Tom Brack
Tom Brack was a four-time Oklahoma state finalist and a state champion in 1970 for Geary High School.
Brack coached wrestling in Oklahoma for 34 years, beginning at Duncan Junior High School in 1974.
He started the wrestling program at Marlow High School in 1979 and coached at Comanche High School from 1982-94.
Brack returned to Duncan in 1995 and after another year with the junior high program took over the high school job in 1997, a role he held until 2009.
He was named Oklahoma Wrestling Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 1984, 1988 and 2003 and was All-State coach in 2004. Brack was named Oklahoma Officials Association Coach of the Year in 2005 and the Duncan Banner Coach of the Year in 1988, 1989, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009.
He led teams to 46 tournament championships, seven regional championships, 11 state runner-up finishes and state championships in 1988 and 1993. Brack has a career record of 408-119-4, including 272-77-1 at the high school level.
He coached 27 state individual champions, including two three-time winners and six two-time winners, and 26 state runners-up. Brack had 169 wrestlers qualify for Oklahoma state tournaments, including 54 regional champions. He had a former wrestler win an NAIA national title, and two wrestlers who won NCAA Division II national championships, including one who was also named Outstanding Wrestler.
For his dedication to the sport of wrestling, the Oklahoma Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame honors Tom Brack with the 2016 Lifetime Service to Wrestling Award.
Awards:
Year
2016
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Award
Lifetime Service to Wrestling
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Chapter/Region
Oklahoma
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