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See the full story · 2 sourcesKeegan O’Toole is leaving his shoes on the mat.
One of Missouri wrestling’s all-time greats announced Monday that he has retired from competition. O’Toole, who recently competed at the RAF-11, won back-to-back NCAA Division-I national titles in 2022 and 2023 at 165 pounds and was a five-time All-American in Columbia. He also won the 2021 Junior World Champion and the 2023 U23 World Champion.
O’Toole is transitioning to a full-time role in coaching and will remain on Mizzou’s staff, where he has been an assistant coach since graduating in 2025.
“Time to hang up the shoes,” O’Toole wrote in a statement posted to the Mizzou wrestling X account on Monday. “Nineteen years ago I stepped on a mat for the first time. I had no idea it would shape the entire course of my life. Today, that chapter as a competitor comes to a close.”
In the last competitive action of his career, O’Toole went 2-1 in three matches at RAF-11 earlier in July.
O’Toole, who finished his MU career with a 108-5 record, joined Brian Smith’s team in 2020 out of Hartland, Wisconsin. He was a four-time Wisconsin state champion at Arrowhead High School.
He will now remain on Smith’s staff entering the 2026-27 season.
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“Mizzou gave me a home for a piece of that journey, and competing in the black and gold is something I’ll carry with me for the rest of my life,” O’Toole wrote in a statement. “To the fans who filled the Hearnes Center and made noise for guys like me — thank you. I’m not going far. I’ll be right there in the room, coaching the next class of Tigers chasing it themselves.”
This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Two-time Missouri wrestling national champion Keegan O’Toole retires from competition
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