Articles Tagged: Clarissa Chun

All eyes are on Iowa, legendary Hawkeye wrestling coach Dan Gable said Friday during the closing keynote portion of The Gazette’s sixth annual Iowa Ideas conference.

As Iowa women’s wrestling coach Clarissa Chun builds her first roster, plenty of recruits have expressed interest in the new program.

The Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival has announced the return of the annual Tribute to Heroes Dinner and the event’s keynote speaker, University of Iowa Women’s Wrestling Coach Clarissa Chun. The dinner is June 17 and hero nominations are still being accepted until Friday.

Kylie Welker is the top pound-for-pound female wrestling recruit in the country. The 2021 Junior World champion from Franksville, Wis., has become the Iowa women’s wrestling program’s first official signee.

Iowa Coach Clarissa Chun was originally supposed to start the post in February. She was able to start early and has been busy establishing the first Power-5 women’s wrestling program.

More than a month has passed since Clarissa Chun was announced as the first head coach for the Iowa women’s wrestling program. Her vision for her new post is coming into focus.

Clarissa Chun was announced as Iowa’s first women’s wrestling coach Thursday. In 48 hours, she attended a social, a tailgate and received huge ovations at wrestling and football events.

Clarissa Chun’s resume, passion and excitement made her a perfect hire to lead the first NCAA Division I Power-5 women’s wrestling program.

The search for Iowa’s first women’s wrestling coach is finished. Clarissa Chun will lead the Hawkeyes’ women’s wrestling program. She is an Olympic bronze medalist and recent USA Wrestling women’s team coach.