Chris Bono has resigned as wrestling coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and will be returning to his old job as assistant head coach at Iowa State.

“It’s home and it’s family plus it’s a chance to go back to a fresh start and work under a guy for whom I have tremendous respect,” Bono said.

Bono, a four-time NCAA qualifier and a NCAA champion during his time at Iowa State, will go to work for Kevin Jackson, who was named head coach earlier this year. He also will be joining former Mocs assistant Nate Gallick, another Iowa State alum who was named the team’s volunteer coach last month.

“I would never have done this with any other school in the country, and I don’t know that I would have done it to work under any other coach,” he said.

UTC athletic director Rick Hart has known that Bono was considering the offer, which was made last week.