# Dan Gable - Staying On Top Through Loss :: Ep 7 The Full Tilt Podcast

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Podcast: [The Full Tilt Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-full-tilt-podcast-7722676)
Published: 2026-04-02T11:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://thefulltiltpodcast.transistor.fm/s1/7
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Duration seconds: 6359

## Resource

On this episode of The Full Tilt Podcast Hatch sits down with the Olympic gold medalist and legendary Iowa coach Dan Gable for a long-form conversation about wrestling, life, and legacy in his fabled cabin. His personal home wrestling room used for training. They go deep on: Growing up under West Waterloo’s Coach Siddens Building dynasties at Iowa State and Iowa Losing to Larry Owings and how that loss transformed him Beating the Russians, training with Chris Taylor, and chasing Olympic gold Near-wrist and armbar torture sessions in the Iowa room The mindset it takes to get back to the top and rebuild after you fall off NIL, the transfer portal, and the future of college wrestling Family, grief, and why his grandkids carry his name forward If you are a wrestling coach, athlete, or just a fan of elite performance, this is two hours of pure gold in a location few get access to. Chapters: 0:00 Iron Sheik stories and pro wrestling crossover 0:50 Full Tilt intro and Hatch’s over-the-top excitement 1:41 Gable flips the script and starts interviewing Hatch 2:26 Hatch’s path: from Iowa kid to coaching across the country 4:28 Falling in love with South America and the idea of a wrestling club there 5:36 Pan Am Games in Colombia and beating a tough Cuban 6:37 Cubans, Russians, Iranians, and politics in world wrestling 9:23 The grind at Iowa and why Gable’s guys could not play another sport in-season 11:11 Hatch starts coaching youth while still wrestling for Iowa 13:08 Gable admits losing discipline between titles and rebuilding the Hawkeye dynasty 19:14 What it was like coming into Iowa behind Brands, Ironside, Haddock, Hogan 20:16 The Big Ten story: Kevin Hogan, Kent and Doug Strayer, and saving the title streak 28:27 Phase 2 of Iowa dominance: Brands, Steiners, Ryans, Pfisner…

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