Cael Sanderson remembers how hard it was for him to leave his alma mater of Iowa State as the wrestling coach to depart for the same role at Penn State.
Sanderson said it was something that he took “a lot of heat” for in the moment, but he knew it was an opportunity he had to take advantage of and wouldn’t look back on.
“It was a tough decision, and it was something that didn’t make a lot of sense at the time,” Sanderson said. “Looking back at it, people think that it was a no-brainer, but at that time, it was a tough decision.