Augustana University Athletics

Brian Wolf spent just two seasons at Augustana and broke seven school records while he was there. He transferred from Golden Valley Lutheran College, where he had won state and regional titles in the decathlon and intermediate hurdles.

In those two seasons he:

• became an All-American decathlete
• won four North Central Conference titles: the decathlon and the 400-meter intermediate hurdles in both 1981 and 1982
• was the high point scorer at the NCC outdoor championships
• qualified for the NCAA championships in the decathlon and the intermediate hurdles both years

The seven records:

• the decathlon, twice (his 7,111 points stood for 38 years)
• the 50-yard high hurdles
• the 55-meter high hurdles, which also set a new NCC record
• the 200 meters
• the 4x400-meter relay
• the javelin
• More than 40 years after graduating, he still ranks in Augustana's all-time top 10 in eight events. For perspective, his 7,111-point decathlon would have placed fourth at the 2024 Big Ten Outdoor Championships.

After Augustana, he placed fifth at the TAC/USA National Pentathlon Championships. He held the all-time highest pentathlon score and the second-highest decathlon score by any Minnesota athlete.

He then moved to bobsled and skeleton and became the first American athlete to make both national teams. He spent four years on the U.S. National Bobsled Team, from 1985 to 1988, training as a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid. He was often called on to help train other athletes there, including the Jamaican bobsled team.

His bobsled and skeleton results:

• set the American record in four-man bobsled twice
• won one national two-man title and finished second in another
• placed fifth at the National Skeleton Championships
• became only the second Augustana athlete ever to qualify for the Olympic Trials
• became the first Augustana athlete to be named an Olympic alternate, for the 1988 Games in Calgary, Canada
• He kept competing after that. He won five gold and four silver medals at the 1996 World Firefighters Games in Edmonton, Canada, finished an Ironman Triathlon at age 50, and now competes on the APP Senior Pro Tour in pickleball.

He has continued his love of track by coaching at the high school and college levels.

Professionally, Wolf has spent more than 30 years in insurance, tax, wealth management and estate planning. He founded Wolf Wealth Advisors and ran his own family office practice for most of that time.

He now divides his time between Sioux Falls and northern Minnesota.