Wrestling legend Dan Gable profiled on special CSTV coach program premiering Thursday, March 11
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Wayne Catan ()
03/11/2004
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Wrestling legend Dan Gable, who captured two NCAA National Championships and an Olympic Gold Medal as a wrestler and later coached the University of Iowa to an astonishing 15 NCAA National Championships in 21 years, will be profiled on Thursday, March 11 (7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT) when CSTV: College Sports Television (www.cstv.com), the fastest-growing independent cable network, premieres the latest installment of its critically acclaimed Coach original series. The March 11 Coach special goes behind the locker room doors to show viewers the impact Gable had on his student-athletes and how he prepared his teams for competition and for life. The program provides an intimate look at the special lifelong bonds that exist between Gable and his star pupils, and the lessons learned on the wrestling mat that apply long after a wrestler hangs up his gear. College Sports TV's special presentation features interviews with Gable and several of his former wrestlers, including three-time NCAA Champion and current Iowa head coach Jim Zalesky, former Olympic gold medalist and two-time NCAA Champion Randy Lewis, and former NCAA Champion and current University of Northern Iowa head coach Brad Penrith. The Dan Gable File
Compiled a 118-1 record wrestling at Iowa State and won two NCAA National Championships Captured a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics without giving up a point Coached the Iowa Hawkeyes to 15 NCAA National Championships in 21 years, and 21 consecutive Big Ten titles 64-0 in his high school career, which included 3 Iowa state championships Developed 152 All-Americas, 45 NCAA individual champions and 106 Big Ten champions while head coach at Iowa 10 Iowa grapplers made Olympic teams under his watch, with nine winning medals, including four gold medals Coach of the 1980, 1984 and 2000 U.S. Olympic wrestling teams 50 of his wrestlers have become coaches