Conrad Davis Mock

C.D. Mock (born 1958) is a former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) wrestling head coach. He held this position from 2003 to 2015. His UNC team saw success in the 2005 - 2006 season. He is a UNC alumnus and amateur wrestler. In 1984, Mock married Mickie Robinson, a physician assistant who was a UNC graduate and a member of the UNC gymnastics team. They have two children.

Career

High school Mock wrestled for four seasons while attending Council Rock High School in Newtown. Mock began wrestling in his freshman year. In his senior year, Mock won a PIAA class AAA state title. Mock's start in wrestling was at a later age than the usual 6 years. He dedicated his spare time to training.

College In 1982, while enrolled University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), Mock became the first National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) wrestling champion from his school. He finished with a score of 35-0 in the 134 lb weight class. Mock was awarded the Patterson medal, an annual UNC honour for achievement in sport.

Coaching After graduation from UNC, Mock became a wrestling coach at Council Rock high school. He became the head coach of wrestling at the UNC in 2003. In 2005, the UNC college team, the Tar Heels won ACC titles and a 16-8-1 dual meet record in 2006. On 7 September 2015, Mock published a personal statement on the website of The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, a higher education lobby group. He wrote that in June 2014, his son was accused of sexual assault and that the matter was dismissed when a judge opined that the burden of proof of non-consent had not been met by the accuser. Mock wrote, "my stance that the increasing reliance on campus committees and administrators applying affirmative consent standards instead of following due legal process must have rankled ... key UNC people". A lack of effectiveness of Mock's coaching was also raised as a reason for his dismissal.