Tom Brands

Brands served 12 seasons as assistant coach for the Hawkeyes, from 1993 to 2004. Brands was named National Wrestling Coaches Association Assistant Coach of the Year in 2000. He also served as head coach at Virginia Tech for two seasons. In the spring of 2006, Tom Brands returned to the University of Iowa as head coach. Brands led the Hawkeyes to national titles in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2021. Under Brands, Iowa also captured conference titles in 2008, 2009, 2010, were the 2015 co-champions with Ohio State and were the 2021 co-champions with Penn State. During Brands' tenure as head coach, 8 different wrestlers have won individual national titles, and Iowa has won over 200 dual meets. NCAA Champions under Tom Brands • Jay Borschel • Matt McDonough (2×) • Brent Metcalf (2×) • Mark Perry (2×) • Tony Ramos • Derek St. John • Cory Clark • Spencer Lee (3×) • Stephen Buchanan II ==Personal life==

Brands and his twin brother Terry were both coached by Dan Gable. Brands has authored several instructional VHS/DVD products that teach and advocate his "in-your-face" style of wrestling. He grew up in Sheldon, Iowa and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education from the University of Iowa. Brands is married and has three children, two daughters and a son. ==References==