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    Waterloo West names Farrell as head coach

    The high school where Dan Gable crafted an undefeated prep career in the mid-1960s now has a new head wrestling coach.

    Steve Farrell
    Steve Farrell has been named to head up the legacy wrestling program at Waterloo West High School in Waterloo, Iowa, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported Saturday.

    Farrell, who wrestled at nearby Cedar Falls High School, then Upper Iowa University, is a teacher in the Waterloo Community School District.

    Farrell brings over a decade of coaching experience to the Wahawks. Prior to coming to Waterloo, Farrell had coached at two other Iowa schools -- Northeast Community High School in Goose Lake, and at Lone Tree Junior/Senior High in Lone Tree. He is also co-founder of the popular Iron Sharpens Iron wrestling camps.

    "We are very excited to have Steve as our head wrestling coach," said Waterloo West director of athletics Dr. Anthony Pappas. "His many different wrestling experiences will serve him well as we continue to grow and improve our wrestling program."

    When asked about being named head coach of the legendary Waterloo West wrestling program, Farrell told InterMat, "It's a dream come true. I wrestled at the Wahawk club as a youth in grades 1-8. Then I went to high school just down the road at Cedar Falls. So I understand the rich wrestling history at West. I am excited to get started and build champions on and off the mat."

    "My theme for the team is to put Waterloo West wrestling back on the map. It's going to be a brick-by-brick thing."

    Arguably the coach who put the Wahawk wrestling program on the map years ago was Bob Siddens, who coached at Waterloo West from 1951-197 in the era where the program tallied 47 individual Iowa state titles. In addition to Dan Gable -- two-time NCAA champ for Iowa State, 1972 Olympian and legendary University of Iowa coach -- another one of Siddens' most famous wrestlers was Dale Anderson, two-time NCAA champ at Michigan State in the late 1960s.

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