There are coaches that get behind their guys and live vicariously through them, and then there are those that are literally on edge rooting for their athletes. If Ohio State wrestling coach Tom Ryan was a multiple choice quiz, we’d check all the boxes.
Video has surfaced thanks to Flo Wrestling and its Twitter profile of Ryan watching former Buckeye wrestling great Logan Steiber during his first NCAA Finals match. And yeah, it’s pretty hilarious.
To say that Ryan is an interested observer would be an understatement. He not only rocks back and forth in suspense, but he runs back and forth, and we believe at some point he even put an arm lock on an unsuspecting security guard.
Click on the below, watch, and have a good laugh.
Passion, man. @Buckeye158 has it in spades. https://t.co/WyBiiS0d9q
— Ohio State Wrestling (@wrestlingbucks) May 5, 2020
What’s underrated here is the security guard trying to stop Ryan from running into the arena once Stieber presumptively sealed the deal. We’re going to go out on a limb and assume Ryan made it to his wrestler before being stopped.