Editor’s Note: The recent dropping of men’s wrestling by programs like Nebraska-Omaha, UNC-Greensboro and Cal State Fullerton has had a big impact on national wrestling community. Dan Gable, who coached for 20 years at Iowa and won 15 national championships, spoke with WIN editor Mike Finn about what should be done to make sure this does [...]

Editor’s Note: Dan Gable, who helped lead Iowa to 15 national championships during his 20 years at the helm, was in Philadelphia for the NCAA Championships. He shared with WIN editor Mike Finn about why some individuals and teams won and what the others were missing?   WIN: By winning the team championship, has Penn State [...]

Editor’s Note: Dan Gable, who won both college and international championships while wrestling for Iowa State and coaching at Iowa has recently retired from assisting the athletic program at Iowa and is putting his energies into helping grow the sport of wrestling. He recently spoke to WIN Editor Mike Finn about this year’s NCAA tournament in [...]

Editor’s Note: Dan Gable built up his coaching legend by the number of college wrestlers he turned into All-Americans and champions at the University of Iowa. And while he never coached on the high school level, he recently told WIN editor Mike Finn in this recent Q&A that he believes that high school coaches need to [...]

Editor’s Note: Every wrestler who steps on the mat has a little different “style”. Legendary coach Dan Gable recently spoke to WIN editor Mike Finn about what is most important in developing a style of wrestling. This is also an expanded version of the Q&A that appeared in the Dec. 29, 2010, issue of WIN. WIN: [...]

Editor’s Note: During Dan Gable’s 20 years (1977-97) of coaching at Iowa, the Hawkeyes won 15 national championships and never finished lower than sixth in the NCAA tournament. While Oklahoma State, Minnesota and Iowa are the only programs to have won titles since 1998, they have also fallen on tough times after enjoying success. Gable [...]

Editor’s Note: Perhaps no person is more tied in with college wrestling than Dan Gable, who won 118 straight match and two NCAA championships for Iowa State before developing a same consistency in coaching the Iowa wrestling for nearly 20 years in which the Hawkeyes won 15 team titles. Gable spoke recently with WIN editor Mike Finn [...]

Dan Gable WIN: What was your opinion on the Worlds Championships? GABLE: While I have been to many World or Olympics Championships, this year was my first since 2005 and really my first chance to see how countries have adapted to the new rules that were implemented in 2005. If you know wrestling, you could [...]