Warrior Mindset

Mark Perry Jr. comes from perhaps the most famous wrestling family in America. His uncles, Lee Roy, John, Pat, and Mark Smith all wrestled collegiately at Oklahoma State and garnered All-American honors 12 times and won seven NCAA titles. His father, Mark Sr., was a two-time All-American for Oklahoma State and served as a Division I assistant coach at Nebraska and Oklahoma State. Mark Perry Jr. is currently the head coach for the Hawkeye Wrestling Club. Before his return to Iowa, he was an assistant coach for the University of Illinois.  Prior to his Illinois tenure, he served as co-head coach for Cal Poly in 2010-11 and as an assistant coach in 2009-10. As a collegiate wrestler at the University of Iowa, Perry won two NCAA titles for the Hawkeyes, taking the crown at 165 pounds in 2007 and 2008. He was a four-time All-American from 2005-08 and won a Big Ten title in 2007. He helped lead the Hawkeyes to an NCAA team national title in 2008 and was a team captain from 2005-08. ----------------------------