Toccara Montgomery has been head coach of the women’s wrestling program since the fall of 2010.
Montgomery is a former Olympic wrestler and came to Lindenwood University after wrestling and coaching at the University of the Cumberlands for a combined nine years. She was a member of the 2004 United States Olympic team and she placed seventh in her weight class at the Athens Games. She was also a member of the national team from 2001-06 and won two United States Senior National Championships. Montgomery was a two-time silver medalist at the World Championships. In 2001, she was named the FILA International Female Wrestler of the Year, just the third American and first female from the United States to win that honor.
At the Cumberlands, Montgomery helped build the program into one of the top women’s wrestling programs in the nation. While wrestling, she had a perfect 29-0 dual record and won the 2004 Women’s Collegiate National Championship. The program was ranked first or second in the nation from 2004-09, including being ranked first from 2004-06. She served as a graduate assistant coach for the Patriots her last three years there before joining the Lindenwood staff.
Montgomery received an undergraduate degree in Education from the Cumberlands in 2006, and received her master’s in 2009 in Instructional Leadership.
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