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Conrad Davis Mock

Introduction

C.D. Mock is the Head Wrestling Coach for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The UNC Wrestling Team is a Division I NCAA program competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Mock is a UNC alumnus as well. During his time as a student at UNC, he became the school's first D1 Wrestling national champion. He has served as Head Coach for 10 years now. A short biography of Conrad can be found here. http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=108097&DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=205497500

Early Life and High School Career

CD Mock was born in 1958 in Saint Petersburg Florida. He grew up in Pennsylvania in a town close to Philadelphia known as Newton. CD Mock wrestled for four seasons while attending high school in his home town of Newton Pennsylvania at Council Rock High School. During his Senior year Mock won a Pennsylvania state title then graduated in 1978. His wrestling career started in a very unorthodox fashion. Mock was a gymnast until he was first introduced to wrestling his freshman year of high school; an age at which most successful wrestlers have already been competing for several years. Mock immediately took to the sport and made haste catching up with his competition; making up for his lack in experience with hard work. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's student run newspaper, the Daily Tar Heel, did an article about Coach Mock in 2010 that sheds some light on Mock's work ethic throughout his early career. "While other kids spent their youth playing catch, Mock played catch-up. In the mornings Mock forfeited the bus ride and ran the four-and-a-half miles to school instead."

College Career

In 1982, Conrad Davis Mock became The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s first NCAA champion. He finished his 1982 season a 35-0 record en route to the national title at 134 pounds. En route to his National Championship title Mock earned three ACC conference titles. He posted a career record of 108-9 and also had a career record of 64-4 in ACC competition. He was a two time National All-American and had the third highest winning percentage in North Carolina history.

After College and Coaching Career

CD Mock graduated with a degree in 1982. After graduating he returned to his hometown in Newton Pennsylvania and became the president of Equity Consultants Company. Along with this he became the High School wrestling coach at his alma mater Council Rock High. CD Mock grabbed the reigns of the UNC wrestling team when he became head coach in the 2003-04 season. Upon his hiring, he guided the Tar Heels to back to back ACC titles in 2005 and 2006. In the spring of 2006 the Tar Heels claimed their second team title as ACC Champions. Individual champions Garrett Atkinson (165), Alex Maciag (174), and Jared Royer (133) helped clinch the Tar Heels ACC title. The Tar Heels posted a 16-8-1 dual meet record that season with a record of 3-2-1 in the ACC.

Family

Mock married Mickie Robinson in 1984, two years after graduating from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mickie is also a UNC graduate and a former member of the UNC gymnastics team. She currently works for Duke Urgent Care as a physician’s assistant. Their first child, Chelsea, attended culinary school in Italy and is currently a sous chef at Kipos restaurant located on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. Their second child, Corey, wrestled at North Carolina for two seasons before transferring to the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga where he is continuing his wrestling career while working towards a degree as a sociology major.

Where he is now

CD Mock currently lives in Chapel Hill and is currently the head coach of the UNC wrestling team. He is assisted by Associate Head Coach and Olympian Cary Kolat, as well as assistant coaches Dionisios Papadatos and Trevor Chinn. The Tar Heel team of 2013 ended the season with five National Qualifiers; Nathan Kraisser (125), Joey Ward (133),John-Michael Staudenmeyer (165),and Alex Utley (184)with one wrestler achieving All-American status Evan Henderson (141). In the 2014 season, the Tar Heels had similar accolades with four National Qualifiers and a returning All-American Evan Henderson at the 141 pound weight class where he placed fourth. The team finished in a tie for twenty fifth place with a team score of 15.5 points.