Coleman Scott (born April 19, 1986) is a former American wrestler for Sunkist Kids who won the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials and a special Championship Series at 60 kg freestyle to qualify to compete at the

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. He won the bronze medal at the

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in the men's freestyle 60 kg category. Scott was born in

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. In 2015, Scott was named head coach of the UNC wrestling program after one year as an assistant.

High school

Coleman attended

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where he had a record of 156-12 and was a four-time

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champion and three-time PIAA champion. His performance in 2004 earned him the Junior Schalles Award for top high school pinner.

College

As an

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, Coleman was a four-time All-American and the 2008 NCAA Champion at 133-pounds.

International

Coleman won the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, but unlike many of his fellow competitors this did not automatically earn him an Olympic bid. Since the U.S. had not yet qualified in the 60 kg freestyle and since the qualification tournaments were near in time to the trials, two wrestlers were selected to skip the trials and try to qualify the U.S. at that weight. After the U.S. qualified for that weight, a special best-of-three Championship Series at

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was arranged allowing the trials winner to compete against the two wrestlers at the qualification tournaments for the Olympic spot. Coleman defeated Reece Humphrey in the semi-final. Coleman then defeated

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2 to 1 the special best-of-three Championship Series final for the 60 kg spot. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Scott beat

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and

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before losing to eventual champion Toghrul Asgarov. In the repechage, Scott won the bronze medal by beating

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References

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