Schwab, an Osage native, served as head coach at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake for the past four seasons. Schwab was named Iowa Conference Coach of the Year in 2007. The Beavers tied for 2nd in the Iowa Conference duals in 2008. Schwab also coached the first 4-time NCAA All-American in the 30 year history of BVU wrestling, Jestin Hulegaard. Schwab said “In our 3 recruiting classes we make tremendous gains, we were not consistent but there was clear improvement” After 2 recruiting classes the Beavers went from 31^st, 21st, 7^th.

Prior to BVU, Schwab spent nine years as a full time assistant coach at the University of Minnesota, helping the program to seven top-three finishes and two NCAA championships. Schwab also served as an assistant coach at Purdue University in Lafayette, IN (1991-93), and at the University of Northern Iowa, his college alma mater (1990-91. He graduated from UNI with a degree in Criminology and in 2003; Schwab earned a Masters degree in Education while at the University of Minnesota.

While competing at UNI, Schwab posted a 49-9 record in his initial season, the most wins by a true freshman in NCAA history, and placed fifth in the 1986 NCAA Division 1 Championships. In 1987, Schwab red-shirted and won the bronze medal in what was called the World’s Toughest Tournament in Tbilisi, Russia. And won a bronze medal for the U.S. team at the World Cup event in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. A knee injury and a staph infection combined to keep Schwab off the mats for more than a year spanning his sophomore and junior year. But Schwab finished his senior year and career with a second Div 1 all American honor.

Schwab’s prep wrestling career was nearly flawless as he won 106 of 107 matches and earned four state titles for Osage High while earning three Junior National Freestyle titles and a national championship in the Greco-Roman category. Schwab was inducted into the Iowa High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame, the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Glen Brand Hall of Fame.

International coaching Schwab has served as the head coach jr world tour of china in 1999, Asst Coach Jr World team, Sydney Australia 2000, Head Coach Jr world team, Tashkent Uzbekistan 2001, Head coach Jr world pan am, Bogotá Columbia 2003, Asst Coach Senior Pan am games, Rio djeniro, Brazil 2006.