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I want to thank you for taking interest in Buena Vista University and the wrestling program. Here at Buena Vista, we have a commitment to excellence both on the mat and in the classroom.

The first rule of success in anything requires you not only to show up, but to do constructive work, whether it relates to academics or athletics. This program is for those who are strong and committed. We require you to give your best. Setting goals will be part of this program and your success. You have to have a map, know your strengths and lesser strengths, and follow through by addressing them.

It is my objective to build you up in mind, body, and spirit. I want to give you tools and lessons than you can use the rest of your life in every arena you will ever enter be it athletics, career, relationships, or community.

Mark Schwab
Head Wrestling Coach


Tell us about YOU

Wrestling program highlights

  • Eight Iowa Conference Championships
  • Team has finished in the top nine at the NCAA national meet 12 of the past 21 seasons
  • 78 All-Americans
  • Six individual national champions
  • 60 individual conference champions
  • Finished fifth at 2006 National Duals, highest finish in school history
  • Four wrestlers went to the 2007 NCAA National Championships and placed 7th as a team
  • 41 Scholar All-Americans since 1986
  • 9 former wrestlers are in the BVU Hall Of Fame

About Coach Schwab

  • Entering fourth season as head coach at Buena Vista
  • Selected as an assistant coach to the Senior Pan Am Games in 2006
  • Served as an assistant coach for nine years at the University of Minnesota
  • Won two NCAA Championships and four Big 10 titles while at Minnesota
  • Earned All-American honors twice while wrestling at the University of Northern Iowa
  • Crowned an Iowa state champion four times while in high school
  • Elected to the Iowa High School Athletic Association and Glen Brand Halls of Fame
  • Has a brother, Doug, who was an NCAA Champion & is currently an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, and a brother, Mike, who was an All-American at UNI


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