Terry Steiner Women’s Coach of the Year

Terry Steiner has been the United States Women’s National Coach since 2002. In six Olympics, he has coached four gold medalists, three silver medalists and six bronze medalists. In 18 World Championships, Steiner has coached 17 gold medalists, 17 silver medalists and 31 bronze medalists.

He has coached five of the six women inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as Distinguished Members: Clarissa Chun (2022), Kristie Davis (2018), Sara McMann (2022), Patricia Miranda (2023) and Toccara Montgomery (2024).

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, the U.S. had two gold medalists in the same year for the first time, and doubled the career Olympic gold medals for U.S. women’s wrestling from two to four. The U.S. won four total medals in 2024 with gold medalists Amit Elor and Sarah Hildebrandt, silver medalist Kennedy Blades and bronze medalist Helen Maroulis. It tied the record for most medals at an Olympics set in 2020 with gold medalist Tamyra Mensah Stock, silver medalist Adeline Gray and bronze medalists Hildebrandt and Maroulis.

Beginning in 2026, WIN Magazine has awarded the Terry Steiner Women’s Coach of the Year Award to the nation’s top collegiate women’s coach, as voted upon by the WIN Awards committee.

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2026: Alexio Garcia (McKendree)