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The Northern Iowa Panthers wrestling team represents the University of Northern Iowa and competes in the Big 12 Conference. The Panthers are one-time Division I National Champions and four-time National Runners-up. The team is coached by Doug Schwab.
The University of Northern Iowa Wrestling team, founded in 1923, won the NCAA (Single division) national championship in 1950 and the NCAA Division II national championships in 1975 and 1978. They competed in the Western Wrestling Conference until 2012, when UNI became an associate member of the Mid-American Conference since the Missouri Valley Conference is a non-wrestling conference. The Panthers continued to compete in the MAC through the 2016–17 season, after which they moved to the Big 12.
Doug Schwab is the current head coach for the Northern Iowa Wrestling Team. Mission Statement - To communicate with UNI wrestling fans to support, encourage, promote a successful UNI wrestling tradition.




Team accomplishments


NCAA (Single division) Team Champions: 1950
NCAA (Single division) Team Runner-Up: 1946, 1947, 1949 and 1952
NCAA (Single division) Team Third Place: 1937
NCAA Division II Team Champions: 1975 and 1978
NCAA Division II Team Runner-Up: 1970, 1972, 1974 and 1980
NCAA Division II Team Third Place: 1963, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1977 and 1979




Olympians






Notable Northern Iowa wrestlers


Olympic Gold Medalist (1952) and two-time NCAA champion (1949, 1950) – Bill Smith
Olympic Silver Medalist (1948) and NCAA champion (1946) – Gerry Leeman
Pan American Games Gold Medalist (1975) – Mike McCready
Pan American Games Gold Medalist (1993) – Justin Greenlee
Pan American Games Silver Medalist (1990) – Mark Pustelnik
NCAA All-American (1932) and member of 1932 U.S. Olympic freestyle team – Maynard Harmon
Three-time NCAA Champion (1946, 1947, 1948) and member of 1948 U.S. Olympic freestyle team, finishing 5th – Bill Koll
Three-time NCAA Champion (1947, 1949, 1950) member of 1948 U.S. Olympic freestyle team – Bill Nelson
Three-time NCAA Champion (1949, 1950, 1951) – Keith Young
Three-time NCAA Division II Champion (1976, 1977, 1978) – Gary Bentrim
Three-time NCAA Division II Champion (1978, 1979, 1980) and six-time All-American – Kirk Myers
NCAA Division I Champion 149 pounds (2000) – Tony Davis
NCAA Division I Champion 184 pounds (2019) – Drew Foster
NCAA Division I Champion 184 pounds (2024) – Parker Keckeisen




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