Indiana University Men's Wrestling

Simmons, a 2011 USA Wrestling World Team Member and 2012 London Olympics alternate, was hired as an assistant coach on June 4, 2012. He begins his fifth season at IU and fourth as associate head coach in the 2016-17 school year. "Nick will be an exciting addition to our staff," said Goldman upon the hiring. "He has been tremendously successful at every level of wrestling, not only as an athlete, but as a coach. He will bring a unique wealth of knowledge to our team." Simmons spent the previous three seasons as the Director of Wrestling Operations at Oregon State University while also competing and training in international freestyle events. The United States' highest ranked 55kg (121 lbs) freestyle wrestler, was the U.S. alternate for the 2012 London Olympics after finishing second at the U.S. Olympic Trials in April. His international successes for numerous, highlighted by a 2011 U.S. World Team Trials championship. A more-detailed list of freestyle accomplishments can be found below: 2011 US World Team Member 2011 World Trials Champ (55kg) 2010 World Team Alternate 2009 World Team Alternate 2009 US Nationals Champion 2008 Olympic Alternate Pan American Champ University National Champ (Outstanding Wrestler & Most Falls award in same year) 2nd at US Nationals in 2007 3rd at 2005 World Team Trials 5th at 2005 University World Games 5th at 2004 Olympic Trials The Hoosier lightweights saw vast improvements in Simmons first season, most notably 125-pounder Joe Duca. Simmons mentored Duca to a late-season push that resulted in an NCAA Championships appearance for Duca. Simmons is no stranger to Big Ten Wrestling, constructing a four-time All-American career at Michigan State University. The former Spartan racked up 138 collegiate wins, the 2nd most in Michigan State history. Simmons won three Big Ten titles and was also crowned champion at the Midlands three times. His 46 falls are an all-time school record. His success on the mat started early with Simmons posting a perfect 211-0 prep record, earning four MHSAA state titles. He racked up 208 wins by fall or technical fall, including 157 consecutive falls and setting a national record for falls in a single season with 57. He finished his career with two Asics High School First Team All-America accolades and three U.S. Junior Nationals Freestyle titles, making the finals four years. He was named the 1999 Jr. Schalles Award, given to the nation's best pinner. Simmons is from Williamston, Mich., and graduated from Michigan State in 2007 with a degree in Human Resource Social Science. He and his wife, Nicole, were married in October 2011. Nick Simmons Associate Head Coach   Nick Simmons, a 2011 USA Wrestling World Team Member and 2012 London Olympics alternate, was hired as an assistant coach on June 4, 2012. He begins his fifth season at IU and fourth as associate head coach in the 2016-17 school year. "Nick will be an exciting addition to our staff," said Goldman upon the hiring. "He has been tremendously successful at every level of wrestling, not only as an athlete, but as a coach. He will bring a unique wealth of knowledge to our team." Simmons spent the previous three seasons as the Director of Wrestling Operations at Oregon State University while also competing and training in international freestyle events. The United States' highest ranked 55kg (121 lbs) freestyle wrestler, was the U.S. alternate for the 2012 London Olympics after finishing second at the U.S. Olympic Trials in April. His international successes for numerous, highlighted by a 2011 U.S. World Team Trials championship. A more-detailed list of freestyle accomplishments can be found below: 2011 US World Team Member 2011 World Trials Champ (55kg) 2010 World Team Alternate 2009 World Team Alternate 2009 US Nationals Champion 2008 Olympic Alternate Pan American Champ University National Champ (Outstanding Wrestler & Most Falls award in same year) 2nd at US Nationals in 2007 3rd at 2005 World Team Trials 5th at 2005 University World Games 5th at 2004 Olympic Trials The Hoosier lightweights saw vast improvements in Simmons first season, most notably 125-pounder Joe Duca. Simmons mentored Duca to a late-season push that resulted in an NCAA Championships appearance for Duca. Simmons is no stranger to Big Ten Wrestling, constructing a four-time All-American career at Michigan State University. The former Spartan racked up 138 collegiate wins, the 2nd most in Michigan State history. Simmons won three Big Ten titles and was also crowned champion at the Midlands three times. His 46 falls are an all-time school record. His success on the mat started early with Simmons posting a perfect 211-0 prep record, earning four MHSAA state titles. He racked up 208 wins by fall or technical fall, including 157 consecutive falls and setting a national record for falls in a single season with 57. He finished his career with two Asics High School First Team All-America accolades and three U.S. Junior Nationals Freestyle titles, making the finals four years. He was named the 1999 Jr. Schalles Award, given to the nation's best pinner. Simmons is from Williamston, Mich., and graduated from Michigan State in 2007 with a degree in Human Resource Social Science. He and his wife, Nicole, were married in October 2011.

Goldman has taken at least one wrestler to the NCAA's every season. His 271 career dual match victories are also a school record. His .636 career winnings percentage is second all-time and the best of any IU coach since 1945. During the 2013-14 season, Goldman added to his All-American tally with Adam Chalfant's sixth place finish at the NCAA Championships. Chalfant became Goldman's 27th All-American. In the offseason prior to the 2013-14 season, Goldman's recruiting prowess was on display, hauling in another top-20 ranked recruiting class. In 2010, Goldman and his staff cracked the top-10 according to Intermat's class rankings, welcoming in the 7th-slotted class to Bloomington. Goldman and his staff have made their presence felt on the national recruiting scene since arriving here at IU. During the 2001 recruiting period, Goldman and his staff pulled in a class ranked among many publications' top-10 lists, a feat matched again in 2005 and 2010. In addition, the 2009 class was slotted 23rd nationally. Under the guidance of Goldman, Angel Escobedo became the first four-time All-American in school history. Escobedo left Bloomington as one of, if not the most, decorated grappler to ever don the Cream and Crimson with a national championships, four trips to the All-America podium and ranking second all-time in both career wins and pins at IU. Indiana's six automatic qualifiers in 2009 under the new qualifying standards implemented by NCAA were the third most in the Big Ten Conference. The 2007-08 season ended with a 12th place finish in the team standings at the NCAAs. Escobedo led the way with his national championship run in the 125-lbs. weight class. It marked the third time in a four-year span that one of Goldman's wrestlers won the 125-lbs. title after Joe Dubuque did so in 2005 and 2006. Goldman reached a coaching milestone on Feb. 3, 2008, when he guided the Hoosiers to a 23-9 win over Michigan State, his 200th career coaching victory. Goldman tied his own school record by leading a total of eight NCAA Qualifiers to the NCAAs that season, marking the third time Goldman has done so. Goldman originally set the record back in 1994. In 2006-07, the Hoosiers saw three wrestlers reach the All-American stand in Escobedo (4th), Matt Coughlin (7th) and Andrae Hernandez (8th). Goldman has qualified wrestlers for the NCAATournament in all 17 of his seasons as head coach. During the 2005-06 season, the Hoosiers turned in a 16th-place finish at the NCAA championship and saw two grapplers place, as Dubuque and Brandon Becker captured All-American status. Those two were joined by Hernandez, Dave Herman and Max Dean at the NCAAs. Dubuque became the first wrestler in IU history to win back-to-back national championships. The 2004-05 campaign was one to remember as the Hoosiers finished ninth at the NCAA Tournament with three All-Americans, including a national champion in Dubuque. It was IU's first national championship since Brian Dolph won in 1990. Becker and Pat DeGain also reached the All-American stand that season. Goldman has amassed 75 Big Ten All-Academic team members, 14 NWCA Scholar-Athletes, three national champions, 83 NCAA qualifiers and 23 All-Americans. At the 2004 NCAA Championships, Goldman led the Hoosiers to a 28th-place finish. Dubuque and Coyte Cooper added two more All-Americans to Goldman's total. During the 2003-04 season, Goldman became the school's all-time leader in wins as he passed coaching legend Charlie McDaniel. In 2002-03, Goldman led the Hoosiers to 16 dual meet victories, a school record. Goldman then topped that record in 2004 mounting 17. He also guided Cooper, Greg Schaefer and Ty Matthews to the NCAA Championships. Goldman graduated one of his most honored wrestlers in Viktor Sveda in 2002. Sveda finished his career with a 149-28 record and 47 pins. Both the 149 wins and 47 pins are school records, eclipsing the marks set by Roger Chandler from 1994-1997. Success for Indiana wrestling under Goldman goes beyond the mat. Indiana wrestlers know they are expected to be as dedicated in the classroom as they are on the mat. In 2000-01, 11 Hoosiers earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades during the season, the most in conference history by any wrestling team in a single season (Illinois also had 11 Academic All-Big Ten members in 2001). Goldman attributes this academic progress to the fact that he and his staff have made a conscious effort to recruit the best student-athletes each year, instead of just the best athletes. Indiana wrestling has earned national recognition for its academic progress over the last few seasons. The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) has recognized 16 Hoosiers as NWCA Scholar-Athletes since 2001. Max Dean earned that recognition three consecutive years (2005-07) and Ryan LeBlanc is the most recent to do so, earning the honor in 2013. Matt Powless, a 2012 IU graduate, was a four-time NWCA Scholar-Athlete. Vice President and Director of Athletics Fred Glass presented the 2012 Spirit of Indiana Directors Award to Powless. This award is the most prestigious award presented by the department given to two senior student-athletes, which best represent The Spirit of Indiana: 24 Sports, One Team. Goldman served as an assistant under former Indiana head coach, and current Michigan head coach Joe McFarland before being elevated to the top spot in 1992. Prior to arriving in Bloomington, he spent a year as an assistant at Army. As a collegiate wrestler, Goldman dominated under the tutelage of legendary head coach Dan Gable at the University of Iowa. In his four years as a Hawkeye, Goldman accumulated a 132-10 career record, won four Big Ten Championships and finished as a four-time NCAA All-American. After three consecutive second-place finishes, he won the NCAA Championships in his final season at 190 pounds. On Sept. 5, 2009, Goldman was officially inducted into the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame. After winning NCAAs, Goldman went on to compete extensively on the international level as a member of the U.S. National Team. He won a gold medal at the Pan-American Championships in 1987 and was a member of the 1987 World Cup Team that took bronze in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. Goldman has won two Canadian Cup Championships, placed second in the Cerro Pelado Tournament, in Cuba, and medaled in various tournaments throughout Europe. Along with all these accomplishments, he earned a fifth-place finish at the renowned Tbilisi Tournament in the former Soviet Union. In addition, he served as an alternate on the U.S. Olympic team in 1988. In the same year, he spent a season with the Martiyny Club de Lutte in Martigny, Switzerland, where he both competed and coached. Goldman earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Iowa in 1986 in general studies. He went on to earn his master's degree from IU in administration in 1997. During the summer of 2000, Goldman accompanied former assistant coach Charles Burton to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where he served as an assistant coach and training partner. In April of 2008 he was inducted into the GlenBrand Wrestling Hall of Fame. The Colorado Springs, Colo., native and his wife, Patricia have two daughters, Aphten and Avery, and one son, Garret. Aphten is a recent IU graduate and served as the wrestling team manager for four seasons. Garrett will wrestle in the heavyweight division as a redshirt senior Hoosier for the 2015-16 season, after taking home an Indiana state title as a senior in high school.

DuBois is in her seventh season season as administrative assistant for the swimming and diving programs at Indiana. A Bloomington native, DuBois worked in the medical field as a Contract Coordinator and Administrative Assistant for nine years. She and her husband, Ben, are the parents of two children, Peyton (14) and Katie (10).

Pascoe to the coaching staff for the 2015-16 season on August 17, 2015. Pascoe comes to IU after spending one year as the assistant coach at Brown University.   "We are excited to add Travis to our staff. He brings a very strong record of training with and producing All-Americans," Goldman said. "His background and goals will fit well with the tenets of IU Athletics. He will be a great addition to our staff and the team as a whole."   In Pascoe's one-year stay at Brown, he assisted the Bears in qualifying Ophir Bernstein and Justin Staudenmayer for the NCAA tournament, and Billy Watterson as a First Team All-Ivy selection. In addition, his Brown squad posted the nation's fifth-best team GPA in the 2014-15 academic year.   "I am very excited to join the IU Wrestling staff and would like to thank coach Goldman for the opportunity to work at a great institution," Pascoe said. "I hope we can help the Hoosiers move into the top tier of the Big Ten and the nation. I would also like thank my wife, Sara, for being wonderful while moving across the country to help young men reach their goals."   Prior to joining Brown's coaching staff, Pascoe spent two seasons in a return to Oregon State, his sixth and seventh years overall with the Beavers. His seven years at Oregon State were split by a one-year stint at Arizona State during the 2011-12 season.   Pascoe's first stretch with the Oregon State program spanned five seasons, beginning in the 2006-07 season and ending in the 2010-11 academic year. In that time, Pascoe helped coach six wrestlers to seven Pac-10 Conference titles, along with two team Pac-10 titles in 2007 and 2010. Pascoe also took part in molding two NCAA All-Americans in those five years. Pascoe continued his wrestling career at Oregon State, training for the world championships and the U.S. Olympic Trials.   Pascoe's first post-graduate assistant coaching position came in the 2005-06 academic year, when he was an assistant at Fresno State. Pascoe coached one season for the Bulldogs before Fresno State discontinued their wrestling program. In that year, Pascoe coached Greg Gifford, the NCAA West Region Champion at 184 pounds.   Before ascending to the coaching ranks, Pascoe was an accomplished wrestler at the University of Nebraska, where he wrestled at 184 pounds from 2000-2005. Pascoe redshirted his first season, but proceeded to start his remaining four years. Pascoe accumulated a career record of 100-36, which ranked as the 13 th -most wins in Nebraska history. Pascoe was a four-time NCAA qualifier, reaching the semifinals and a sixth-place finish in 2005. Pascoe received All-American honors in 2005 for his outstanding season.   Furthermore, Pascoe helped the Huskers to Top 20 finishes in all four seasons, including fifth in 2004 and eighth in 2002. In the Big 12 Championships, Pascoe posted third-place finishes in 2002 and 2003, a fourth-place finish in 2004, and a second-place finish in 2005.   Prior to his collegiate career, Pascoe was a two-sport standout at Gonzaga Prep in Spokane, Wash. A four-year member of both the wrestling and football squads, Pascoe was a three-time Washington State Champion at 189 pounds, and a High School All-America honoree in his senior year.  Pascoe also achieved a fourth-place finish at the Cadet World Trials in 1997.   The Rathdrum, Ida. native and his wife, Sara, have one daughter, Piper, and one son, Hudson. Travis Pascoe Assistant Coach   Indiana Wrestling head coach   announced the addition of Travis Pascoe to the coaching staff for the 2015-16 season on August 17, 2015. Pascoe comes to IU after spending one year as the assistant coach at Brown University.   "We are excited to add Travis to our staff. He brings a very strong record of training with and producing All-Americans," Goldman said. "His background and goals will fit well with the tenets of IU Athletics. He will be a great addition to our staff and the team as a whole."   In Pascoe's one-year stay at Brown, he assisted the Bears in qualifying Ophir Bernstein and Justin Staudenmayer for the NCAA tournament, and Billy Watterson as a First Team All-Ivy selection. In addition, his Brown squad posted the nation's fifth-best team GPA in the 2014-15 academic year.   "I am very excited to join the IU Wrestling staff and would like to thank coach Goldman for the opportunity to work at a great institution," Pascoe said. "I hope we can help the Hoosiers move into the top tier of the Big Ten and the nation. I would also like thank my wife, Sara, for being wonderful while moving across the country to help young men reach their goals."   Prior to joining Brown's coaching staff, Pascoe spent two seasons in a return to Oregon State, his sixth and seventh years overall with the Beavers. His seven years at Oregon State were split by a one-year stint at Arizona State during the 2011-12 season.   Pascoe's first stretch with the Oregon State program spanned five seasons, beginning in the 2006-07 season and ending in the 2010-11 academic year. In that time, Pascoe helped coach six wrestlers to seven Pac-10 Conference titles, along with two team Pac-10 titles in 2007 and 2010. Pascoe also took part in molding two NCAA All-Americans in those five years. Pascoe continued his wrestling career at Oregon State, training for the world championships and the U.S. Olympic Trials.   Pascoe's first post-graduate assistant coaching position came in the 2005-06 academic year, when he was an assistant at Fresno State. Pascoe coached one season for the Bulldogs before Fresno State discontinued their wrestling program. In that year, Pascoe coached Greg Gifford, the NCAA West Region Champion at 184 pounds.   Before ascending to the coaching ranks, Pascoe was an accomplished wrestler at the University of Nebraska, where he wrestled at 184 pounds from 2000-2005. Pascoe redshirted his first season, but proceeded to start his remaining four years. Pascoe accumulated a career record of 100-36, which ranked as the 13 th -most wins in Nebraska history. Pascoe was a four-time NCAA qualifier, reaching the semifinals and a sixth-place finish in 2005. Pascoe received All-American honors in 2005 for his outstanding season.   Furthermore, Pascoe helped the Huskers to Top 20 finishes in all four seasons, including fifth in 2004 and eighth in 2002. In the Big 12 Championships, Pascoe posted third-place finishes in 2002 and 2003, a fourth-place finish in 2004, and a second-place finish in 2005.   Prior to his collegiate career, Pascoe was a two-sport standout at Gonzaga Prep in Spokane, Wash. A four-year member of both the wrestling and football squads, Pascoe was a three-time Washington State Champion at 189 pounds, and a High School All-America honoree in his senior year.  Pascoe also achieved a fourth-place finish at the Cadet World Trials in 1997.   The Rathdrum, Ida. native and his wife, Sara, have one daughter, Piper, and one son, Hudson.