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Trent Paulson

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
tp1@iastate.edu

Follow @trentpaulson

Trent Paulson is in his second season as an assistant coach for Iowa State wrestling. Paulson is anything but new to the program, having wrestled for the Cyclones from 2002-07 and coached as a member of the ISU support staff from 2009-12. He focuses on the middle-weight classes as a member of the Cyclone staff.

In his first year on staff, Paulson helped both Tanner Weatherman and Michael Moreno reach the 2015 NCAA Championships. He helped aid the starters in the 157, 165 and 174-pound weight classes for the Cyclones to a combined record of 66-24 in 2014-15.

The Council Bluffs, Iowa, native is one of the most decorated wrestlers in program history, wrestling to a national title, three All-America honors and 116 career victories. Paulson is one of just 11 in Cyclone history to achieve all three milestones in a Cardinal and Gold singlet. Paulson also picked up two Big 12 titles, as well as a pair of titles at the University National Championships in 2005 (Greco) and 2006 (Freestyle).

On the professional circuit, Paulson focused on the freestyle discipline, where he was a four-time member of the United States National Team, US Open national champion and earned a spot on the 2009 world team. Paulson added several international titles to his resume, winning the 2008 Dave Schultz Open, 2011 Sunkist Open and 2010 NYAC Open.

As a coach, Paulson got his start as a volunteer at Nebraska from 2008-09 before joining the Iowa State support staff. He coached the Cyclones for four years before being named the head coach of the Cyclone Wrestling Club in 2012. Paulson worked with the club's senior-level athtletes for a year before making his return to the Iowa State program as one of four former world-team members on staff.