Olivet College names Hibbs wrestling coach for one year
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Olivet College ()
07/13/2004
Olivet College announces the appointment of four new athletic department staff members. They include Todd Hibbs, head wrestling and men's and women's cross country coach, Nick Juday, strength and conditioning coordinator and assistant track and field coach, Royce Samuels, assistant men's basketball coach, and Joe Tousignaut, head men's and women's track and field coach and assistant football coach. Hibbs will serve as wrestling coach for one season. Last month, Olivet's Board of Trustees announced the elimination of the college's wrestling program following the 2004-05 season. Hibbs' coaching experience includes serving as assistant wrestling coach at Michigan State University (MSU), and as head wrestling and cross country coach at Wooster (Ohio) High School. Hibbs is a part-time sports writer for the Battle Creek Enquirer. He earned his bachelor's degree from Mount Union (Ohio) College in 1989 and master's degree from MSU in 1992. While at Mount Union, Hibbs was a two-time NCAA Division III All-American wrestler and two-time Scholar All-American. Juday will also serve as an assistant professor in the college's Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sport Department. Since 1998, he served as assistant strength and conditioning coach at Western Michigan University (WMU). His background includes working in strength and conditioning at Glen Oaks Community College and Constantine High School. Juday earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from Manchester (Ind.) College in 1996 and master's degree in physical education from WMU in 2000. Samuels will also serve the college as an admissions representative. He most recently was an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Samuels has also served as an AAU basketball coach in Wisconsin and head boys' basketball coach at Beloit (Wisc.) Catholic High School for two years. As a senior at Mount Senario (Wisc.) College, Samuels led his team to the national championship of the National Small College Athletic Association and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. After graduating from Mount Senario in 1991, he played professional basketball for two years in San Pablo, Brazil. Tousignaut's coaching experience includes serving five years as the defensive coordinator/linebackers coach at Saint Joseph's College (SJC) in Rensselaer, Ind. At SJC, he also served as an assistant track and field coach. He has also been a coach for two different semi-pro football teams. Tousignaut earned a bachelor's degree in 1990 from Albion College, where he played linebacker on the football team and participated in track and field.