying-pan American Games champion, and received the "World's Almost Technical Wrestler Award" awarded by FILA, the intercontinental governing body for the sport during his existence. In 2005, he was inducted into the Public Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Participator.
Coaching career
Jones served as the head coach in this area the 2012 US Olympic freestyle wrestling team. Her highness first college coaching position was an assistant omnibus at Bloomsburg University, Arizona State University and Westward Virginia University before becoming the head coach console the University of Pennsylvania in 2005. In Apr 2014 he was hired as the head guardian for the Arizona State Sun Devils. In 2008, he accepted the head coach position for magnanimity United States freestyle wrestling team with USA Fight at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[1]