Voigt, a four-time all-American and 1990 NCAA Division III national champion at Cornell College, returns for his second season on Mike Duroe's coaching staff.
Voigt has 17 years of coaching experience at the high school and collegiate levels, including a prior stint as a Rams assistant from 1997-99. The Mount Vernon native spent the past 10 years at West Branch High School, where he taught social studies and was head wrestling coach from 1999-2007.
Voigt is Cornell's all-time wins leader with a glossy 148-19 career record and the only four-time all-American in the program's storied history. He is the Rams' last national champion in wrestling, claiming the 150-pound title in 1990. Voigt placed third as a junior and sophomore and sixth his freshman season.
A four-time Midwest Conference champion, Voigt helped lead the Rams to three conference team championships. He is a member of Cornell's Wrestling Hall of Fame and the NCAA Division III Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Voigt graduated from Cornell in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in history and education. He earned a master's degree in sport psychology from the University of Iowa in 1998.
Voigt held head high school coaching positions at Big Sandy (Colo.) School (1990-91), Louisa-Muscatine (1991-93), Des Moines Roosevelt (1993-94) and West Branch (1999-2007). He was a high school assistant at West Des Moines Dowling from 1994-97 prior to joining Steve Devries' staff during Cornell's first two seasons as a member of the Iowa Conference.
Voigt directed a turnaround at West Branch, leading the Bears to a 10th-place state finish in his final season. For his efforts, he was named the 2007 Southeast Iowa Class 1A Wrestling Coach of the Year. While at Dowling, Voigt was honored as the 1994 Scholastic Wrestling Iowa Assistant Coach of the Year.
Voigt, a three-time state placewinner at Mount Vernon High School, captured a state title at 138 pounds in 1985. He took second as a sophomore and third as a senior with the Mustangs.
Voigt and his wife, Karmin, have eight children: sons Alex, 15, Jackson, 14, Harry, 8, Graham, 8, and daughters Hannah, 14, Madison, 13, Emma, 12, and Mackenzie, 11.
