Mark Johnson arrived in Iowa City in the late 1970’s. An Olympian on the 1980 Greco team, Johnson would go on to serve as Gable’s GA, and then long-time assistant during the run of 9 NCAA titles for Iowa in the 1980’s. Here he talks about the impact Gable had on his life.

Wrestling Changed My Life explores inspirational journeys of wrestlers and how the sport changed their lives. By stitching together stories of sacrifice, triumph, defeat and perseverance, we take the listener deep inside the world’s oldest sport.