Minnesota State University - Mankato Athletics

Ty Eustice joined the Minnesota State wrestling program as an assistant coach in October of 2017.

A native of Blue Earth, Minn., Eustice spent five years with the J Robinson Intensive Camps prior to coming to Minnesota State. An Executive Director with J Robinson, Eustice has experience at every level of NCAA wrestling, competing at NCAA Division I and coaching at Division I, Division II and Division III.

No stranger to Maverick Wrestling, Eustice spent two years (2007-2008) on Jim Makovksy's staff as a graduate assistant where he earned a Masters degree in sports management while helping the Mavericks secure two top-five team finishes at the national tournament, a National Duals title, two individual national champions and 12 All-Americans.

Eustice was a four-year wrestling letterwinner at the University of Iowa from 2001-06 where he compiled a 111-29 collegiate record. He was an All-American as a junior and senior, placing fifth and second at the NCAA Championships, respectively. Eustice received the team Mike Howard Most Valuable Wrestler Award his senior year and the team Mike McGivern Most Courageous Wrestler Award his redshirt freshman year. He was a two-time team captain, four-time NCAA Division I national qualifier and a Cadet, Junior and FILA Junior National Freestyle All-American.

An assistant coach at South Dakota State in 2011-12, Eustice spent the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons as the head coach at Iowa Lakes. In his time at ILCC, Eustice led the Lakers to two top-10 national tournament places. ILCC qualified 17 wrestlers for nationals during his tenure, including a two-time national champion, six All-Americans and two Academic All-Americans.

Prior to his time at Iowa Lakes, Eustice served as assistant wrestling coach at Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa). In his lone season, the Rams finished eighth at the NCAA Championships and had three All-Americans.

Eustice and wife Dani make their home in Mankato. Ty has two sons (Jack and Grayson) and a daughter (Cam).