Andy Rein

Andy Rein

  • Class
  • Induction
    1978-80
  • Honors
    Wrestling (1978), Wrestling (1979), Wrestling (1980)
  • Head coach of the Wisconsin wrestling team from 1987-93, compiling an 81-41-3 dual mark
  • Led the Badgers to Big Ten runner-up finishes in 1987 (named NCAA Rookie Coach of the Year) and 1992 (Big Ten Coach of the Year)
  • Coached 14 student-athletes to All-America distinction and three - David Lee and Matt Demaray twice - to national championships
  • Registered an undefeated season (40-0) on the way to an NCAA championship at 150 pounds in 1980
  • Earned three All-American awards by finishing second in 1978, sixth in 1979 and first in 1980
  • Posted a career collegiate mark of 119-13-1 from 1977-80
  • Captured Big Ten titles in 1978 (142 pounds) and 1980 (150)
  • Three-time (1978-80) Midlands Open champion, he is in that event's Hall of Fame
  • Two-time (1980 and 1984) Olympian in freestyle wrestling, he earned a silver medal at 149.5 pounds in the 1984 games at Los Angeles
  • Earned gold medals at the 1983 Tbilisi Tournament in the Soviet Union and the 1979 Pan American Games in Puerto Rico
  • Won silver medals at the 1982 World Cup of Wrestling (Toledo, Ohio) and the 1985 Super Champions Tournament (Tokyo)
  • Won four United States national freestyle titles
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