Troy Steiner coaching at the Pac-12 Championships (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)Over the course of his coaching career, Troy helped coach 22 NCAA Division I All-Americans, 10 Big Ten champions, and 6 NCAA Division I champs, according to his biography at the SteinerWrestling.com website.
Prior to becoming a collegiate coach, Steiner wrestled for the Iowa Hawkeyes and head coach Dan Gable from 1990-93, where he was a four-time NCAA All-American, winning an NCAA championship in 1992. The native of Bismarck, North Dakota won three Big Ten titles at Iowa, compiling a 148-13 career record at 134 and 142 pounds. While at Iowa, Troy and his twin brother, Terry, were part of three national and four Big Ten championship teams.
In post-collegiate competition, Steiner was a nine-time U.S. national team member, winning the 1992 World Cup and 1996 Pan-American Games titles. He placed third at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1992 and 1996 and fifth in 2000.
Steiner was inducted into the North Dakota Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum in 2013. He received his bachelor's in social work from Iowa in 1993 and his master's in kinesiology with a sports management emphasis from Minnesota in 1998.
The wrestling program at Fresno State was first established in 1962. It was eliminated in 2006. In the decade since the Bulldog wrestling program was axed, there has been a concerted effort to bring the sport back to the school within the wrestling community in California and beyond. The idea of reinstating the California State University, Fresno mat program gained extra traction in November 2013, when school president Joseph Castro said in a speech to mark his first 100 days in office, "I think there is a compelling case that's being made for wrestling, and I want to make sure that information is all part of the review and the discussions."
Fresno State made it official on March 1, 2016 -- it would be adding men's wrestling and women's water polo to its roster of intercollegiate sports, effective in the 2016-17 season. The school had posted the head coaching position in March, stating at the time it hoped to have a person in place within three months.
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