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Servite wrestling coach Alan Clinton praises Mason Graham - college football national champion - on CIF Southern Section Sitdown

Alan Clinton tells a story about national champion Mason Graham, who went from an unbalanced freshman to a wrestling All-American at Servite

Tarek Fattal

High school wrestling coach Alan Clinton has been to the CIF Southern Section finals 28 times between his time at El Modena and Servite.

Clinton has been teaching technique on the mat for over 40 years, and has a track record to prove it with 14 CIF crowns.

One of his most notable wrestlers is Mason Graham, a former Servite football standout who most recently won a college football national championship with Michigan as a sophomore starting defensive lineman.

"Coach Troy Thomas encouraged his football players to wrestle, especially if they played on the offensive or defensive line," Clinton said. "Mason came in as a freshman ... he did not have the body awareness or balance at first, but then he turned into an All-American."

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FULL EPISODE WITH CLINTON

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Tarek Fattal, SBLive Sports
TAREK FATTAL

Tarek Fattal has been covering high school sports since 2015 in Southern California and primarily in Los Angeles, covering notable athletes such as Bronny James, Kayvon Thibodeaux and Alyssa Thompson. He was with the LA Daily News for eight years, which included being the beat reporter for the UCLA men's basketball team. Tarek can be seen on TV regularly on CBS/KCAL as a sports analyst with Jim Hill.

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