Mike Denney, former head wrestling coach at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, May 18.

“On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 - 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. A podcast of the show will be available on themat.com.

This Wednesday’s show will run from 5 p.m. to 5:35 p.m. Central.

E-mail radio@wrestlingmuseum.org with any questions or comments about the show. 

Denney coached Nebraska-Omaha to six NCAA Division II team titles in the past eight seasons. UNO recently announced that it will eliminate its wrestling and football programs as a result of joining NCAA Division I athletics next year. ESPN aired a feature on “Outside the Lines” about Nebraska-Omaha dropping its program. 

Maryville University in St. Louis announced that it will begin a new wrestling program effective June 1, 2011. Denney was hired as the wrestling program’s first head coach.