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Will be an interesting hiring decision, but I thought the cesspool already decided who the women's coach should be. Why waste time with interviews.
Awesome, take a look at the qualifications/desired qualifications they make a narrow window for applicants. I like it!
Iowa is a public University. They’re required to open all job opportunities to the public and go through a search and interview process.
I understand that. Sometimes they are allowed to do special announcements like women only applicants. In either case, govt makes us jump through hoops but in the end coaches will get who they want.
There are not a ton of people who possess those qualifications.
Required Qualifications:
•Bachelor’s Degree (or international equivalent);
•Three (3) or more years successful intercollegiate or national/international/Olympic wrestling team coaching experience;
•Demonstrated success in recruiting and evaluating national caliber student-athletes who can be successful at the Division I level;
•Demonstrated skills in administration, leadership, organization, training and coaching necessary to initiate and conduct a successful intercollegiate program;
•Excellent oral and written communication skills as demonstrated through public speaking engagements, clinician experience, and/or use of effective and creative training/coaching techniques;
•Ability to work constructively and collaboratively in a diverse environment, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trusting relationships;
•A valid U.S. driving license and the ability to meet and maintain University of Iowa Driving Policy standards and transport large trailers of equipment safely and efficiently.
Desired Qualifications:
•Successful experience coaching a female wrestling team;
•Freestyle wrestling coaching experience; •Successful competitive wrestling experience at the National, International or Olympic level;
•Knowledge and/or experience managing a Regional Training Center;
•Knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations and/or governing body of women’s wrestling;
•Fundraising experience;
•Working knowledge of and ability to:
o Utilize basic office support software (word processing, email, presentation software and spreadsheets);
o Utilize TeamWorks and/or other NCAA compliance software such as ACS or JumpForward or similar;
o Operate effectively within a highly regulated team environment.
•Bachelor’s Degree (or international equivalent);
•Three (3) or more years successful intercollegiate or national/international/Olympic wrestling team coaching experience;
•Demonstrated success in recruiting and evaluating national caliber student-athletes who can be successful at the Division I level;
•Demonstrated skills in administration, leadership, organization, training and coaching necessary to initiate and conduct a successful intercollegiate program;
•Excellent oral and written communication skills as demonstrated through public speaking engagements, clinician experience, and/or use of effective and creative training/coaching techniques;
•Ability to work constructively and collaboratively in a diverse environment, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trusting relationships;
•A valid U.S. driving license and the ability to meet and maintain University of Iowa Driving Policy standards and transport large trailers of equipment safely and efficiently.
Desired Qualifications:
•Successful experience coaching a female wrestling team;
•Freestyle wrestling coaching experience; •Successful competitive wrestling experience at the National, International or Olympic level;
•Knowledge and/or experience managing a Regional Training Center;
•Knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations and/or governing body of women’s wrestling;
•Fundraising experience;
•Working knowledge of and ability to:
o Utilize basic office support software (word processing, email, presentation software and spreadsheets);
o Utilize TeamWorks and/or other NCAA compliance software such as ACS or JumpForward or similar;
o Operate effectively within a highly regulated team environment.
I was thinking the same but after giving it more thought hundreds of people have those qualifications. Most of the candidates we fans have theorized would be on the list don’t meet those qualifications but nearly every D3, D2, JC, etc coach in the country meets those qualifications. Heck Matt McDonough meets those quals doesn’t he?
In education that is usually intentional. They already know who they want and wrote it accordingly.
The desired qualification of successful experience coach a female wrestling team narrows it down quite a bit.
Yes. The desired qualifications really would limit the number of candidates but not the required qualifications.
If they hire someone with that desired qualification we have Steiner, Lee Miracle, Mark Perry, and maybe Clarissa Chun. Probably a couple others but you’re right. Not too many.
Was anyone else surprised that KJ is back in collegiate wrestling as an Assistant at Michigan?
I was surprised that anyone wants him. However, an assistant position may be just the thing for him. Being a head coach requires a different skill set and may be lacking a few of those skills. Bormet has the head coach skill set down pretty well and he seems to really want to surround himself with people who are very Freestyle savvy.
I’m guessing most of those coaches do not have experience in recruiting national caliber D1 athletes.
I think he's likely a good recruiter as evidenced by who he brought to ISU. The problem always was developing high school kids, imo.
The circus surrounding Jon Meeks and his daddy should have given fans a pretty good idea that he was in over his head with 18 yo guys.
We'll see in a few years whether this pans out. He may have been brought in for a few, specific high school targets?
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Prob brought in for there freestyle club as much as the college team.
I’m not surprised someone would want him. He’s the classic good Indian but poor chief.
Interesting comparison of KJ vs KD on CF. Pretty much identical results. KJ eventually got ran out of town.
At some point, Dresser needs to produce.
I think Dresser may want to look at his staff also. Maybe he needs to shake things up a bit. M* gets a lot of credit for the recruiting upswing at U of I - maybe ISU (Dresser) needs to consider a different approach or at least different coaches making the approach. The problem may entirely be Dresser - but I have to think many kids factor in the asst. coaches also and that may or may not be a problem at ISU.
All I know is the results we see on the mat are pretty much what KJ accomplished. Dresser was hired to restore ISU to top tier status. Not elite, just competing for trophies. Even that's not happening five years in.
And as you pointed out, maybe the problem is mediocre assts. Great wrestlers don't always translate to great coaches.
One of Dresser's biggest hurdles has been recruiting the State of Iowa. As evidenced by the Hawkeye commits this week... Dresser is actually falling farther behind. And then the challenge becomes keeping all those out of State recruits happy so far from home.
As objectively as I can say this... things ain't looking so rosy in Ames.
Dresser struck gold with Metcalf and ST. John. If they are failing overall I don’t believe it’s because of the assistant coaches, Look at Carr’s results and relationship with Brent.
Carr was destined for stardom before he set foot in Ames.
Hell, if I was his coach, he's still be an AA/Champ.
Dresser struck gold getting some great ex Iowa wrestlers on staff. It remains to be seen if that translates.
So far, from afar... nah.
And this question is for anyone who cares to answer... if you're an ISU fan, how many trophyless years are you willing to give Dresser to "get it done"? 5? 8? 10? He ain't a young man.
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My observation…ISU got unlucky with a few things 5-10 years ago and they are trying to catch up at a time when other programs are racing ahead with facilities, NIL deals, etc… I wish only the best for DSJ and Metcalf so I hope they get there.
Did he strike gold or did he make a mistake in assembling a coaching staff woefully short on experience because he was more concerned about firing a shot across Iowa’s bow? Both are good guys and great Hawks but were inexperienced and unproven coaches. Having one or the other might make sense but going with both was a bit of a question mark.
We were certainly told we should be scared of them but here we are years later and Iowa has only gotten better.
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Sorry, but this isn't Football or Men's Basketball, those are hires you don't want to half ass, this is Women's Wrestling.
This should be the easiest hire in the History of the University of Iowa Athletics Department. You literally have no legit competition for the position. There is no way to screw it up.
You could absolutely hire a VERY qualified candidate and that person might be someone 90% + of this very Wrestling Board has never heard of. That's the reality when you get in the pioneering business.
Most of the time problems start with the top down. I understand your point and I do not have concrete evidence, but for what I have read and seen mostly with Metcalf I don’t believe he would be a problem. I don’t see or much of Derek, but he was one of my favorite Hawks of recent history and I can’t see him having a negative impact.
I think that’s what I’m getting at to a degree. He hires the assistants so he owns any issue. And I don’t mean they are bad coaches but would he have been better off with one or the other and a more seasoned and traveled guy instead? Never know. I actually think they are doing fine over in Ames. KJ had them in such disarray. They are respectable and look solid going forward. They really aren’t positioned to compete year in and year out, IMHO.
So... sounds like Dresser is going to be there for a few years and then be forced out by Carr?
🤔
Agreed, I was not sure why he hired both of them although I did believe they both could be excellent coaches, hiring someone from PA,OH or Ill may have paid dividends also. For the most part I think their team is back competing at extremely high level also.
This is a breakthrough moment for us Spooner. Let’s not let this happen too often.
St John was at VT with Dresser for a few years before coming over, so I wouldn't use him as a shot across Iowa's bow. I hear you tho.
As an Iowa fan, I'm thrilled at what's happening in Ames.
I'm just baffled that Clone fans are satisfied with being average as a program and content with finishing 12th to 15th every year?
Getting 1 elite recruit every other year is a recipe for disaster, tho.
I'm just baffled that Clone fans are satisfied with being average as a program and content with finishing 12th to 15th every year?
Getting 1 elite recruit every other year is a recipe for disaster, tho.
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