Following his career on the mat as a Hawkeye Zadick spent a decade on the Iowa coaching staff, filling various positions such as strength and conditioning coach, volunteer assistant, and paid assistant. Already a well known commodity in Iowa, Zadick was a three-time NCAA All-American for the Hawkeyes from 2000-02. Zadick joined the VT program during the 2015-16 season as a volunteer assistant and was promoted to paid assistant coach at the beginning of this season. As stated yesterday, Robie is currently serving as interim head coach for the Hokies. Robie declined, opting to stay in Blacksburg, and it is uncertain as to whether he would join Dresser at Iowa State or given his credentials he would figure to be one of the lead candidates to replace Dresser at VT. When Lou Rosselli left Ohio State to take over the Oklahoma program in late 2016, Flowrestling reported that one of the calls he made was to ask Robie to join him in Norman on his staff. For the past decade Robie has been a key component in helping build Virginia Tech into one of the top programs in the country. One of the first things Dresser did when he took over the Virginia Tech program was to hire Tony Robie as one of his assistant coaches. The intent of this article is not to focus on the negative effects Dresser’s leaving may have on the Virginia Tech program, but rather to address the elephant in the room that this situation happens and is inevitable. While it’s tricky topic, the reality is a lot of athletes commit to a coach first, program second. Now that Kevin Dresser has officially accepted the head coaching job for the Iowa State wrestling program, it’s time to take a look at who he might be bringing with him to Ames. ![]() John, Kevin Dresser, Mike Zadick Kevin Dresser takes a photo with VT senior wrestler Joey Dance (Photo: Hokie Sports)
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