Terry Steiner

Terry Steiner (born August 27, 1970) is an American wrestler and wrestling coach, who was an NCAA champion and three-time All-American. He is the women's U.S. National Coach for USA Wrestling. He led the U.S. women’s wrestling to a record four medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: a Gold medal (Tamyra Mensah-Stock), a Silver medal (Adeline Gray) and two Bronze medals (Helen Maroulis and Sarah Hildebrandt).^[1]

Terry Steiner

Personal information
Born	(1970-08-27) August 27, 1970 (age 54)
Home town	Bismarck, North Dakota, U.S.
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
College team	Iowa
Coach	Dan Gable
Medal record Collegiate Wrestling Representing the Iowa Hawkeyes NCAA Division I Championships 1993 Ames 150 lb 1991 Iowa City 150 lb Big Ten Championships 1993 Columbus 150 lb 1991 Champaign 150 lb 1992 Madison 150 lb

Early life and education

Steiner is from Bismarck, North Dakota and attended Bismarck Century High School. He wrestled at the University of Iowa, alongside his identical twin, Troy Steiner, who also won an individual NCAA championship.^[2] Steiner was coached by Dan Gable, and placed 3rd, 5th, and 1st in 1991, 1992, and 1993 respectively.^[3][1] He graduated from Iowa in 1993 with a B.A. in Social Work.^[4]

Coaching

Steiner has been the women's U.S. National Coach for USA Wrestling since 2002.^[5] In this capacity, Steiner has been the longtime coach of Adeline Gray, six-time world-champion (2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021) and two-time (2016, 2020) Olympian.^[3]

Awards and honors

Steiner was a Glen Brand inductee into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2013.^[1] In 2025, he was honored as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.^[6]