Chun Named 2024 USA Wrestling Women’s Coach of the Year

IOWA CITY, Iowa - University of Iowa women’s wrestling head coach Clarissa Chun was named the 2024 USA Wrestling Women’s Coach of the Year, announced by the organization on Thursday afternoon. Chun shares the honor with Sara McMann. This is the second straight year that Chun has received this honor.

In Iowa’s inaugural season, Chun led the Hawkeyes to a 16-0 record in dual competition. Iowa captured its first NWCA National Duals title, the NCWWC national team title and had six individual national champions, and 12 all-Americans. Iowa qualified nine wrestlers for the 2024 Olympic Team Trials.

In 2024, Chun was also named the NCWWC Coach of the Year, she was given the Trailblazer Award from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and was named USA Today’s Iowa Woman of the Year.

On the international stage, grad student Macey Kilty and redshirt sophomore Kylie Welker were both Senior World bronze medalists in October. Kilty and Welker were also both medalists at the 2024 U23 World Championships with Welker winning gold and Kilty claiming silver. At the U20 World Championships in September, freshman Naomi Simon won a bronze medal.

Chun continued her success in the 2024-25 season for the Hawkeyes claiming back-to-back NWCA National Duals titles and NCWWC national titles. The Hawkeyes had three individual national champions, and all 15 national qualifiers earned all-American honors.

For the second straight season, the Hawkeyes went undefeated in dual competition going 19-0 during the 2024-25. Iowa outscored its opponents 718-114 in those duals and had 11 wins over ranked opponents. In the program’s two seasons they are 35-0 in duals.