Head coach
Tom Brands
Tom Brands was head coach of Iowa and Virginia Tech at 21 NCAA championships, 2005–2026. Brands's teams won four official NCAA team titles and finished in the top four 16 times. Brands's wrestlers won 14 individual titles and earned 108 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 2007–2026 (19) | 4 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 106 | 175 | 79 | 584–308 | 50 |
| Virginia Tech | 2005–2006 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14–17 | 1 |
As a wrestler
Tom Brands wrestled for Iowa at four NCAA championships, 1989–1992, and went 19–2. Brands won three titles at 134 lb in 1990, 1991 and 1992 and placed fourth at 126 lb in 1989.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Iowa | 134 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 1991 | Iowa | 134 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 1990 | Iowa | 134 | 2 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 1989 | Iowa | 126 | 2 | 4th | 4–2 | 6 bouts |
Tom Brands's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Iowa Wrestling 2024–25 Media Guide, University of Iowa Athletics (Head Coach Tom Brands section, main column paragraph beginning "Brands was a four-time All-American at Iowa").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Tom Brands was the established head coach of a team with entrants. They are not years of employment; there were no championships in 1943–45 or 2020.
- A year inside the span with no established coach is listed but not counted. A year with two head coaches counts in full for both.
- Team titles are official NCAA titles from the published standings (1928, 1931 and 1933 have none). Top four and top ten come from the same standings.
- Entries count each wrestler once per tournament; All-Americans are counted as each era awarded them; wins and losses include forfeit, default and disqualification results; falls exclude forfeits.
- The head coach for each year, with sources, is on that year's program page. Report a correction.
Cite this page: “Tom Brands, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_40bcbcd7dcc64953/tom-brands/