Chris Bono, Pat Popolizio and Doug Schwab will interview at UNI next week.
"The three finalists each bring a unique set of experiences and background." Dannen said. "I was very pleased with the depth of the pool and the quality of the finalists. We are eager to have the candidates visit campus, meet our student-athletes and present their vision for the future of Panther wrestling."
Bono, who will interview on Thursday, is an assistant coach at Iowa State University. He is in his second stint as a Cyclone assistant after serving as the head coach at Tennessee-Chattanooga from May 2006 to July 2009. Bono was a three-time All-American at Iowa State, winning 130 matches from 1994-97, including the NCAA 150-pound championship in 1996.
Popolizio, who will interview on Friday, is the head coach at Binghamton University, where he has served in that capacity since 2006. The Binghamton wrestling program had been terminated in 2003 and since Popolizio took over his teams have produced 10 NCAA qualifiers and two All-Americans. In 2010, Binghamton won the CAA title and placed 21st at the NCAA Championships. Popolizio was a three-time NCAA qualifier (1997, 1998, 2002) and four-time academic all-Big XII honoree at Oklahoma State University.
Schwab, who will interview on Tuesday, is currently an assistant coach for three-time defending NCAA champion Iowa Hawkeyes. Schwab was a three-time All-American and Big Ten champion for the Hawkeyes from 1998-2001. The Osage, Iowa, native won the 1999 NCAA title at 141 pounds and finished his collegiate career with 130 wins, which ranks 10th-best in school history.
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