Jamill Kelly
{{short description|American wrestler (born 1977)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Jamill Kelly
| image = Jamill Kelly.jpg
| caption = Kelly in 2021
| fullname = Larry Jamill Kelly
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|October 25, 1977}}
| birth_place = Atwater, California, U.S.
| country = United States
| team = USA
| collegeteam = Oklahoma State
| sport = Wrestling
| event = Freestyle and Folkstyle
| club = Gator Wrestling Club
| coach = John Smith
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling }}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalSilver | 2004 Athens | 66 kg }}
{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}
{{MedalSilver | 2003 Santo Domingo | 66 kg }}
}}
Larry Jamill Kelly (born October 25, 1977) is an American freestyle wrestler. He represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games where he earned a silver medal in men's freestyle wrestling at 66 kg. Kelly is currently a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill wrestling coaching staff, as well as being the head coach for the Tar Heel Wrestling Club RTC in Chapel Hill.
Early life
Kelly was born in Atwater, California,{{Cite web |title=Jamill Kelly - Wrestling Coach |url=https://gostanford.com/sports/wrestling/roster/coaches/jamill-kelly/903 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Stanford University Athletics |language=en}} where he attended Atwater High School. He placed fourth in the California state wrestling tournament as a senior. Kelly spent one year at Lassen Community College before transferring to Oklahoma State University, where he became a three-time letter winner and two-time NCAA qualifier.
2004 Olympics
Although he never won a high school state title or a college national title, Kelly won the 2004 USA Nationals and US Olympic trials at 66 kg (145.5 lbs) to represent the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics. After winning both pool matches by a 3-0 score, he defeated eventual bronze medalist Makhach Murtazaliev of Russia in the semifinal, 3-1. In the gold medal match, Kelly faced Ukrainian Elbrus Tedeyev. Tedeyev would win the gold by a 3-1 score, with Kelly finishing as an Olympic silver medalist.
Coaching career
Up until August 2010 he was the head coach of Dallas Dynamite Wrestling Club in Dallas, Texas. In 2015, he became a guest wrestling coach for Daniel Cormier, Luke Rockhold and Cain Velasquez, all from the American Kickboxing Academy.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bXrCsUbrjk&t=22m22s Countdown to UFC 188: Cain Velasquez vs. Fabricio Werdum] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608204556/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bXrCsUbrjk&t=22m22s |date=June 8, 2015 }}
Kelly has coached at Cal Poly and NC State University, and was an Associate Head Wrestling Coach at Stanford University. Kelly coached at Arizona State University from May 2018 until March 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://thesundevils.com/sports/wrestling/roster/coaches/jamill-kelly/2916|title = Jamill Kelly - Wrestling Coach}}{{Cite web | url=https://thesundevils.com/sports/wrestling/roster/coaches/jamill-kelly/2916 | title=Jamill Kelly - Wrestling Coach }} In October 2020, Kelly was named as an assistant coach at UNC-Chapel Hill.{{Cite web|url=https://goheels.com/news/2020/10/7/scott-adds-kelly-to-wrestling-staff|title = Scott Adds Kelly to Wrestling Staff}}
In 2021, Kelly was honored with the Lifetime Service to Wrestling award by the California chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.[https://nwhof.org/hall_of_fame/bio/14648 Jamill Kelly]. nwhof.org. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
References
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- {{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/jamill-kelly-1.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127194016/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/jamill-kelly-1.html |archivedate=2012-01-27 }}
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