Iowa coaches

[LaxHawk174]

Paid by the university to coach? Or does the pay come from running camps or other work? Who is Iowas current volunteer assistant? I wasn't sure how that worked.

Iowas full staff, available on school page

TOM BRANDS
Head Coach
11th year

TERRY BRANDS
Associate Head Coach
19th season at Iowa

RYAN MORNINGSTAR
Assistant Coach
5th year at Iowa

BEN BERHOW
Volunteer Assistant Coach
4th year at Iowa

LUKE EUSTICE
Director of Wrestling Operations
11th year at Iowa

TRAVIS RUTT
Strength and Conditioning Coach
2nd year at Iowa

 

[CradleKing26]

It is important to remember that being a good wrestler does not equal being a good coach.

Just look at KJ. He is one of the best freestyle wrestlers in USA history and one of only a handful of americans in the international wrestling hall of fame.

 

[Hawkeyecurtis81]

When guys would leave coach Gables staff to coach elsewhere who did he hire? The new young studs that recently graduated. Brent should be a Hawk coach, period. The guy gave up a year of college elegibility to wrestle for us, he is IOWA WRESTLING!

Yes some stayed but many left. Did he give up that year for US or for Tom Brands?

 

[Chopper25]

The problem I see with dressers staff is they all wrestled approx the same weight in college. No diversity.

I remember watching an old Iowa v Ok State dual on YouTube a while back. Our bench consisted of Jim Zalesky, Tom Brands, Terry Brands, and Lincoln McIlravy. That is 10 or 11 individual National Chsmpionships and very little diversity.

 

[moosemonster]

Call me crazy, but I trust that Tom and Terry know coaching staffs better than some douchey prison guard.

 

[Jay on HR]

Everyone wants to give Morningstar credit for the last 2 good recruiting classes. They were good, no doubt. But doesn't he get some of the blame for the poor classes prior to that?

Isn't the whole story that when Schwab left our recruiting took a downward turn? Morningstar took on the role of lead recruiter, because he is young and can travel and now we are finally seeing the payback of all the relationships he has been developing over the past few years?

Metcalf is a big name, no doubt about that, but there is going to be some truth to the fact that guys like Morningstar (and others like him on other staffs) already have relationships with recruits where Metcalf is starting from scratch.

 

[Czech Hawk]

All I know is I want all our Iowa guys on just our staff. I am greedy and don't like to share. Unfortunately that will never be an option for any university that is super successful. Could Metcalf going there be something we totally regret? Absolutely, but so could loosing Morningstar or Berhow. I think they are both underappreciated by fans. Being great at the sport doesn't always correlate to being a great coach and just because you were an average athlete you are not limited to to being a subpar coach.

 

[Hawk_82]

So who do they get rid of to keep Metcalf? Sounds like ISU came up with a lot of money so $$$ is not equal here. Pretty risky to wave goodbye to M* who by all accounts is a good recruiter. OTE]

Isn't this an issue in itself? is iowa willing to do what it takes to win? even if that means allowing some donor money to go to hwc, or dishing out more money for top coaches, or upgrading the facilities. sometimes I think iowa is not as committed as we would hope.

 

[el dub]

Everyone wants to give Morningstar credit for the last 2 good recruiting classes. They were good, no doubt. But doesn't he get some of the blame for the poor classes prior to that?

LOL Apparently you don't understand sales very well. Initially, a lot of effort is put out with little return. I call this stage, "sowing seeds." After a year or two, relationships developed come to fruition, new sales leads become the focus of attention and the process continues.

 

[WEH8ST8HAWK]

Maybe, but it seemed to go ok at Virginia Tech w/ Zadick, Robie and St. Joh

Call me crazy, but I trust that Tom and Terry know coaching staffs better than some douchey prison guard.

Where I work, we would call you a cell warrior. Or a victim.

 

[Hawkeyecurtis81]

Isn't this an issue in itself? is iowa willing to do what it takes to win? even if that means allowing some donor money to go to hwc, or dishing out more money for top coaches, or upgrading the facilities. sometimes I think iowa is not as committed as we would hope.

You don't think donor money goes to the HWC? How do you think it gets funded? Who are the top coaches you're talking about? I don't know how we compare facilities wise but I can't imagine they're not competitive with the other top programs.

 

[Rustys Dad]

The problem i see is that Iowa puts out a lot of great wrestlers and they cant all come back to paid positions. There is just not room. Clark, Sorensen, Lee, Kemmerer, Gilman cannot all come back at the same time. When you have good teams like 2008-2010 there is just not room for everybody. They will leave for jobs just like the majority of the greats that came through the Gable era. How many guys went elsewhere. Dresser, Davis and Ryan are 3 and there seems to be a little bad blood They are all in with their programs as should be. Gable left ISU and is all Hawk now. This is nothing new just the bad part of a great wresting dynasty.

Agree 100. As in life, young continue forward. We leave our home towns ... we change jobs... we meet new friends ... It's life.

 

[WidespreadGeo]

You know what is great about you Hawkeye fans is ......"we under perform. we're only a 3-5 team! Changes are needed". That's a compliment. No doubt fricking Iowa is where wrestling standards are built from. ughhh, hate to say that.

 

[Hawk_82]

You don't think donor money goes to the HWC? How do you think it gets funded? Who are the top coaches you're talking about? I don't know how we compare facilities wise but I can't imagine they're not competitive with the other top programs.

Just the other day a guy involved with the HWC stated that the UI makes no effort to channel money to the HWC. I am paraphrasing but I believe he said that if a donor has donated to the general fund that they do not want to lose money to the HWC. There is not any marketing cooperation between the HWC and UI. People have to go out of their way to make sure their money goes to the HWC.

It has been stated that ISU has spent more money on coaches than Iowa; this is ISU demonstrating their level of commitment. If Iowa would make it a priority to make sure the HWC is doing "well" then you might see a guy like Terry or someone take over the HWC while making room for a guy like Metcalf. It is a trickle down effect. The more you win the more money you bring in, the easier the recruits are to bring in. I do know that I would love Iowa to bring in a guy like Metcalf, Taylor, Dake, Boroughs etc. I like our coaches just fine, but lets face it, we are not keeping up with Cael and PSU the way it is. We need to do something to give Iowa that extra edge to push them over PSU.

To be fair I have no basis for comparing facilities either, but I have heard that the Iowa facilities could use some work.

 

[Hawkeyecurtis81]

Just the other day a guy involved with the HWC stated that the UI makes no effort to channel money to the HWC. I am paraphrasing but I believe he said that if a donor has donated to the general fund that they do not want to lose money to the HWC. There is not any marketing cooperation between the HWC and UI. People have to go out of their way to make sure their money goes to the HWC.

It has been stated that ISU has spent more money on coaches than Iowa; this is ISU demonstrating their level of commitment. If Iowa would make it a priority to make sure the HWC is doing "well" then you might see a guy like Terry or someone take over the HWC while making room for a guy like Metcalf. It is a trickle down effect. The more you win the more money you bring in, the easier the recruits are to bring in. I do know that I would love Iowa to bring in a guy like Metcalf, Taylor, Dake, Boroughs etc. I like our coaches just fine, but lets face it, we are not keeping up with Cael and PSU the way it is. We need to do something to give Iowa that extra edge to push them over PSU.

To be fair I have no basis for comparing facilities either, but I have heard that the Iowa facilities could use some work.

You meant out of the I club. I misunderstood. Yeah no money from the I club goes to the HWC. But donors support the HWC is what I meant. Not I club donations.
I must have missed where isu assistants make more then Iowas.

 

[Brandsfan]

No.
Brent was one of my all time favorite Hawks. Loved watching him.
But, I would not trade him for M*. Have you followed recruiting? One example is Jordan. To me that's insane to think that a Jordan even is talking about Iowa. No, I don't think it will happen, but just to hear him say Iowa, because of M* is big!
Yes, I wish Brent had a position at Iowa, and I think it's odd, he coached at a high school (name another guy?) But we couldn't find room for him. I hate it. That said I wouldn't swap 'em. Close family ties to Hall, and we didn't get Hall.

 

[Hawk_82]

You meant out of the I club. I misunderstood. Yeah no money from the I club goes to the HWC. But donors support the HWC is what I meant. Not I club donations.
I must have missed where isu assistants make more then Iowas.

Yes I understand that the HWC gets their money from donors.

The following is directly from a board member of the HWC.
https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/hwc.186609/#post-4243121

The University and Foundation want the donors money--and ZERO of it flows to the HWC. We are limited in who we can talk to etc. There is a lot more to it-- As an example--at Bryce Jordan a couple yrs ago for PSU vs Iowa-- 16K people-- the Penn State Wrestling Club had a booth--they announced it and encouraged people to stop by--coaches and athletes in booth immediately after the meet--- we cant do that, we cant hand out flyers at meets etc.

It isnt that our staff or board hasnt talked at length about many of these ideas--we are limited. Many donors and Alum think they are helping us because the University Donation for specifies where you want the $$ to go--- many say wrestling--but we dont see any of it.