Humboldt native Kevin Dresser is Iowa State's new head wrestling coach!

Humboldt native Kevin Dresser is coming back to Iowa!

Dresser, head wrestling coach at Virginia Tech University over the last 11 seasons, was named the new head coach at Iowa State University in Ames on Monday afternoon. Dresser will take over the day-to-day operations of the Cyclones after the conclusion of the NCAA tournament next month.

Dresser is a 1981 Humboldt High School graduate who was a two-time state high school champion for the Wildcats. Dresser was also a two-time All-American at the University of Iowa and won a national championship for the Hawkeyes in 1986. He was a 2014 inductee into the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Under Dresser in 2016, the Hokies claimed the ACC dual meet championship and finished fourth at the NCAA Championships, the best finish in program history and the highest finish ever by an ACC squad. He was named National Coach of the Year in 2016 by the National Wrestling Coaches Association. Virginia Tech claimed the ACC dual meet title under Dresser once again this season with a 20-14 win over N.C. State on Feb. 11. The Hokies finished the 2016-17 dual meet season with an 18-1 record and are currently ranked fifth in the NWCA/USA Today coaches poll. Dresser has been named the ACC Coach of the Year four straight years.

“Virginia Tech and the Hokie Nation have been wonderful to me and my family,” Dresser said. “I appreciate all of our student-athletes, coaches and staff who helped make the Hokies one of the elite programs in the nation. We’ll always cherish the time we spent at Virginia Tech and wish the Hokies much success going forward. While the timing of this move isn’t perfect, making this very difficult decision is what is best for our family and I am excited to return home to Iowa and ISU.”

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