"Tom Brands" is a former American Olympic wrestler and is currently the head wrestling coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling/University of Iowa. He won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

An intense competitor, Brands' wrestling career with the Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling/University of Iowa included a record of 158-7-2 and an undefeated season in 1991 where he was 45-0. He was a four-time All-American, three-time NCAA Champion, three-time Big Ten Conference Champion, and Outstanding Wrestler at the 1992 NCAA Wrestling Team Championship/NCAA Tournament. His brother, Terry Brands/Terry, was also a standout at Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling/Iowa.

Internationally, Brands won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games/1996 Atlanta Olympics in freestyle at 136.5 pounds; a gold medal at the 1993 World Freestyle Championships in Toronto; two World Cup gold medals (1994 and 1995); and the gold at the 1995 Pan American Games. He won four U.S. Nationals titles (1993–96) and made four straight U.S. World or Olympic teams (1993–96). He was named 1993 USA Wrestling Athlete of the Year, 1993 John Smith (wrestler)/John Smith Outstanding Freestyle Wrestler, and 1993 Amateur Wrestling News Man of the Year. He was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum/National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2001.

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I'll answer all those questions when it happens. From my perspective, it's all positives.

I'd be a liar if I sat here and told you this isn't what I've worked my whole career for. There is no place I wanted to coach other than Iowa. I was late for some things as a kid, but I was never late for Iowa public television broadcasts of Iowa wrestling.

You've got a lot of passionate people here that are working hard to make sure that our guys are getting what they need.

There is concern that we are taking a step back. I don?t guarantee anything like results, that?s just not the way I was raised. I?m not saying there is just unbelievable greatness waiting to happen ? but we have potential for that just because of guys? attitudes and work ethics.

We have to put everything aside as far as hard feelings as there always is in this process. My biggest priority is to unite the program. I'm excited for the challenge.

I have not talked to Ohio State ? we've been missing each other.

I don't think about duplicating anything.

We've had dialogue. It's just like the old days, in terms of the relationship.

It wasn't a street-fighting contest, but it was a street-fighting mentality. And frankly, that's why the Brands brothers had a bad rap. Nobody could handle the level we competed at. Nobody -- except for the people that was on our side.