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June 16, 2004
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS WRESTLING CAMPS
NORTHERN ILLINOIS WRESTLING CAMPS - Dekalb, IL. A variety of traning camps - 15
day, 10 day, individual, teams camps are available to choose from. Campers are
still able to sign up for camps being offered - June 24 to July 15. Camp prices
start at $295. Attention Coaches: Bring a team and you can join them for free.
Support a local college team by attending this camp.
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BRANDS NAMED HEAD COACH AT VIRGINIA TECH
6/9/2004
Bryan Johnston/John Fuller/Virginia Tech Sports Information/TheMat.com
BLACKSBURG, Va. - Three-time NCAA national champion and 1996 Olympic Gold
Medalist Tom Brands will be the new head coach of the Virginia Tech wrestling
squad, as announced Wednesday by director of athletics Jim Weaver.
Brands announced that current Virginia Tech assistant coach Wes Hand, an NCAA
runner-up for the Univ. of Iowa in 2000, will stay on as a member of the
coaching staff.
"I believe that I've gotten better every year as a coach," Brands said at the
press conference. "I feel good about this opportunity at Virginia Tech. I feel
good about developing a relationship with, most importantly, with the
student-athletes that will wrestle here and represent this great institution and
carry it to the next level."
Brands also laid out his goals as a coach at Virginia Tech.
"Success in anything worthwhile is not easy. It's not automatic. I plan to win.
I plan to win the right way and I plan to win as quickly as we can. With the
right makeup of relationship between student-athlete and coach, I believe that
is very much attainable."
Brands becomes the 11th man to lead the Tech program since its inception in 1920
and comes to Blacksburg after spending 12 years as an assistant coach at the
University of Iowa, his alma mater. While an assistant coach at Iowa, Brands saw
the Hawkeyes win seven NCAA team titles and 23 Iowa wrestlers crowned as
individual national champions.
Brands brings instant credibility to the position as Tech's wrestling coach and
will lead the Hokies into their first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Sheldon, Iowa, native won the 1996 Olympic freestyle 136.5-pound gold medal
in Atlanta, Ga. There, he outscored four Olympic opponents 19-1 and beat Korea's
Jae Sung Jang 7-0 in the gold medal match.
He also won a gold medal at the 1993 World Freestyle Championships in Toronto,
Canada. Between 1993-96, Brands was the top U.S. wrestler at his weight class
and represented the United States in numerous major international events. This
summer, he will be a coach for the U.S. Olympic Team in freestyle wrestling,
participating in the Athens Games.
He was named NWCA Assistant Coach of the Year in 2000, and served as assistant
coach for the 2002 and 2003 U.S. Freestyle World Teams. The 2003 team placed a
strong second at the World Championships in New York City, led by two silver
medalists. The 2002 team was scheduled to compete in Tehran, Iran. A day before
the team was to leave for the competition, the U.S. government contacted USA
Wrestling with information about a threat of violence against the team. USA
Wrestling decided not to attend the World Championships because of that threat.
Brands was a member of the U.S. coaching staff at the 2001 World Championships,
and has coached a number of other U.S. teams in international competition.
Before coming to Blacksburg, Brands was a club coach with the Hawkeye Wrestling
Club, one of the nation's top freestyle wrestling clubs. He was named the 2002
and 2003 Freestyle Coach of the Year by USA Wrestling and was inducted into the
National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2001.
He won two World Cup gold medals (1994 and 1995) and was the 1995 Pan American
Games champion. He also claimed four U.S. Nationals titles (1993-96) and made
four straight U.S. World or Olympic teams (1993-96). Along with his twin
brother, Terry, he was named 1993 USA Wrestling Athlete of the Year, the 1993
John Smith Outstanding Freestyle Wrestler, and 1993 Amateur Wrestling News Man
of the Year. Terry is the head wrestling coach at the University of
Tennessee-Chattanooga.
Brands was a three-time NCAA Division I champion at the University of Iowa,
where he wrestled from 1990-92 and was named Outstanding Wrestler of the 1992
NCAA Championships. He was a four-time All-American and three-time Big Ten
champion, recording a career mark of 158-7-2, including an undefeated season in
1991, where he went 45-0.
Brands earned his B.S. in physical education from Iowa in 1992. He and his wife,
Jeni, have two daughters, Madigan and Kinsee, and a son, Tommy.
Brands replaces Keith Mourlam, who resigned in April after posting a 50-74-1
record in eight seasons as the head coach.
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DUBUQUE WRESTLING CAMPS
There are still spots available in these camps:
June 20-23 Training & Technique Camp Featuring World Champion and 5X USA
National Champion Dennis Hall as well as NCAA Champion Will Kelly
June 25-27 Technique Camp featuring head coach for the 2000 US Olympic Team Joe
Seay
UD Head Coach & 2X NCAA Champion Jon McGovern will be available at all three
camps.
Here is some more information about Jon's wrestling background:
Jon McGovern begins his second season as Head Wrestling Coach for the University
of Dubuque. Prior to joining the staff at the University of Dubuque, McGovern
was the head assistant coach at the University of Chicago, where also ran a
freestyle wrestling club for high school youth. McGovern spent 2000 year
training full time at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. McGovern
finished 4th in the final 2000 Olympic Trials in Dallas Texas, and was a 1998 US
National Team Member. He placed 3rd at the 1998 US National Tournament and 3rd
at the 1998 World Team Trials.
During the 1998-1999 season he was the assistant head wrestling coach at the
University Pennsylvania where he helped lead the team to a school record 11th
place finish in the NCAA I tournament with three NCAA All-Americans and one NCAA
Champion. During the 1997-1998 season he was the head assistant coach at the
University of Virginia and helped the team set a school record with seven NCAA
Qualifiers and a second place Athletic Coast Conference finish.
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STEPHEN ABAS - VISIT HIS NEW SITE
Check out the site of Olympian, Stephen Abas.
Visit the site to find information about his wrestling career, wrestling
pictures, video clips, articles about him and more.
If you are interested in Olympic Wrestling, this is a must visit site to learn
more about one of our Olympians.
Visit Abaswrestling.Com - Click Here
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR MORE WRESTLING WEB SITES?
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you have a website, you can submit your website for their award.
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WRESTLINGGEAR.COM PRODUCT TO BE IN PEOPLE MAGAZINE
Yes, that People magazine. We provided several pieces of equipment for a photo
shoot of Olympian, Patricia Miranda. The gear featured will be a Cliff Keen
Tornado Head Gear.
We were excited we could provide the fashion designer who was working on the
shoot, the products she needed. We overnighted the products to her to make them
available for the shoot.
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Visit the link below to check out our home page. We have all our products linked
from this page so it is a good page to start when you visit the site.
We have plenty of shoes, knee pads, head gear, uniforms and more available to
ship to you...
Recently added is the ability to read and rate your favorite wrestling products.
Many of our visitors already added their comments to the site.
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MIDWEST NATIONALS - BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS JULY 8,9,10,11, 2004
If you are looking for another summer wrestling tournament, check out the link
below. This is a USA Wrestling Event and is brought to you by the Illinois
Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association, Illinois Coaches Association, and
several other sponsors.
Visit the site for more information. There will be divisions for Jr High
(6th,7th,8th Grade), High School and an Open division.
You will find all the information you need about this tournament at the link
below.
Click Here to Find out More Information about the Midwest Nationals
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