Background
Cross, Kendall was born on February 24, 1968 in Hardin, Montana, United States.
Cross, Kendall was born on February 24, 1968 in Hardin, Montana, United States.
Kendall graduated from Ohio State University with a major in political science and economics.
He defeated Guivi Sissaouri of Canada 5-3 in the final match. Cross also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics where he placed sixth. South. After college he served as an assistant coach at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina while training for the Olympics.
He also served as a coach for the Sunkist Kids and the Dave Schultz Wrestling Clubs.
Kendall went on to become an assistant coach at Harvard University and worked at Merrill Lynch in Boston. Then After Moving to Dallas, helped coach at Dallas Dynamite, with other Olympians Brandon Slay and Jamill Kelly.
In addition to help Head coach at Dallas Dynamite (Brandon and Jamill both coach for the United States National team currently) with former Oklahoma wrestler, Melvin Lofton, he also coaches at Trinity Christian Academy high school wrestling team Kendall has two children: Kennedy Rand and London Grace Cross, who both attend Trinity Christian Academy, Dallas, Texas.
Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, inducted 2002.