The University of Iowa men's

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program is one of the most successful athletic programs in

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. The University of Iowa Hawkeyes are a member of the

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. Iowa is second in

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history with 24

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while finishing as a runner-up six times, with each of their championship appearances being since 1975.

History

Wrestling at the University of Iowa began in 1911 when the first head coach, E.G. Schroeder, led the team in a dual against

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. The Hawkeyes competed in the first

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meet in 1926 under the direction of coach Mike Howard. Howard coached Iowa from 1921 until 1952. David McCuskey took over for Howard and coached the team until 1972 when Gary Kurdelmeier began a four season reign where his teams had an impressive 51-7-5 record. Kurdelmeier led the Hawkeyes to their first national championship in his third year as coach. Former Iowa State University wrestler and assistant coach

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, became The University of Iowa head coach in 1976. He was the Hawkeyes head coach for 17

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and 21 consecutive

Championships. That included a streak of nine consecutive NCAA Team Championships, starting in 1978 and ending in 1986. It equaled the longest streak of national titles won by any school, in any sport, also held by the Yale golf team (1905–13) and the Southern Cal track team (1935–43). In 1994 the University of North Carolina Women's Soccer team became the most recent addition to this group by winning its ninth straight NCAA championship which was also its 12th of a possible 13 (92%) since 1982 when the NCAA replaced the

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in awarding National Champion titles in collegiate Women's Soccer. The Hawkeyes also set NCAA records for total points (158), victory margin (73.25) and number of national champions (5), and tied the record for most finalists (6) in 1986. Gable was so confident that his team would win their tenth straight championships that he had the Roman Numeral "X" put on their warm-up jackets to signify the tenth championships they thought they would win. However, they would finish as the runner-up at the 1987 NCAA Championships behind the

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Cyclones, Gable's alma mater. Gable retired after the 1997 season in which the team broke its own NCAA record for total points with its winning total of 170, and recorded the second-largest victory margin (56.50 points) in NCAA tournament history. The Hawkeyes also crowned five NCAA Champions out of six finalists, both tying NCAA records. Gable finished his Iowa head coaching career with a record of 355-21-5 (.940), 21 consecutive Big Ten Titles, and 15 NCAA Championships. During Gable's reign, Iowa had numerous remarkable seasons. *Iowa had 9 All-American wrestlers in 1981, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1992, and 1995. *Iowa had 9 Big Ten champions in 1983. *Iowa had 5 national champions in 1986 and 1997. *Iowa beat Oklahoma State by at least 25 points in five separate dual meets, including a meet on Feb. 9, 1991 at which the Cowboys didn’t win a single match. Only a tied match by All-American

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prevented the shutout. Iowa won the meet 35-2. He was replaced by

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, who had wrestled for Gable in the early eighties and had been his top assistant at Iowa for several years. Zalesky picked up right where Gable left off by winning the 1998 Big Ten and National championships. The following season, the Hawkeyes saw their 25-year Big Ten championship streak snapped by the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Nevertheless, Iowa was able to recover and defend their national championship. In 2000, Zalesky's Hawkeyes returned to Big Ten championship form and also won their sixth consecutive national title and their third under Zalesky. However, the program would find itself struggling over the next six years, with Iowa winning only one Big Ten title in 2004 and no national championships. The Zalesky era came to an end after the 2005–06 campaign, a season which found the Hawkeyes slipping to fourth place in the final Big Ten tournament standings. Iowa hired

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, another former Hawkeye wrestler who had also served as an assistant to Gable. Brands had been head coach at

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prior to his return to Iowa City. In Iowa's first season under Brands, they would finish third in the Big Ten championships and eighth at the NCAA championships. The Hawkeyes rapidly returned to the national spotlight during the 2007–08 season, winning their first Big Ten championship in four years and their first NCAA championship in eight years and 21st national title overall. Brent Metcalf and Mark Perry finished as National Champions and finalist Joey Slaton was a runner-up. They repeated as 2009 NCAA champions, despite having no individual champions, with five All-Americans. Brent Metcalf was a finalist and finished second. Ryan Morningstar finished third. Phil Keddy and Dan Erekson finished fourth. Dan Dennis finished seventh. Iowa returned to the NCAA championships with a dominant performance in 2010, having already locked up the team title before the end of the second day of competition. They finished with 3 individual champions, 2 runners-up, and eight overall All-Americans. Matt McDonough won a National Championship as a freshman, while Brent Metcalf and Jay Borschel concluded their senior campaigns with National Championships. Dan Dennis finished second to Jayson Ness, of Minnesota, after losing the lead in the closing seconds of the match. Montell Marion, also, finished second, losing to freshman, and future four-time National Champ, Kyle Dake. Ryan Morningstar and Dan Erekson finished the season in seventh place, and Phil Keddy finished eighth. Iowa's 2010 team was one of the most dominant in NCAA history. The team won all of its dual meets. Iowa shut out their opponents in eight of those duals, including Big Ten opponents Michigan, 36-0, Michigan State, 37-0, and Northwestern, 49-0. They also defeated Penn State, 29-6, Minnesota, 28-9, and Ohio State, 32-3. This success continued into 2011 until the Hawkeyes' 69-match winning streak ended with a 15-15 tie v. rival Oklahoma State in Stillwater. They continued this new "unbeaten streak" into 2012 finally ending in a 16-17 loss to Oklahoma State at home—ending a run of 84-0-1 going back to 2008.

Current roster 2021–2022

Home meets

Home meets are held in the 15,500 seat

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in Iowa City. Several home matches each year are televised by

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or the

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. On Dec 6, 2008, Iowa set the national dual-meet attendance record for wrestling with a crowd of 15,955 against

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. It was a matchup of the #1 and #2 ranked schools in the country, which Iowa won 20–15. On November 14, 2015, #4 Iowa reset the national collegiate wrestling dual-meet attendance record at

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with over 42,000 fans in a victory over #1

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. Years of planning went into the event and it was named

Grapple on the Gridiron The Grapple on the Gridiron was a college wrestling dual meet held on November 14, 2015, in Iowa City, Iowa. Historical rivals Oklahoma State University and University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a p ...

came up with the idea in 2008, and broke the previous record set by

rival

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in 2013. Iowa continually has the best attendance per season. Since 2002, when attendance began being compiled, Iowa has led average home attendance nationally 19 out of 20 seasons, the lone exception being 2006 (Oklahoma State). The University of Iowa wrestling program sold out of season tickets for the first time in program history in 2021. Iowa led the nation in attendance for the 14th consecutive season in 2019-20, setting an NCAA average attendance record of 12,568 fans in seven home dates. Official attendance records were not kept in 2020-21. The 2019-20 season marked the 12th straight that Iowa averaged more than 8,000 fans. It also marked the first time in NCAA history that a program put more than 10,000 fans in the building for every home dual.

Championships

NCAA team championships

Big Ten Team Championships

Iowa

team titles: 1958, 1962, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982,1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2021

Big Ten Regular Season Champions

The Hawkeyes have won or shared the Big Ten regular season championships 13 times since the conference started recognizing a dual meet champion in 1999. Iowa won the title outright in 2000, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2020, and shared the title in 2003, 2014, 2016, 2019, and 2021.

NCAA individual champions

Royce Alger Iowa Hawkeyes Royce Alger (born 1965) is an American wrestler and retired mixed martial artist. A student of wrestling icon Dan Gable, he went on to become a three-time All-American, three-time Big Ten champion, and two-time NCAA ...

1987 1988 *

Ed Banach Edward Joseph "Ed" Banach (born February 6, 1960) is an athlete who won a gold medal in wrestling in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He wrestled for the University of Iowa under coach Dan Gable from 1980 to 1983, where he was a four-time NCAA All-A ...

1980 1981 1983 *

Lou Banach Ludwig David "Lou" Banach (born February 6, 1960) is an American athlete who won a gold medal in wrestling in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was noted with his fraternal twin brother Ed Banach for both winning gold medals in frees ...

1981 1983 *Leslie Beers 1928 *Jay Borschel 2010 *

Terry Brands Terry Brands (born April 9, 1968) is an American Olympic wrestler who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, after losing the semi-final match to the Iranian wrestler, Alireza Dabir. While wrestling at the University of Iowa, Brands wo ...

1990 1992 *

1990 1991 1992† *Peter Bush 1982 * Chris Campbell 1976 1977 *

Rico Chiapparelli Rico Chiapparelli is an American former amateur wrestler and mixed martial arts trainer. Being from Baltimore, Maryland, Chiapparelli became known as the "Baltimore Butcher," he was Junior National Champion as a senior in high school, and then was ...

1987 *Cory Clark 2017 *Jim Craig 1959 * Barry Davis 1982 1983 1985† *

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1986 *Lee Fullhart 1997 *Duane Goldman 1986 *Richard Govig 1954 * Jim Heffernan 1986 *Dan Holm 1975 *Mark Ironside 1997 1998 *Eric Juergens 2000 2001 *Bruce Kinseth 1979† *Marty Kistler 1985 1986† *Gary Kurdelmeier 1958 *

Spencer Lee Spencer Richard Lee (born October 14, 1998) is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms (125 pounds). In freestyle, he was the '19 US National champion and a three–time age–group World Champion, once as a c ...

2018 2019 2021 *Kenneth Leuer 1956 * Randy Lewis 1979 1980 *

Terry McCann Terrence John McCann (March 23, 1934 – June 7, 2006), commonly known as Terry McCann, was an American amateur wrestling, wrestler who won the Gold Medal in the bantamweight division of freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olym ...

1955 1956 * Matt McDonough 2010 2012 *Jeff McGinness 1995 1998 *

Lincoln McIlravy Lincoln Paul McIlravy (born July 17, 1974 in Rapid City, South Dakota) from Philip, South Dakota is a businessman notable for his collegiate and Olympic wrestling accolades. High School and College Career McIlravy wrestled for Philip High Sc ...

1993 1994 1997† *

Brent Metcalf Brent Metcalf (born July 14, 1986) is an American freestyle wrestler who formerly competed in the international circuit for the United States of America. Biography As a prep wrestler, Metcalf went undefeated with a career record of 228-0, won ...

2008† 2010 *

Steve Mocco Iowa Hawkeyes Oklahoma State Cowboys Steve Mocco (born December 28, 1981) is an American former amateur wrestler, judoka and mixed martial artist. As a collegiate wrestler, he was a two-time NCAA national ...

2003 *Cliff Moore 2004 *Brad Penrith 1986 * Mark Perry 2007 2008 *

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2014 *Mark Reiland 1991 *Simon Roberts 1957 *Joe Scarpello 1947 1950 *

Doug Schwab Doug Schwab (born August 3, 1977 in Osage, Iowa) is a male freestyle wrestler and NCAA wrestling coach from United States. He participated in men's freestyle 66 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. He wrestled at the University of Iowa, where he was a ...

1999 *Joel Sharratt 1994 *

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1973 *Brad Smith 1976 *Terry Steiner 1993† *Troy Steiner 1992 *Derek St. John 2013 * Sherwyn Thorson 1962 *Daryl Weber 1996 *Jessie Whitmer 1997 * Joe Williams 1996 1997 1998† *T.J. Williams 1999 2001 *Chuck Yagla 1975 1976† * Bill Zadick 1996 *

1982 1983 1984† †Denotes tournament most outstanding wrestler

Awards

;

Dan Hodge Trophy The Dan Hodge Trophy is awarded each year to the United States of America’s best college wrestler. The trophy is presented at the end of the season by W.I.N. Magazine (''Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine'') and Culture House. It is the collegiate w ...

*1998 – Mark Ironside *2008 –

*2020, 2021 –

Iowa wrestling statistical leaders SEASON WINS: *1. Barry Davis (1981-82): 46 *2.

(1990-91): 45 *3. Mark Reiland (1990-91): 44 *T4. Barry Davis (1984-85),

(1990-91): 43 CAREER WINS: *1. Barry Davis (1981-85):162 *2.

(1988-92):158 *3. Troy Steiner (1990-93): 148 *4.

(1980-83): 141 *5.

(1988-92): 137 SEASON PINS: *1. Bruce Kinseth (1978-79): 23 *T2. John Bowlsby (1976-77) &

(1982-83): 22 *4.

(2008-09): 20 *T5. Randy Lewis (1978-79; 1979-80),

(1981-82), Royce Alger (1987-88) & Luke Moffitt (2001-02): 19 CAREER PINS: *1. Ed Banach (1980-83): 73 *2. Randy Lewis (1978-81): 64 *3. John Bowlsby (1975-79): 59 *T4. Rico Chiapparelli (1983-87), Royce Alger (1984-88),

Jaydin Eierman Jaydin Selsor Eierman ('' née'' Clayton: born on May 2, 1996 in Columbia, Missouri) is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes internationally at 65 kilograms and collegiately at 141 pounds. In freestyle, Eierman is the re ...

(2017-19, 21,22): 49

Former wrestlers who have served as collegiate wrestling head coaches

2002–2005, Tennessee-Chattanooga 2006-present, Iowa (Associate Head Coach) *

2005–2006, Virginia Tech/ 2007–present, Iowa * Barry Davis 1994–2018, Wisconsin *

2006–2017, Virginia Tech/2017-present, Iowa State *Tony Ersland 2014–present, Purdue *Duane Goldman 1992–2018, Indiana * Jim Heffernan 2009–present, Illinois *Steve Martin 2003–2020, Old Dominion *Keith Mourlam 1996-2004, Virginia Tech *

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2019-present, North Carolina (Associate Head Coach) *Greg Randall 2003–2017, Boise State *Tom Ryan 1995–2006 Hofstra/ 2007–present, Ohio State *

2010–present, Northern Iowa *Joel Sharratt 2006–2013, Air Force/ 2014–2020, Navy * Troy Steiner 2016-2020, Fresno State *

1997–2006, Iowa / 2006–2020, Oregon State *Bob Riehm 1937-2020, Southern Oregon University 1969-1994

Athletics Hall of Fame

Notable Hawkeye wrestlers

– former

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fighter, World silver medalist in freestyle wrestling, two-time NCAA Champion and three-time All-American *

– Olympic gold medalist at

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, three-time

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and four-time All-American *

– Olympic gold medalist at

in freestyle wrestling, two-time NCAA Champion *

– Olympic bronze medalist at

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in freestyle wrestling, two-time

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, two-time NCAA Champion and three-time All-American *

– Olympic gold medalist at

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in freestyle wrestling, World Champion, three-time NCAA Champion and four-time All-American, has led Iowa to four national championships as a head coach * Chris Campbell – Olympic bronze medalist at

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

, World gold and silver medals, two-time NCAA Champion and three-time All-American *

– former MMA fighter and trainer, NCAA Champion * Barry Davis – Olympic silver medalist at

, two-time World medalist, three-time NCAA Champion and four-time All-American *

Daniel Dennis Daniel Dennis (born September 24, 1986) is an American former freestyle and folkstyle wrestler, who competed for the United States at 57 KG in the 2016 Olympics. High school career Dennis was a two-time Illinois state runner-up for Grant Communi ...

– Olympian at

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in freestyle wrestling, NCAA finalist and two-time All-American *

– NCAA Champion and two-time All-American, head wrestling coach at

(2006–2017),

(2017–present) *

Thomas Gilman Thomas Patrick Gilman (born May 28, 1994) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms. In freestyle, Gilman is a 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist and the 2021 World Champion (finalist in 2 ...

– Olympic bronze medalist at

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in freestyle wrestling, World Champion and two-time medalist, NCAA finalist and three-time All-American *

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– former

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fighter *

– two-time Junior World Champion and one-time Cadet World Champion in freestyle wrestling, three-time NCAA Champion * Randy Lewis – Olympic gold medalist at

in freestyle wrestling, two-time NCAA Champion and four-time All-American *

Terrence McCann Terrence John McCann (March 23, 1934 – June 7, 2006), commonly known as Terry McCann, was an American wrestler who won the Gold Medal in the bantamweight division of freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and l ...

– Olympic gold medalist at

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

in freestyle wrestling, two-time NCAA Champion * Matt McDonough – two-time NCAA Champion and three-time finalist *

– Olympic bronze medalist at

, two-time World medalist, three-time NCAA Champion and four-time finalist *

– former member of Team USA Freestyle World Team, two-time NCAA Champion and three-time finalist *

– NCAA Champion and two-time finalist at Iowa *

– former member of Team USA Freestyle World Team, NCAA Champion, two-time NCAA finalist and three-time All-American *

– Olympian at

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in freestyle wrestling, NCAA Champion and three-time All-American * Joe Williams – Olympian at

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in freestyle wrestling, two-time World bronze medalist, three-time NCAA Champion and four-time All-American * Bill Zadick – 2006 World Champion in freestyle wrestling, NCAA Champion and two-time finalist * Mike Zadick – Olympian at

, three-time NCAA All-American *

– three-time NCAA Champion and four-time All-American, led Iowa to three national championships as a head coach

References

External links

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History

Current roster 2021–2022

Home meets

Championships

NCAA team championships

Big Ten Team Championships

Big Ten Regular Season Champions

NCAA individual champions

Awards

Former wrestlers who have served as collegiate wrestling head coaches

Athletics Hall of Fame

Notable Hawkeye wrestlers

See also

References

External links