During his high school and college wrestling careers, Dan Gable compiled an unbelievable record of 181-1. He was undefeated in 64 high school matches while wrestling for West Waterloo High School and was 117-1 at Iowa State University. His only defeat came in the NCAA finals his senior year. Gable was a three-time Iowa High School state champion, a two-time NCAA National Wrestling Champion and three-time all-American and three-time Big Eight champion.After college, Gable added a title at the 1971 World Championships in Sofia Bulgaria and won a Gold Medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich Germany without surrendering a single point. The Soviets came to the Olympics with only one goal in mind: to defeat Gable. They were unsuccessful. Gable joined the University of Iowa coaching staff in 1972, as an assistant coach and took over the program in 1976.As the University of Iowa’s all-time winningest coach from 1976 to 1997, Gable won 15 NCAA National Wrestling Team Titles while compiling a career record of 355-21-5, He coached 152 All-Americans, 45 National Champions, 106 Big Ten Champions and 12 Olympians, including four gold, one silver and three bronze medalists. The Hawkeyes won 25 consecutive Big Ten championships, 21 under Gable as head coach and four while he was an assistant coach and administrator. The 1996-97 season added the final chapter to Gable’s storied career. He led the team to their 24th consecutive Big Ten title and 17th NCAA title. Iowa shattered its own NCAA team points record, scoring 170 points during the three-day tournament in Cedar Falls, Iowa.