COACH JON MCGOVERN

Jon McGovern is currently the Head Wrestling Coach at the University of Dubuque, Iowa.  In 2002, he began his head coaching career with only 4 wrestlers and a lot of enthusiasm.  In just 3 years, he took the team to national prominence. The UD team placed 2nd (2005) and 5th (2006) as NCAA Academic Scholar Teams.  In 2006 Coach McGovern was awarded by the NWCA as the Division III National Coach of the Year.  In 2009, Coach McGovern brought UD to an 11th place team finsh at the NCAA's Div III National Championships, finishing with 2 NCAA All-Americans and an NCAA National Champion.  The 2009-2010 wrestling season brought the University of Dubuque to it's all-time highest NCAA finish of any UD Sport  to date - 8th - with 2 NCAA All-Americans, and an NCAA National Finalist.  With no plans of slowing down, the 2010-2011 wrestling season has already begun in the minds/preparation of UD wrestlers; It's only up from here.

Jon McGovern was a 3X NCAA All-American and a 2X NCAA Champion as a collegiate wrestler.  He competed with the Hawkeye Wrestling Club under Coach Gable, placing 2nd @ the Sunkist International Open, 3rd at the Cerro Pelado Tournament and the Henri Deglane Cup twice.  He was a member of the USA 1998 World Team Duals Team and was a USA National Freestyle Team member in 1998 and placed 5th @ the 1997 US Nationals, 3rd in the 1998 US Nationals, 2nd at the US World Team Trials posting a win over Olympic Gold Medalist Kevin Jackson in the final match of his career and finished 4th at the Final 2000 US Olympic Trials in Dallas Texas.  He trained full time at the US Olympic Training Center as a Resident Athlete during the 2000 Olympic Games.