Mike Zadick

Position: Assistant Coach Alma Mater, Year: University of Iowa, 2004

A 2008 Olympian, former Iowa wrestler Mike Zadick recently completed his eighth year on the University of Iowa staff. He served as an interim assistant coach in 2011, a volunteer assistant coach for four seasons (2004-06, 2009-10) and the strength training coach for three seasons (2006-08). Zadick won the 2008 U.S. Freestyle Olympic Team Trials at 132 pounds (60 kg), and earned a spot in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

During his tenure, Zadick has helped the Hawkeyes to three NCAA and Big Ten team titles. Since 2005, Iowa has crowned six NCAA champions, eight Big Ten champions, 37 All-Americans and 43 academic all-Big Ten honorees. The Hawkeyes have posted an 118-18-1 dual record - including unbeaten seasons in 2008-09 (24-0), 2009-10 (23-0), 2010-11 (15-0-1). Iowa enters the 2011-12 season on a 77-dual match unbeaten streak that dates back to 2007-08. Iowa's 46-10 record in Big Ten duals the last five seasons includes four straight 8-0 campaigns, which led to Big Ten regular season titles.

With Zadick's help, Iowa set school records for longest dual unbeaten (77) and winning streaks (69), longest dual road unbeaten (49) and winning streaks (44), most Carver-Hawkeye Arena victories (11) and most dual shutouts (8). Iowa also made another entry in the record books, setting the national collegiate dual meet attendance record of 15,955 when it hosted Iowa State Dec. 6, 2008, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The previous record of 15,646 was set Feb. 1, 2002, when Minnesota hosted Iowa at the Target Center in Minneapolis. The Hawkeyes won the Iowa State dual, 20-15.

Zadick was a three-time All-American (2000-02) at Iowa, winning the 149-pound Big Ten title in 2002. He earned a spot on the 2010 World Team at 60kg/132 pounds and was the 2009 U.S. Senior Nationals freestyle champion at that weight. In 2007, he was the U.S. World Team Trials champion and won a silver medal at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. Zadick's other international accomplishments include a silver medal at the 2006 World Championships in Guangzhou, China, and runner-up finishes at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team trials and U.S. Nationals, and the 2005 World Team Trials challenge tournament.

Mike and his older brother, Bill, are part of Iowa's tradition of brothers competing for the Hawkeyes. Bill was the 2006 World Champion at 145.5 pounds (66kg) and a two-time All-American for the Hawkeyes, winning a Big Ten and NCAA title at 142 pounds in 1996. Bill also served as Iowa's volunteer assistant coach for the 2003 and 2004 seasons.

A native of Great Falls, Mont., Zadick earned a bachelor's degree in sports studies from the University of Iowa in 2004.