Dan Gable and Jim MillerBeverages and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Miller was named director of the museum in early June, replacing long-time director Kyle Klingman, who is now working at Trackwrestling.com.
As Gable Museum director, Miller is responsible for the museum's daily operations, including the preservation of artifacts, programming, planning, communications and fundraising, while also overseeing the Dan Gable Learning Center, a wrestling training facility inside the museum.
Jim Miller has deep roots in wrestling in Iowa. He launched his mat career at Waterloo East High School, then continued his academic and athletic career at University of Northern Iowa in nearby Cedar Falls, where he was twice an NCAA Division II champion in 1974 and 1975, then finished second and fourth, respectively, at the Division I championships the same years.
After coaching at the high school level, Miller returned to UNI as the top assistant coach from 1983-91 ... then became head coach at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, just north of Waterloo, where he built a career record of 413-37-2. He guided the Knights to 10 NCAA Division III team championships, 21 consecutive Iowa Conference championships and seven National Wrestling Coaches Association National Duals championships. In addition, Miller coached 37 individual national champions, 147 All-Americans and 72 NWCA Academic All-Americans before stepping down after the 2013 season.
Want to know more? Check out the official website ... email dgmstaff@nwhof.org ... or call (319) 233-0745.
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