Copyright 2023 - Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame. This season is the one that Iowa fans have been waiting on. He won four U.S. National titles (1993-96) and made four straight U.S. World or Olympic teams (1993-96). Lee lives through the Hawkeye state of accountability, which helps push that onto his teammates. Tom and Terry Brands have operated in close quarters throughout their lives, including before they took their first breaths. The fear if any that Iowa would continue to drop nationally wasnt something at the forefront of minds in the organization. Privacy Policy It doesn't surprise Jenithat her husband connects with and knows how to handle their teenagers. Did you seriously say Dan Gable was overrated? Honors: As a collegiate wrestler at Oklahoma State, Coleman Scott wrestled under the long-time Cowboys coach John Smith, following in Smiths own wrestling footsteps on his way to becoming an NCAA champion and a four-time All-American. Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands believes the Hawkeyes are in a good position at 125 pounds, where the only certainty is that Spencer Lee won't be in the lineup for weekend duals against . Honors: A four-time All-American and 1992 NCAA Champion, Troy Steiner is another highly accomplished Iowa alum in the collegiate wrestling coaching world. That's worse than saying Lombardi is the 7th best coach in nfl history. I know that if our guys do what theyre capable of doing and make the adjustments that they need to make on a daily basis, theyre going to get what they want, Tom said. pic.twitter.com/vZUHipxFvE. Steiner placed third his senior year and then completed a successful freestyle career, earning a place on the U.S. National Team from 1992-2000. I've been following the sport of wrestling since the mid-1970s. We need every edge we can get, Tom remembers thinking during Lees visit. The 13 top active coaches with the most successful collegiate careers earned either two or more individual NCAA titles or at least one title and four All-American honors during their time as college athletes. He gets plenty of practice every day in the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex. The Hawkeyes didnt have that many All-Americans since the final year of Gables tenure. His Hawkeyes have stretched together 10 straight top-five national finishes. After tabbing Iowas first NCAA champion in two years in 2007, Tom had something however small to build on. Wrestling posters adorn the walls and a column near the center of the room, and atop his hanging cabinets sit photos of men hes coached through Iowas esteemed and nationally respected program. Tom responded by taking three Big Ten championships and posting NCAA titles in 1990, 1991 and 1992. Unbelievable to see our guys under stress, Brands says. He and his wife, Jeni, have three adult children, Madigan, Kinsee and Tommy. In 2001, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Tom Brands' gold medal from the 1996 Olympics sits on display at the International Wrestling Institute and Museum in Iowa. In 2003, he took a part-time coaching job at North Carolina and then ultimately moved intoan entrepreneurial positions, starting his own website and running wrestling camps. While at Sheldon, Tom also set a record for most take-downs in a season with 158 in 1986 as well as most points with 477 the same year. 405 West Hall of Fame Avenue Stillwater, OK 74075 Phone: (405) 377-5243 Email: info@nwhof.org Looking closely at the special mention list and some who werent on the list at all, pre 80s college wresting did exist and some of them were very good! Winning is everything, Brands says. To get a better feel for the man in charge of it all, I asked if I could spend a day with Brands to see what makes him tick. Cracks them left and right. The Hawkeyes defeated the Cyclones, 29-6. Nguyen's education is listed on their profile. Well, because you wake up in the middle of the night and your mom and dad are shouting at each other because of alcohol. Having completed his collegiate career in 1992 with a 158-7-2 record, three national titles, four All-American honors, outstanding wrestler honors and one undefeated season, Brands went on to win the gold medal in the 1996 Olympic Games before transitioning fully into coaching and finding equal success. Any questions, Ill be in touch later. 4 time NAIA champ, voted OW all four times. Scorekeepers You did this, so now I get to do that are one of Tom Brands top pet peeves. In 2000, he was recognized by the National Wrestling Coaches Association as College Assistant Coach of the Year. Representing the Hawkeye Wrestling Club after graduation, he began harvesting national and international awards. The Hawkeyes are one of two favorites to win the NCAA team championship in March. Led the Hawkeyes to national titles in 2008, 2009, and 2010. Im on the same page as you. National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum, Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award, Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award. He reads. The only NCAA Championships she hasnt attended since 1986 years before she met Tom was when the couple was expecting their second daughter during the week of the 1999 national tournament in State College, Pa. READ ALL OUR HAWKEYES NEWS: Download the Hawk Central app for iPhone, Android and follow us on Facebook. Hes the imperfect but devoted Christian who literally wears out his Bible with daily, scrupulous notes. [4] I know the difference of what it feels like.. Brands has authored several instructional VHS/DVD products that teach and advocate his "in-your-face" style of wrestling. Hell dance … and kind of embarrass us. Hes got a crazy sense of humor.. He's the outspoken brother who is as quick to butt heads with his twin as he is to bury the hatchet afterward. He was named 1993 USA Wrestling Athlete of the Year, 1993 John Smith Outstanding Freestyle Wrestler, and 1993 Amateur Wrestling News Man of the Year. Pat started coaching at his fathers alma mater, Lehigh,in 1994 before leaving to take a head coaching job at Maryland in 2003. In one of those years, 1992, both Tom and Terry were national champions. Honors: Cary Kolat began his collegiate wrestling career as a highly-toutedrecruit from Pennsylvania, and, choosing to stay local, Kolat starting racking up the wins for Penn State right away. We dont keep score, Jenisays. In 2010, it began operating the Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, Iowa. That stems from something that he pushes for every day not senior leadership, but leadership, period. Its a question that only a select few can fully answer, yet its one of those things you cant help but wonder. In the spring of 2006, Tom Brands returned to the University of Iowa as head coach. Honors: Kerry McCoys accomplishments as a wrestler for Penn State from 1992-1997 added to the legacy that previous Nittany Lions established and help build the winning tradition continued by the current Penn State squad. In it, he is staring at a hawk perched on his arm, and the hawk is staring right back. Moving to USA? And you know what? Steiner and his brother Terry both work as successful wrestling coaches, Troy with Cal State and Terry with the womens national team, and both were inducted into the North Dakota Hall of Fame in 1998. #UNCommon @NWHOF pic.twitter.com/zkuoxBcvBI, Current school: CornellAlma mater: University of North CarolinaYears: 1984-88Record: 155-20-1. When Tom turns around, Terry pretends to poke a fork in his brothers lower back. For the past nine years, he has been an assistant head coach at Iowa. Its not the big, bad wolf. Theres a rival in-state program making noise by hiring four former Hawkeyes. Dake went 3-0 against Taylor (the defending OW) in a season. Instead, when the lights lowered and the Imperial March from Star Warsstarted blasting from the Carver-Hawkeye Arena speakers, the 6-foot-3 senior heavyweight Sam Stoll walked to the edge of the mat. The regular season winds downs on the final Sunday before conference tournaments. Strength coach Chris Doyle and then-offensive line coach Brian Ferentz were in the football weight room that day and engaged withLee, too. We feel that Tom is capable of meeting those expectations and further contributing to our achievements. His twin brother, Terry, was also an Olympic medalist and a standout at Iowa. He was recognized in 2020 when the top-ranked Hawkeyes won Big Ten regular season and tournament championships and entered the NCAA Championships as the favorite to win the team title. In 1991, his undefeated 45-0 season helped lead the Hawkeyes to their first of six NCAA team championships in the next seven seasons. Then, he took to the international stage to continue his success. Its not boring. Theres massive roster turnover. You always have that fear a little bit, because that fear is what lights some fires, Gable said. And yet, he may have not experienced any of that if not for his wrestling career. "Wrestling gave me so much to look forward to. For junior and two-time All-American Alex Marinelli, doing things the right way is at the forefront of everything he does. He served as team captain for two of his fouryears, just as his father, Dick Santoro, didduring his career as a wrestler at Lehigh. JeniBrands says her husband reads the Bible hes had since college every day. I got some good advice a long time ago from somebody, Brands said. Accountability, both on and off the mat, is introduced right from the start. The thing is, I know everybodys really excited about this year for some reason, but Ive been excited every year that Ive been here, Terry said. Ferentz would sit down with Lee and fellow Pennsylvania prospect Gavin Teasdale for about 30 minutesthat April weekend. Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Big 12, Conference USA. Kerry McCoy (blue) wrestles David Otiashvili of the Republic of Georgia in the 120 kg division of the 2004 Titan Games. During his career, he also claimed three Big Ten Titles. Her dad, Don Mittelstadt, was a friend of Dan Gables and had a place in the resort town. After Tom left his first head coaching job at Virginia Tech to come back to Iowa, talent followed. In 1995, he was named the U.S. Olympic Committee Sportsman of the Month. Tom became one of the most dominate wrestlers in Iowa history with a record of 158-7-2 including 46 falls. The tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Theres a stereotype out there.. He also earned a ninth-place finish at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. I love these kinds of freaks.. I think they exemplified to me what I was looking for in wrestling on the mat and then off the mat as well. In 1987, Iowa wrestling had experienced something that it had only encountered once before in Gables 11 years as head coach: the Hawkeyes werent the best in the nation. 2nd, 1st, 1st & 2nd. Then, in 1988, it happened again. During his collegiate career, Scott also won two Big 12 titles, one during his freshman year where he also won Outstanding Wrestler honors, and one during his junior year. … He helped me work through that. The 2010 championship was Iowas last, the longest stretch without a title for the Hawkeyes since the program won its first in 1975 under Kurdelmeier. Only had 3 losses(pinned by Jason Nolf at a dual meet and twice to Vincenzo Joseph including once by fall at the NCAA Finals). Tom Brands is introduced as Iowa wrestlings head coach on April 5, 2006. The idea that Brands cant handle defeat is a lie. Tom remembers being a passenger in his fathers car when he was about 11, the age when his parents divorced, and looking at the hand gripping the steering wheel. With an undefeated season in 1991 at 45-0, Tom was a four-time All-American, three-time NCAA Champion, three-time Big Ten Conference Champion, and Outstanding Wrestler at the 1992 NCAA Tournament. Under Brands, Iowa also captured conference titles in 2008, 2009, 2010, were the 2015 co-champions with Ohio State and were the 2021 co-champions with Penn State. Ill tell you what, when you got 10 weight classes that are getting what they want, thats a good formula for success.. Iowa was coming off a seven-loss season the programs most since 1966-67 but from the moment Tom stepped into the role as head coach, he didnt feel pressure to return the program to what it once was under Gable. That accountability factor is important in a big way as the stakes build toward NCAAs. Dan Gable, Iowa State University - His focus and dedication are legendary even outside the sport. Tom won four U.S. National crowns and three World Team Trials titles, and was a medalist in the Sunkist International Duals. To him, thats in the past. With that in mind, youre always looking up.. Coming into his collegiate career two years shy of Dan Gables historic run of nine-straight championships at the helm for Iowa, he soon found himself on the mat with a program that would go for another title run. How he lives, how he approaches coaching is definitely Jesus-inspired.. They were a little bit behind in the room, but they werent behind in the competition or how they lived their life.. In addition to his individual titles, Branch also helped Oklahoma State to its team title in 1994 and then helped coach the team to four more titles. He ultimatelyrejoined the Tar Heels and stayed in North Carolina through 2014. He makes jokes. Mocco? He also ranks third in career winning percentage (.956), fourth in most consecutive matches without a defeat (65), and seventh in career falls (44). Anybody, other than Mr. Sesker, think I'm off base with this? The Daily Iowan Copyright 2023 FLEX WordPress Theme by SNO Log in. Although, I must agree with another comment that maybe a little more research could have been done before posting this article. The way he describes it, if he feels something different beneath his feet, hell rip up the carpet to learn the cause. They reached out to see if a meeting could be arranged with Hawkeye football coach Kirk Ferentz who, like Lee, grew up in the Pittsburgh area. He was the first wrestler to win two O.W. Hed be my #2. Im proud of my dad.. Head coach Tom Brands has won and lost at the highest level, and now he's teaching Iowa wrestlers to do the same by being self-accountable. We know your lifestyle. pic.twitter.com/HbI8Ko7Rx4, Current school: California State University, FresnoAlma mater: University of IowaYears: 1989-1993Record: 148-13. And I love her. If he watches TV, its usually a documentary. / I think that really does stem from the coaching staff all of them, Morningstar, [Bobby] Telford, Terry, and Tom they do an awesome job making sure that everyone holds each other accountable.. A morning workout for the Hawkeye Wrestling Club starts in a few hours. Thats probably the best trait Tom has.. He made the call, Tom said after the meet. Phone: (319) 233-0745 Sports Illustrated reports that Tom Brady went to college at the University of Michigan, where he was enrolled from 1995 to 1999, according to ESPN. Im the one that says that. 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Cael Sanderson (red) wrestles Vertus Jones (blue) of West Virginia in the 184-pound championship match at the 2000 NCAA championship in St. Louis, Missouri. If he starts thinking in terms of negative, he has the ability to turn it to a positive and act on it, Tom Brands Sr. says. I had my best friends there. Brands also served as assistant coach for the U.S. Freestyle World Teams in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Even though Ramos has since unceremoniously left the Hawkeye Wrestling Club, he had been Iowa's most recent individual NCAAchampion (in 2014) until Cory Clark's win in March. He was named Freestyle Coach of the Year by USA Wrestling in 2002 and 2003. Gable came knocking, and their energy and determination was funneled through an organization that was known for cranking out the best. When Tom and Mike showed up, Jeniwas at the house. People see me as straightforward and probably unapologetic to the point where, if you want to use it against me, Im heartless, Tom says. The Sioux City-raised daughter of a wrestling fanatic is the perfect match for Tom. Then, let them think about it.. Who do you answer to when you wake up in the morning? he says. In his sophomore year, Steiner placed second and then won the tournament a year later as a junior. Tom Brands - University of Iowa Athletics Head Coach Tom Brands Phone 319-335-9405 E-Mail tom-brands@hawkeyesports.com Bio Five-time Big Ten and three-time NWCA Coach of the Year Tom Brands completed his 16th season as head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa in 2021-22. Brands served as head coach at Virginia Tech University for two seasons (2005-06), recording a 17-20 dual mark. Is Tom making fun of me again? he says. After winning three high school state championships, Steiner went on to finish fifth in his first NCAA tournament, a statement finish that set him up for three more top-five finishes at the national tournament and three consecutive conference titles. Im not one of these guys (that tries to tell fans), Hey, you guys expect too much. No way. Everyone please stop. Madigan, a sophomore pre-business major at Iowa and a wrestling team manager, tells of her dads silly behaviorwith her friends. Brands served 12 seasons as assistant coach for the Hawkeyes, from 1993 to 2004. 5. For attaining, in a few brief years, every goal a young wrestler dreams of, Tom Brands is honored as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Here's a closer look at Brady's college career. Thats a good thing. Today, a new winner will be crowned director of operations Luke Eustice. Ask Brands about his family, though, and hell point to the annual one-week vacation they take out West each summer, usually by car. For attaining, in a few brief years, every goal a young wrestler dreams of, Tom Brands is honored as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Shes a great partner. … I didnt know genetics,but I remember, My blood is his blood. That Ferentz obligedfor Iowa wrestling, with spring football in full swing, demonstrates the level of respectBrands commands in Iowa City. Toms bachelor party in 1995 was at a friends house along the Iowa River in Marengo. Wonderful article, thanks for putting this together! In 1996 at Atlanta, Tom stood on the topmost step as an Olympic Gold Medal was slipped around his neck. The Iowa program is one of the most decorated sports programs in all of intercollegiate athletics, and with that comes very lofty expectations, Bowlsby said in his introductory press conference. In 2010, its third-consecutive national championship and its last to date, Iowa put eight wrestlers on the podium with All-American honors. He earned All-American honors as a freshman for the Nittany Lions, finishing runner-up in his first NCAA appearance. Also Pat Milkovich, 4 time NCAA finalist 2 time champ. And you know what? It doesnt matter if they have a strong faith or not. 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