Ex-Countryside star hired at Iowa

Jared Frayer, a former three-time state champion at Countryside, took a job as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa.

“It was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up,” Frayer said.

Frayer, 29, wrestled at the University of Oklahoma and has qualified for the Olympic trials three times.

After finishing third at the trials two months ago, Frayer decided to retire from wrestling. He planned on returning to Pinellas County and wanted to coach at the high school level, preferably at his alma mater.

But there were no teaching positions available at Countryside, he said.

Soon after, he took the position with the Hawkeyes.Iowa, a college powerhouse, won its 20th NCAA Division I title last season.

“Iowa is a great program with a ton of tradition,” Frayer said. “But I’d still like to come back to the area and coach someday.”

-- BOB PUTNAM, Times Staff Writer

Comments

That is awesome....but Countryside's loss....good luck in Iowa.

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Jared and his father are both class acts.