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Ohio College and University Wrestling Programs

The top program in wins in the Buckeye State is the Golden Flashes of Kent State with about 20 more wins in 10 fewer seasons than the defending national champion program at Ohio State.  These numbers are from before the current season.  The top coach in wins at KSU, Joe Begala actually was the winning-est college coach ever at the time of his retirement in 1971.  Since then Dale Thomas and many others have scored more wins.  Ohio Northern has the third most wins and a few other schools have also totaled over 500 wins.  The next and last state to have listed will be Pennsylvania.

Ohio College Wrestling Programs — Top Teams in wins
No. School Lev. Wins Losses Ties Pct. First Yr. (fall) Latest Year Yrs. Most Wins Coach Years Wins 2015
1 Kent State University I 764 316 12 0.705 1927-1928 2015 a 85 Begala, Joe 1930-42, ’45-’71 282  (8-13)
2 Ohio State University I 745 515 28 0.589 1920-1921 2015 a 95 Hellickson, Russ 1981-2006 272  (13-4)
3 Ohio Northern University III 594 301 11 0.662 1966-1967 2015 a 49 Beaschler, Ron 1988-2015 287  (15-5)
4 Ohio University I 567 396 22 0.587 1919-’23,’24-’43,’46-’48, ’49- 2015 a 91 Houska, Harry 1969-1997 224  (9-6)
5 Ashland College/University II 545 311 12 0.635 1961-1962 2015 a 54 Kowatch, Ray 1993-2008 167  (6-7)
6 Case Western Reserve (OH) III 523 509 12 0.507 1928-1929 2015 a 84 Del Rosa, Bob 1966-’77,’82-’09 308  (6-10)
7 John Carroll III 517 212 5 0.708 1964-1965 2015 a 51 Volkmann, Kerry 1987-2014 304  (6-9)
8 Heidelburg College (OH) III 474 305 10 0.607 1962-1963 2015 a 53 Shank, Larry 1990-2000 104  (10-12)
9 Mount Union College III 452 242 8 0.650 1963-1964 2015 a 52 Montgomery, Donald 1978-2000 212  (14-3)
10 Cleveland St. (Fenn Coll.31-65) I 401 365 12 0.523 1931-‘34,62-63 2015 a 56 Bonacci, Dick 1962-1997 296  (7-3)
11 Baldwin-Wallace College III 394 450 9 0.467 1941-’42,’47 2015 a 68 Summa, John 1949-1980 201  (17-5)
12 Muskingum College III 309 404 11 0.434 1957-1958 2015 a 58 Cipollone, Tony 1995-2001 45  (0-10)
13 Bowling Green St. Univ. I 241 186 17 0.562 1940-42,’47- 1982 x 37 Bellard, Bruce 1952-59,’60-77 167 xxx
14 Toledo, Univ. of I 231 174 9 0.569 1949-1950 1994 x 45 Scalzo, Joeseph R. Nat. Champ in 1952 103 xxx
15 Findlay Univ. II 210 200 7 0.512 1939-1940 2015 a 76 Nelson, Shawn 1997-2015 59 (9-7)
16 Cuyahoga Comm. Coll. JUCO 197 18 1 0.914 1985-1986 1993-1994 x 9 Borszcz, John   178 xxx
17 Miami of Ohio I 195 133 8 0.592 1921-1922 1999 x 70 Galat, Joe 1963-1969 53 xxx
18 Akron, The University of I 190 116 13 0.616 1930-’42,’46- 1980 x 46 Maluke, Andy 1946-1966 103 xxx
19 Hiram College III 180 55 2 0.764 1954-1955 1977-1978 x 24 Koval, Mike 1954-1967 103 xxx
20 Wittenburg University / College III 176 257 11 0.409 1956-1957 1990 x 34 Dellapina, Dick 1973-1984 53 xxx
21 Wright State Univ. II 150 98 2 0.604 1973-1974 1985-1986 x 13 Bulugaris, Stamatis 1973-1986 150 xxx
22 Ohio Wesleyan III 138 99 5 0.581 1957-1958 1977-1978 x 12 Leech, Ray 1957-1978 138 xxx
23 Capital (OH) III 135 163 5 0.454 1966-1974 2000 x 34 Shank, Larry 1975-1982 90 xxx
24 Cincinnati Univ. I 104 154 9 0.406 1958 1982 x 24 Sample, Glenn 1959-1964 26 xxx
25 Denison College III 104 76 2 0.577 1957-1958 1974 x 17 Thomsen, Ferris 1965-’70,’71-’72 49 xxx
26 Youngstown State I 83 128 2 0.394 1974-1975 1985 x 11 Palovcsik, Norm 1978-1981 40 xxx
27 Malone College NAIA 81 125 3 0.395 1967-1968 1986 x 19 Niver, Millard 1972-1976 21 xxx
28 Wooster College III 80 118 7 0.407 1957-1958 1976-1977 x 20 Shipe, Phil 1957-1977 80 xxx
29 Notre Dame College NAIA 68 19 0 0.782 2006-2007 2015 a 9 Romano, Frank 2006-2015 68  (9-2)
30 Marietta College III 64 47 7 0.572 1968-1969 1979 x 11 Sherman, Roger 1968-1975 43 xxx
31 Defiance College III 55 30 3 0.642 1966-1967 1974-1975 x 9 Seils, Rich 1971-1973 20 xxx
32 Western Reserve Univ. (OH) III 53 176 4 0.236 1928-1929 1970 x 28 Buchwalter, George W. 1928-1932 18 xxx
33 Oberlin College III 52 145 4 0.269 1957-1958 1978 x 6 Gurtis, Joseph xxx
34 Dayton Univ. III 51 95 3 0.352 1967-1968 1995 x 24 Bulugarios, Stamatis 1967-1973 19 xxx
35 Mount St. Joseph, College of III 51 79 2 0.394 1996-1997 2015 a 19 Stouffer, Casey 2007-2013 43  (0-13)
36 Lake Erie College II 47 40 0 0.540 2010-2011 2015 a 5 Hoogenboom, Kevin 2010-2015 47  (11-6)
37 Wilmington College III 36 59 0 0.379 1967-1968 2011 x 44 Marsh, Jim 1995-2008 20 xxx
38 Tiffin University II 30 51 0 0.370 2010-2011 2015 a 5 Simcoe, Joey 2011-2015 20  (8-7)
39 Kenyon College III 28 154 4 0.161 1957-1958 1975-1976 x 19 Lave, Arthur J.   9 xxx
40 Xavier Univ. I 17 23 0 0.425 1975-1976 1977-1978 x 3 Bergman, Jim 1976-1978 12 xxx
41 Central State, Ohio NAIA 14 24 1 0.372 1953-1954 1982 x 29 Harris, Bill 1976-1978 6 xxx
42 Otterbein College III 13 103 6 0.131 1958-1959 1974,2016- a 16 Vigilante, Nicholas 1959-1962 6 xxx
43 Bluffton College III 6 33 1 0.163 1963 1968 x 1 Schrich, Reldon   ? xxx
44 Wilberforce University NAIA 4 6 0 0.400   1971-1972 x 1 Simpson, Willie   4 xxx
45 Adelbert III 2 13 0 0.133 1967-1969 197? x 4  merged with Case Western   0 xxx
         
Discontinued Programs with no historical records                
Canton Technical College JUCO                        
Cedarville College NAIA  Harold Green was a coach and the program ran from 1970-1989      
Cuyahoga West Comm. Coll. JUCO                        
Lakeland Comm. Coll. JUCO                        
Urbana College NAIA                        

 

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