Bill Nugent, in addition to his high school triple crown championship at Marist HS in Oregon, is a 4 time NCAA qualifier for the University of Oregon, the Outstanding Wrestler in the 1982 Pac 10 Championships and a NCAA D1 All-American in 1982. In 1984 he was the Olympic Freestyle Alternate and was voted Outstanding Wrestler of the 1984 National Freestyle Open Championships. He earned a silver medal in the 1985  World Cup. His coaching tenure began at colleges. He first coached at Univ of Oregon in 1983, then Univ of Montana, then Southern Oregon University. He began coaching high school at Canby in 1989, then Tigard in 1990, from 1992-1998 he was the head coach at Tualatin HS, and from 1998-2006 he was the head coach at Oregon City HS. Coach Nugent is a retired high school teacher and now lives in Canby, OR with his wife Jennifer. He has 3 children: Sophie Nugent 21, Emma Moreno 27, Kate Nugent 24.