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Joel Greenlee and Joe Williams will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, November 14. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. Greenlee is in his 16th season as the head wrestling coach at Ohio University. He was a two-time All-American at the University of Northern Iowa. Greenlee was inducted into the University of Northern Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. Williams was an NCAA champion for the University of Iowa in 1996, 1997, and 1998. He was the most recent three-time NCAA champion for the Hawkeyes. Williams was also a two-time World bronze medalist and a 2004 Olympian.

Craig Sesker and Dan Gable will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, October 24. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. Sesker is the communication coordinator for USA Wrestling. His new book called “Driven To Excellence” is about the Omaha Skutt Catholic wrestling program. Gable is the namesake of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. Dan Gable Day will be declared statewide by Iowa governor Terry Branstad on October 25, 2012. Gable was born on October 25, 1948. He turns 64 on the day of the presentation.

Wayne Baughman will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, October 17. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. Baughman is a 16-time national wrestling champion and a three-time Olympian. He is the only wrestler to win national titles in four different styles (collegiate, freestyle, Greco-Roman, and sambo). Baughman will receive the Alan Rice Leadership Award at the 2012 Alan & Gloria Rice Greco-Roman Hall of Champions on October 20 in Minneapolis.

By Kyle Klingman National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum Jim Makovsky and Mark Matzkek will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, October 10. “On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. Makovsky is his 20th year as the head wrestling coach at Minnesota State-Mankato. He has coached 10 NCAA champions during his tenure. Matzek is in his fifth year as the head wrestling coach at Augsburg College. He led the Auggies to an NCAA Division III wrestling championship in 2010. He was also a two-time NCAA champion for Augsburg.

Heath Grimm and Rob Koll will go On the Mat this Wednesday, October 3. “On the Mat” is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. Grimm is in his 13th season as the head wrestling coach at Upper Iowa University. His team finished sixth at the Division II NCAA tournament in 2012. Koll is the current head wrestling coach at Cornell University. His team has placed in the top five at the NCAA tournament each of the past four seasons.

Mark Cody and Jim Miller will go ‘On the Mat’ this Wednesday, September 19. “On the Mat” is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. Cody is in his second season as the head wrestling coach at Oklahoma University. He led American University to a fifth place finish at the 2011 NCAA tournament during his nine seasons with the Eagles. Miller has coached Wartburg to nine NCAA wrestling championships. He recently announced that this will be his final season as the Knights’ head wrestling coach.

Kerry McCoy, the head coach at the University of Maryland, talks with Kyle Klingman on this edition of On The Mat.

On the Mat is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. Moyer is the executive director of the National Wrestling Coaches Association. He will discuss the proposed changes to the format of the NCAA wrestling tournament. Smith is the current head wrestling coach at the University of Missouri. He is the longest tenured coach at Missouri and is about to begin his 15th season.

Sammie Henson and Bill Apter will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, June 20. “On the Mat” is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with questions or comments about the show. Henson was an NCAA champion for Clemson in 1993 and 1994. He won the World championships in 1998 and an Olympic silver medal in 2000. Henson recently accepted an assistant coaching position at Missouri. Apter will received the Jim Melby Award for journalism during the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame on July 13-14. He is best known for his work with Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

Chris Bono and Gerry Brisco will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, June 13. “On the Mat” is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail kklingman@nwhof.org with any questions or comments about the show. Bono was recently hired as the head wrestling coach at South Dakota State. He was an NCAA champion for Iowa State in 1996. Brisco is a talent scout for World Wrestling Entertainment. He is a member of the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame located at that National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum.

Fritz Peterson and Greg Strobel will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, May 30. “On the Mat” is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with questions or comments about the show. Peterson will make his first appearance at the Dan Gable Celebrity Golf Tournament on Monday, June 11. He is a former major league baseball player who played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Texas Rangers from 1966 to 1976. Peterson has the lowest all-time earned run average in old Yankee stadium history at 2.52 (an honor he will keep since Yankee stadium was torn down). Strobel will enter the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla., as a Distinguished Member. He was an NCAA champion for Oregon State in 1973 and 1974. Strobel was the head wrestling coach at Lehigh from 1994 through 2008 where his teams compiled a 189-83-1 dual meet record.