Jon McGovern, head wrestling coach at the University of Dubuque, has a plan. Part of that plan was fulfilled earlier this
year when Evan Brown won a Division III NCAA title at 174 pounds for the Spartans. But McGovern has bigger ideas about how to get Dubuque into trophy contention within the next few years.
Wrestling 411 talked with McGovern at the World Wrestling Camp about his plans for the future. A former two-time Division III NCAA champion for Central College, McGovern discussed the advantages of wrestling for a Division III school, competing beyond college, wrestling in Kevin Jackson’s retirement match, and former Dubuque wrestler and actor Tony Danza.
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won a bronze at the World Championships. In 1995 he won the World Championships. And in 1996 Hall earned a silver medal at the Olympic Games.
Terry Brands was at the World Wrestling Wrestling Camp in Wisconsin Dells, Wisc., providing instruction for high school wrestlers throughout the Midwest. Brands, a two-time NCAA champion and two-time World champion, coaches the Hawkeye Wrestling Club and is the head assistant coach at the University of Iowa.
Doug Jesse was the youngest head wrestling coach in the nation when he took over the Wagner College program four years ago. At 28, Jesse is heading back home to his native Ohio to start up the brand new Division II wrestling program at Tiffin University.
Sean Gray is the only two-time All-American in Virginia Tech wrestling history. Now, Gray is set to enter his fifth season under head coach Carl Adams at Boston University, the New Jersey native is looking to build on the increase in support the administration has shown the Terrier wrestling program.
mer Air Force Academy head coach — from giving Wrestling 411 one of its most honest and open interviews.
pionships runner-up at the 2009 NCAA championships at 285 pounds, were at the Olympic Training Center this week preparing for future competitions.
weights in the country. But what has Cormier, bronze medalist at the 2007 World Championships, been doing since doctors did not clear him to wrestle at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing?
Mark Schultz
Who is the greatest college wrestler of all time? Stanley Henson, NCAA champion in 1937, 1938, and 1939 for Oklahoma A&M, has to be considered one of the best wrestlers this country has produced. During three years of competition Henson only lost one match when he moved up a weight class. 







