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Izboinikov resigns from his position as Assistant National Women’s Coach
Assistant National Women’s Coach Vladislav Izboinikov of Colorado Springs, Colo. has resigned from his position with USA Wrestling to accept a new position in education. Izboinikov, who is often called “Coach Izzy” by his athletes, joined USA Wrestling in June 2005. He has worked with National Women’s Coach Terry Steiner since then, coaching women freestyle wrestling athletes at many levels for seven years.
He has been a coach for the resident athletes at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Izboinikov also has been actively involved in coaching and developing USA Wrestling’s women’s freestyle programs on the age-group levels.
Izboinikov will now serve as a middle school principal at the Rocky Mountain Classical Academy in District 49 in Colorado Springs, a position he has
already begun. “I am extremely grateful to USA Wrestling, espe- cially to National Women’s Coach Terry Steiner, for giving me the opportunity to be part of the women’s program for seven years. I am leaving the
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organization for no other reason than to pursue my next professional goals and to have more time with my family. I am excited and looking forward to my new challenge. My only hope is that I was able to help people over the last seven years. I will try to stay involved in the women’s wrestling program. I feel that I can still contribute to the program’s suc- cess, but in a different capacity,” said
“I am sad to see him go. It is hard to measure his impact on our women’s pro- gram. He was a key part of everything we did the last seven years. From the begin- ning, I have always felt that he was one of the best coaches I’ve been around, and I have been around many coaches. I don’t think you replace a coach like Coach Izzy. I wish him nothing but the best,” said National Women’s Coach Terry Steiner. “Our women’s program is better because of his many contributions,” said USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender.
Throughout his time with USA
Wrestling, Izboinikov has been the coach for the U.S. FILA Junior Women’s World Team. The United States has won 24 FILA Junior World medals during the seven years under Izboinikov, including six gold medals.
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