Nate Carr, a Distinguished Member inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2003, began serving as a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Board of Governors in 2019.

Currently an associate director at the Cyclone Regional Training Center in Ames, Iowa, he was a Pennsylvania state champion, a three-time NCAA champion and a two-time Big 8 champion for Iowa State University.

Carr won a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics and represented the United States in two World Championships.

He was an assistant coach at West Virginia University and was named National Assistant Coach of the Year by the National Wrestling Coaches Association in 1991.

He was a pastor in Georgia, building a thriving ministry while also coaching at Jones County High School.

Carr coached at Perry High School in Massillon, Ohio, from 2015 to 2018, where his son, David, was a four-time state champion and the national winner of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award. A two-time NCAA champion and five-time All-American for Iowa State, David is currently the associate director of the Cardinal & Gold Collective. Nate’s oldest son, Nate, Jr., was the Georgia winner of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award in 2006 before becoming a National Junior College Champion at Iowa Central Community College and a two-year starter at Iowa State. Nate, Jr., is currently in his third season as head wrestling coach at Davidson College after five years as an assistant coach for Lock Haven University.