How many former Iowa wrestlers and coaches coach other Big 10 schools now?

[docholihawk]

A few years ago I heard something like 8 or 9 former Iowa wrestlers and coaches were coaching Big 10 schools. Does anybody know what that number is now? That makes quite a statement about the Iowa program. And I thought Hayden Fry's coaching tree was impressive.

 

[pumpdog20]

Iowa-Tom Brands
Minnesota- J Robinson (former coach)
Ohio State- Tom Ryan
Wisconsin- Barry Davis
Illinois- Jim Heffernan
Indiana- Duane Goldman

 

[pin2win]

Plus assistant coaches it is pretty impressive

 

[docholihawk]

Thanks for the info. I thought it was more but it was a few years ago that I heard that.

 

[mavhawk]

Yeah the Hawkeye wrestling tree of coaches is impressive, and if you think about the run that they had when Gable was coaching doesnt it kind of resemble what PSU is doing now? I think that in the future we are going to see some of PSU wrestlers start to branch out and do their own coaching as well and pull some of those wrestlers away from PSU...Im just not sure how soon that will start to take place. Just a guess...

 

[bluemolson14]

Iowa-Tom Brands
Minnesota- J Robinson (former coach)
Ohio State- Tom Ryan
Wisconsin- Barry Davis
Illinois- Jim Heffernan
Indiana- Duane Goldman

Tim Cysewski - Northwestern

 

[bluemolson14]

Tim Cysewski - Northwestern

Did he retire? Five minutes after I posted that I wasn't sure any more

It gets more impressive when you look nationally. With around 80 D-1 programs the percentage gets really interesting.

 

[pumpdog20]

Tim stepped down and is the assistant now.