Saturday night at the NCAA Championships turned into another Penn State showcase. The Nittany Lions went 5-for-5 in the finals to punctuate another team title, the ninth for head coach Cael Sanderson, the third-most by a single coach in NCAA history.
Put another way: Penn State hired Sanderson away from Iowa State before the 2009-10 season, and since then, the Nittany Lions have been undeniably the most successful program in the country. They are doing things we’ve never seen before in this sport.
Consider these numbers:
In 12 NCAA Tournaments, Sanderson’s Penn State teams have won nine team titles and finished second once, and he’s coached 70 All-Americans and 32 national champs.