Coleman Ruiz

Wrestling is not, I mean, I was lucky to wrestle in college at all because it wasn't like Iowa was looking to recruit me.

You know, they have plenty of people to recruit and they don't need any Louisiana wrestlers.

Although Daniel Cormier grew up like north of the lake.

He was four years younger.

I was telling this to somebody, we don't know each other.

I'd love to meet him.

Super impressive athlete.

We heard that there's some kid up in the North Shore, I think is where he grew up, whooping everybody's ass.

His name is Daniel Cormier.

And then, you know, obviously the rest is history.

But the sport is not big in Louisiana, which is all to say that.

We were kind of a unicorn.

We had – it was very odd at my high school specifically.

We had one coach.

His son, either national runner-up, his name was Willie Gatson.

Willie passed away.

I think his son ended up at Iowa State and within the last five or six years was either a national champ or a runner-up.

Willie, when I was in eighth grade, Andrew, Willie was at my high school.

Like I have no idea how Willie Gatson ended up in New Orleans, but we ended up with this cluster –

of wrestlers at that time with the right coaching.