A graduate of Humboldt High School, he went on to wrestle two seasons at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge and qualified for the NJCAA Tournament as a freshman. He finished his undergraduate degree at Northwest Missouri State University in 1977 after qualifying for the NCAA Division II National Tournament. He started as an assistant coach at Riceville High School, 1977-79 before moving to Ogden where he started the wrestling program and served as their only head wrestling coach until his 2016 retirement. He has been a teacher, an athletic administrator and assistant coach in other sports at Ogden, but his tenure in wrestling was glittering. Coach Reimers authored a career dual meet record of 353-206-6 with his teams winning 20 Invitational titles, six conference championships and one District title. At the traditional State Meet his teams had four top ten finishes with a best of sixth place. He mentored 85 State Qualifiers with 35 being in the medal ceremonies. He was the first Iowa coach ever to mentor two four-time state champions. An avid disciple of fundamentals. He coached 9 gold medalists and seven others who won silver along with four who took third and two that finished fifth. He was named 2016 Class 1A Coach of the Year. In 2014 he was chosen as the National Federation of High School Coaches as their Wrestling Coach of the Year. Throughout his career he is known for his dedication to the IWCOA with extensive service on the convention committee. HE is a member of the IHSAA Wrestling Hall of Fame committee. Brian and his late wife Marci had two sons, Luke and Seth. Luke is married and works for Wells Fargo in Des Moines. He and his wife Kara have two children, Ella and Cael. Seth and his wife Nancy with their two children, Isabel and Mathew, live in San Diego, CA. After their military service in the Amy, Seth is a Wildlife Biologist and has his own company. Brian is now married to Michelle and she has hvo sons Benjamin and Ty.