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THE HOLT REPORT: WVU coach Kolb has connections to OSU – Stillwater News Press

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Many recognizable faces were noticed during the recent Big 12 Conference Wrestling Championships at the BOK Center in downtown Tulsa.

Among the many former Oklahoma State wrestlers, high school coaches and others associated with the sport, was a familiar face wearing West Virginias colors.

Tanner Kolb, the assistant strength and conditioning coach at West Virginia, attended the tourney in his role within the Mountaineer wrestling program. He joined WVU in 2012 and is in charge of strength and conditioning for the schools wrestling and soccer programs.

His journey to West Virginia included a stop in Stillwater, where I had an opportunity to become acquainted with him and visit with him often.

Kolb, a Pittsburgh native, was a three-year captain of the wrestling team at Messiah College in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, where he received a bachelors degree in sports and exercise science in 2003.

He arrived in Stillwater in 2003 and served as a volunteer in Oklahoma States weight program, working with the football, wrestling, softball and equestrian squads. He spent the summer of 2004 as the strength and conditioning coach at Perry High.

Kolb also spent three years working at Stillwater Medical Centers Total Health facility as a fitness specialist. His duties included teaching Olympic lifting techniques, instructing group exercise classes and working with the weightlifting portion of the citys Pioneer Senior Olympics.

He finished requirements for a masters degree in exercise physiology education at OSU in 2007 and moved away for other job opportunities, leaving behind many friends and acquaintances.

He worked as strength and conditioning coach at two high schools in Michigan and spent three years as the head strength coach and professor at Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, where he taught four classes and implemented programs for all sports.

Kolb, who had numerous articles published in fitness/training industry publications, left Waynesburg for East Carolina, where he was assistant strength and conditioning coach for one year before accepting the post at West Virginia.

Working and studying in Stillwater werent Kolbs only connection to the city or the university.

His father, Jon Kolb, an all-state football player at Owasso, was an All-American football player for the Cowboys in 1968.

Jon was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1969 draft. He played for the Steelers from 1969-1981.

Jon, considered one of the NFLs strongest players at the time, became a starting left tackle in 1971 and started in 177 games and played on four Steeler Super Bowl championship teams in 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979.

The current Pittsburgh resident was the strength and conditioning coach, along with coaching the defensive line and tight ends, with Pittsburgh from 1982-1992.

Jon, who was named to the Pittsburgh Steelers All-Time Team, was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.

Being a close-knit family, Jon chose Tanner and his brother Caleb to introduce him at the ceremony.

Ron Holt is a sports columnist for the Stillwater News Press. Holt served as sports editor for more than 30 years and resides in Bixby.

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