Jeff Buxton, one of the most highly decorated and successful wrestling coaches in America has been named Assistant Wrestling Coach at Columbia. For the last 3 1/2 years Coach Buxton served as the Head Coach of the SKWC. He was Sebastian Rivera's primary coach when Seb won the World Silver Medal in Belgrade in 2023 and the Olympic Bronze Medal in Paris last August. Buxton is credited with elevating the level of many Rutgers wrestlers while at the SKWC.
As the head coach at Blair Academy, he coached 12 future NCAA champions and 41 All Americans as well as coached 10 USA number one ranked teams. He served as an assistant coach for the USA Senior World Team in Kazakhstan. In 2018, Coach Buxton was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
The Rutgers and SKWC coaches and athletes have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with and learned from Coach Buxton.
Thank you, Coach Buxton, for your dedication and loyalty. May you continue to excel as you develop wrestlers for success on the mat and in life. It has been an honor watching you coach at Rutgers.
As the head coach at Blair Academy, he coached 12 future NCAA champions and 41 All Americans as well as coached 10 USA number one ranked teams. He served as an assistant coach for the USA Senior World Team in Kazakhstan. In 2018, Coach Buxton was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
The Rutgers and SKWC coaches and athletes have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with and learned from Coach Buxton.
Thank you, Coach Buxton, for your dedication and loyalty. May you continue to excel as you develop wrestlers for success on the mat and in life. It has been an honor watching you coach at Rutgers.
