Full name Barry Alan Davis Name Barry Davis | Role Coach | |
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Born September 17, 1961 (age 62) ( 1961-09-17 ) Bloomfield, Indiana, U.S. Education University of Iowa, Prairie High School Olympic medals Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics Men's Freestyle Bantamweight People also search for Nan Doak-Davis, Hideaki Tomiyama, Kim Eui-Kon | ||
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Barry Alan Davis (born September 17, 1961) is an Olympic silver medalist and World champion medalist in freestyle wrestling. Since 1994, he has served as head wrestling coach at the University of Wisconsin.
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- Wrestling coach barry davis addresses the wisconsin softball team
- Early life
- College career
- International competition
- Coaching career
- Athletic achievements
- Recognition
- Barry davis scoring with the legs
- References
Wrestling coach barry davis addresses the wisconsin softball team
Early life
Davis was born in Bloomfield, Indiana to Elmer and Carol Davis, and grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He credits the support and work ethic of his parents as contributing to his drive to succeed in athletics. Davis attended Cedar Rapids Prairie High School, where he was a three-time state wrestling champion (the second individual from the Cedar Rapids metro area to achieve that distinction), and earned a career prep record of 102-6-1.
College career
At the University of Iowa, Davis wrestled on coach Dan Gable's team. During his college career, Davis was a four-time NCAA Division I all-American, and a three-time Division I champion wrestler. He was named NCAA Outstanding Wrestler in 1985, and was also named the Big Ten Athlete of the Year that same year. Barry Davis' career record at Iowa was 162-9-1. As of 2007, he continues to hold University of Iowa records for season victories (46 in 1982), and career victories (162).
International competition
Davis was champion in freestyle wrestling (125.4 lb) at the 1983 Pan American Games, and a member of the 1983 U.S. World wrestling team. In 1984, he took a redshirt year from college athletics, to compete on the 1984 U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling team, winning a silver medal at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Davis competed in World championships again in 1986 and 1987, earning a bronze medal and a silver, respectively. In 1988 he was once more a member of the U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling team, but did not earn a medal.
Coaching career
Barry Davis served as graduate assistant coach at the University of Iowa from 1986–1987, and as assistant coach from 1988–1992. In 1992, he attempted a third-time membership in the U.S. Olympic team, but did not achieve a place on the team. Davis has been head wrestling coach at the University of Wisconsin since 1994.
Davis was married to Nan Doak in 1986. Nan also attended University of Iowa where she was a six-time All-American in track and field and cross country prior to becoming a United States national champion in the marathon.