Several of the Missouri Tiger wrestlers have come in pairs to coach Brian Smith.
On the roster, there are currently three pairs of brothers, including Phyllip and Nick DeLoach, a set of twins who wrestle at 157 and 165 pounds.
“I couldn’t imagine wrestling on a team without (Phyllip),” Nick said. “There was a slim chance we could be wrestling for different schools in college. But we’ve done so much together so the idea of separating didn’t last long.”
Since he began coaching at MU in 1998, Smith has coached over 15 sets of siblings including Ben and Max Askren, who combined for three NCAA individual national titles.