Mike Zadick - Wrestling Coach - Iowa State University Athletics

Mike Zadick

Title:
Associate Head Coach
Email:
mzadick@iastate.edu
Phone:
4-0247

Mike Zadick is in his first season as an Associate Head Coach with the Iowa State wrestling program.

Zadick was a member of the Virginia Tech wrestling staff for two seasons prior to his arrival in Ames, helping lead the Hokies to national prominence.

In his two years at VT, Zadick was a key part of the team’s unprecedented success. The Hokies recorded a 34-3 dual mark, had 11 wrestlers earn All-America status and eight competitors won ACC individual titles in his tenure at the school.

Zadick joined the Hokie staff in 2015-16 as a volunteer assistant coach and was promoted to an assistant in 2016-17.

In 2016-17, Zadick helped lead another banner year for VT. For the sixth-straight season, the Hokies finished in the top-10 (6th, 63.5 points) at the NCAA Championships. Tech finished the tournament with five All Americans.

At the 2017 ACC Championships, seven Hokies reached the finals, and six earned individual titles. The six individual champions steered VT to its third ACC Championship in school history.

Tech’s historic 2015-16 season benefited from Zadick’s coaching and technique. VT finished fourth at the NCAA Championships, earning a trophy for the first time in school history. With third place finishes from Zach Epperly and Nick Brascetta, six Hokies finished in the top-six at their respective weight classes.

Brascetta became the second three-time All-American in program history, ended his career with three ACC championships and was a four-time NCAA qualifier. Tech’s fourth-place finish was also the best-ever by a team from the ACC, topping a fifth place finish by North Carolina in 1982. Tech won the ACC dual meet title for the second season in a row and finished runner-up at the 2016 ACC Championship.

Before joining the Hokies’ staff, Zadick spent 10 years at Iowa, serving as Iowa’s interim assistant coach for two seasons until 2012. He was a volunteer assistant for four seasons (2004-06, 2009-10) and the strength training coach for three seasons (2006-08) with the Hawkeyes.

As a member of the Hawkeye staff, Zadick continued to excel as a wrestler internationally. He was the 2009 U.S. Senior Nationals freestyle champion at 60kg, 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.

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

During his tenure at Iowa, Zadick helped the Hawkeyes to three NCAA and Big Ten team titles.

Zadick was a three-time All-American (2000-02) at Iowa, winning the 149-pound Big Ten title in 2002.

With Zadick in the lineup, Iowa set school records for longest dual unbeaten (84) and winning streaks (69).

A native of Great Falls, Mont., Zadick earned a bachelor's degree in Sports Studies from Iowa in 2004.