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ALL-TIME Coaches (D-III)– Top 50 with 200 wins (as of July 2017)

Editor’s Notes; The win totals are from before the 2017-18 season! Active coaches will have more wins when the past season is included. Also the wins that count are for a coach while he is coaching at a D-III school. Thus if a coach has been at more than one school then some of the wins may not be included. Yet even if a coach has been at only one school and that school changes levels during that time only the wins from the time when the school was in D-III will count. Now, all wins from before the 1962-1963 season count as D-I wins since the D-II did not start until then. D-III started in the 1973-1974 season. So far we have record of almost 1,200 school teams and over 4,200 head coaches and over 26,000 team-seasons and over 140,000 matches! Accept this tentative listing with a couple of coaches with ??? by their totals for now. As always we welcome input, corrections and information.
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1.) Jare Klein (Olivet College) 569 – III
2.) David Icenhower (College of New Jersey) 534 – III
3.) Bill Racich (Ursinus College) 532 – III
4.) John Reese (Wilkes Univ.) 515 – I/III ????
5.) Max Servcies (Wabash) 487 – III
6.) Doug Parker (Springfield, Mass) 485 – III
7.) Ned McGinley (King’s College) 458 – III
8.) Mike Olson (UNC-Pembroke, Upper Iowa, Monmouth) 428 – II/III ???
9.) Phil Grebinar (Worcester Poly Tech.) 414 III
10.) Jim Miller (Wartburg) 413 – III
11.) Bob Skelton (Western New England College) – 402 III
12.) Robert Marshall (Del. Valley Coll./Dickinson) – 396 III
13.) Roger Crebs (Lycoming College) 380 – III
14.) Al Baxter (Buena Vista Univ.) 376 – III
15.) Budd Whitehill (Lycoming Coll.) 376 – III
16.) Don Murray (SUNY-Brockport) 335 – III
17.) Jeff Swenson (Augsburg Coll.) 321 – III
18.) Tom Kessler (York College) 321 – III
19.) Steve Eldridge (U.S. Coast Guard Ac.) 317 – III – Incomplete total,
20.) Bob Del Rosa (Case Western Reserve) 310 – III
21.) Ron Beaschler (Ohio Northern Univ.) 309 – III
22.) Lonnie Morris (Johnson & Wales) 304 – III
23.) Kerry Volkmann (John Carroll) 304 – III
24.) Daryl Arroyo (Springfield, Mass) 301 – III
25.) Willie Myers (Wisconsin-Whitewater) 301 – III
26.) Byron James (Wisc.-River Falls) 297 – III
27.) Al Sosa (SUNY-Oneota State) 284 — III
28.) Kenneth Ober (Elizabethtown College) 282 – III
29.) John Elton (St. John’s {Minn.} 273 — III
30.) Frank Cheek (Humboldt State) 261 — III
31.) Dave Kemmy (Roger Williams) 251 – III
32.) Al Hanke (Elmhurst Coll./Lake Forest Coll.{ILL}) 246 – III
33.) Martin Nichols (Ithaca College) 237
34.) Randy Steward (Loras College) 235
35.) James R. Howard (SUNY-Oswego State) 234 — III
36.) Tim Fader (Wisc.-Whitewater & Wisc.-Lacrosse) 230
37.) John Davis (Maryville College) 224
38.) Jay Jones (Rhode Island College) 224
39.) Steve Stellner (Montclair State) 223
40.) Jon Laudenslager (Wilkes University) 222
41.) Russell “Rusty” Carlsten (Rhode Island College) 222
42.) Bob Gaudenzi (Hunter College) 218
43.) Jerry Petrofes (Lebanon Valley College) 214
44.) Tony DeCarlo (John Carroll Univ.) 213
45.) Donald Montgomery (Mount Union College) 212
46.) Brad Bruhn (SUNY-Cortland) 205
47.) Ron Zalokar (Carthage College) 204
48.) John Oostendorp (Coe College) 202
49.) John Summa (Baldwin-Wallace College) 201
50.) Earl Fuller (Rochester Inst. Of Tech.) 197

July 21, 2018 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Hall of Fame Induction Pictures

Editor’s Notes; Here are some of the displays that were set up for other inductees such as Leigh Harris, John DeWeese and Vaughn Johnson. Each of the inductees and their families were encouraged to set up trophies, medals and items from their time in wrestling. Unfortunately we were not able to see them all in detail and as much as we liked due to needing to set up our own. Will post more pictures later.
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July 21, 2018 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Hall of Fame author Irving wins literary peace and understanding prize

Editor’s Notes; It is great to see this fine author recognized for peace, social justice and global understanding. These are worthwhile and honorable goals in life. The sport of wrestling is not contrary to them and can help bridge gaps by respectful competition. Our congrats to John Irving.
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Acclaimed novelist John Irving, former wrestler and coach — and 1982 National Wrestling Hall of Fame honoree – has been has been presented with a lifetime achievement award honoring writers whose work fosters peace, social justice, and global understanding. Dayton Literary Peace Prize officials named Irving, 76, for the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. The award is named for the late U.S. diplomat who brokered the 1995 Bosnia peace accords reached at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Irving, who is being honored for his complete body of work, encompassing 14 novels over 50 years, will be presented with the award at a gala ceremony in Dayton on October 28, 2018.
In announcing the recipient of the 2018 award on Tuesday, Sharon Rab, founder and chair of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize organization , said, “John Irving’s body of work creates worlds that allow the reader to explore the contradictions of twisted morality, the consequences of suspicions of the other, the absurdities of pride and ignorance, and the tragedy of a lack of sympathy and empathy for our fellow humans: characteristics that make peace unreachable. Through books –especially Irving’s books — readers learn to understand and identify with people who are different from themselves.” Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/20366

July 21, 2018 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

ALL-TIME Coaches (D-II)– Top 40 (or so) with at least 140 wins (as of July 2017)

Editor’s Notes; Again, please note the follow are win totals for before the 2017-18 season! Thus some active coaches will have more wins when the past season is included. Also the wins that count are for a coach while he is coaching at a D-II school. Thus if a coach has been at more than one school then some of the wins may not be included. Yet even if a coach has been at only one school and that school changes levels during that time only the wins from the time when the school was in D-II will count. Now, all wins from before the 1962-1963 season count as D-I wins since the D-II did not start until then. D-III started in the 1973-1974 season. So if that doesn’t complicate it enough some would say well, if it is a D-II school and they beat a D-III school then it should not count as a D-II win but what about when a D-III school beats a D-I school should that count as 1 or 2 or 3 wins? Oh, no! So far we have record of almost 1,200 school teams and over 4,200 head coaches and over 26,000 team-seasons and over 140,000 matches! We have not had any accounting firms volunteering to do all the figuring. Ii is a headache just imagining it, so accept this tentative listing with a couple of coaches with ??? by their totals for now. As always we welcome input and information.
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1.) Pat Pecora (Pitt-Johnstown) 569 – II
2.) Don Elia (Carson-Newman) 461 – II
3.) Mike Olson (UNC-Pembroke, Upper Iowa, Monmouth) 428 – II ??
4.) Arthur “Bucky” Maughn (N Dak State) 408 – II
5.) David James (Cent. Oklahoma) 396 – II
6.) Vaughn Hitchcock (Cal-Poly-SLO) 353 – II
7.) Mike Denney (Maryville Univ./Nebr.-Omaha) 348 – II
8.) Robert “Rummy” Macias (Minn. St.-Mankato) 299 – II
9.) P.J. Smith (UNC-Pembroke, Campbell) 299 – I /II
10.) Jim Makovsky (Minn. St.-Mankato/Valley City St.) 293 – II
11.) Vince Monseau (West Liberty St./Peru St.) 286 – II
12.) Jim Koch (Wisconsin-Parkside) 277 – II
13.) Mike Sterner (SW Minnesota St.) 254 — II
14.) William “Bill” Corman (Shippensburg State) 243 – II
15.) Jason Liles (S.D. State/Montana St.-Northern) 236 – II
16.) Steve Costanzo (St. Cloud Univ.&Dana College) 230
17.) Terry Wetherald (Univ. of Indianapolis – Ind. Central) 230
18.) Robin Ersland (Minot St./Cent. Mo. St./Calif. (Pa.), N. Mich. 225
19.) Marc Bauer (Univ. of Nebraska-Kearney) 215
20.) Larry Kristoff (So. Illinois-Edwardsville, SW Mo. St.) 212
21.) Mike Palmisiano (Nebraska-Omaha, Ohio Northern) 200
22.) Tracy Borah (Western State College) 200
23.) Jason Valek (Newberry) 194
24.) Doug Henry (Gannon Univ.) 191
25.) Robert Fisher (Kutztown Univ.) 187
26.) Joe Seay (Cal. State Bakersfield) 187 ????
27.) Allan Abraham (Calif. State San Francisco) 176
28.) Miles Van Hee (Western State College) 170
29.) Lars Jensen (Calif. State San Francisco) 170
30.) Heath Grimm (Upper Iowa Univ.) 169
31.) Stamatis Bulgaris (Wright State & Dayton) 169
32.) Ray Kowatch (Ashland College) 167
33.) John Oxton (St. Cloud State Univ.) 167
34.) Jason Reitmeier (Augustana College-S.D.) 165
35.) Paul Kendle (Augustana College-S.D.) 163
36.) Howard Westcott (Portland State) 162
37.) Mike Wehler (Mercyhurst, West Liberty State) 157
38.) John W. Hancock (Northern Col., Col. St. Coll) 152
39.) Bill Garland (Minnesota State-Moorhead) 147
40.) Roger Denker (Central Missouri State) 143
41.) Jack LaBonde (Northern Colorado, Col. St. Coll) 142

July 21, 2018 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

ALL-TIME Coaches (D-I) Top 70 (or so) with at least 200 wins as of July 2017

Editor’s Notes; First please note that the follow are the win totals for before the 2017-18 season so some active coaches will have more wins once the past season is included. Secondly the wins that count are for a coach while he is coaching at a D-I school. Thus if a coach has been at more than one school then some of the wins may not be included. Yet even if a coach has been at only one school and that school changes levels during that time only the wins from the time when the school was in D-I will count. Now, all wins from before the 1962-1963 season count as D-I wins since the D-II did not start until then. D-III started in the 1973-1974 season. OK, so if that did not complicate it all enough some would add in that well if it is a D-I school and they beat a D-III school then that should not count as a D-I win but what about when a D-III school beats a D-I school should that count as 1 or 2 or 3 wins? Oh, no, so far we have some record of almost 1,200 school teams and over 4,200 head coaches and over 26,000 team-seasons and over 140,000 matches! We have not had any accounting firms volunteering to do all the figuring. Oh, I have a headache just imagining it so for not accept this tentative listing with a couple of coaches with ??? by their totals for now. As always we welcome input and information.
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1. Dale Thomas (Oregon State) 616
2. John Reese (Wilkes Univ.) 515 – I/III ???
3. Harold Nichols (Iowa St.) 493
4. Gary Taylor (Rider) 442
5. Bobby Douglas (Iowa St/CSSB/ArizSU) 440 ???
6. J Robinson (Minnesota) 440
7. Jack Childs (Drexel) 423
8. T.J. Kerr (U. Calif. Bakersfield/San Jose St.) 421
9. John Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.) 398
10. Wally Johnson (Minnesota Univ.) 392
11. John Johnston (Princeton) 382
12. Bill Lam (North Carolina Univ.) 378
13. Lonnie Timmerman (Drake) 364
14. Bob Guzzo (N.C. State ) 356
15. Dan Gable (Iowa) 355
16. Russ Hellickson (Ohio St./Wisc.) 350 – I
17. Paul Mance (Appalachian State.) 348 – I
18. Gray Simons (ODU, Tenn, L. Haven, Ind. St.) 327 – I
19. Carl Adams (Boston Univ.) 326 – I
20. Bob Bubb (Clarion Univ.) 322 – I
21. Jack Spates (Oklahoma & Cornell) 322 – I
22. Dave Amato (Brown) 319
23. Joe Seay (Okla.St., Ca.-Bak., U.Tenn.-Chatt.) 319 – I ???
24. Tom Borelli (Central Michigan) 316 – I
25. Dennis Deliddo (Cal. St. Fresno) 313 – I
26. Ron Finley (Oregon Univ.) 311 – I
27. Ed Peery (U.S. Naval Academy) 311 – I
28. Randy Stottlemyer (Pittsburgh) 304 – I
29. Stan Abel (Oklahoma, Cincinnati) 302 – I
30. Roger Sanders (Bloomsburg, New York Univ.) 300 – I
31. Dick Bonacci (Cleveland State) 296 – I
32. Duane Goldman (Indiana Univ.) 291 – I
33. John McHugh (Maryland, Catholic, American) 288 – I
34. Craig Turnbull (West Virginia Univ.) 287 – I
35. Joe Begala (Kent State Univ.) 282 – I
36. Ed Carlin (Syracuse Univ.) 280 — I
37. Rob Koll (Cornell Univ.) 279 – I
38. Clifford Keen (Michigan Univ.) 274 – I
39. Bruce Haberli (New York University) 268 –
40. Dave McCuskey (Iowa / Univ. Northern Iowa) 262
41. Ron Gray (Kent St./Franklin & Marshall) 253
42. Brian Smith (Missouri/Syracuse) 250
43. Arnold ‘Swede’ Umbach (Auburn Univ) 249
44. Mark Manning (Nebraska/Northern Iowa) 245
45. Tom Ryan (Ohio State/Hofstra) 244
46. Jim Zalesky (Oregon State/Iowa) 239
47. Red W. Watkins (Appalachian State/Maryville) 239 – I
48. Oscar Gupton (Virginia Military Institute) 232
49. Mark Johnson (Illinois & Oregon State) 231
50. Tommy Chesbro (Oklahoma State) 227
51. Joe McFarland (Michigan/Indiana) 227
52. Barry Davis (Wisconsin) 227
53. Harry Houska (Ohio University) 224
54. William Sheridan (Lehigh & Penn) 222
55. Bob Carlson (Utah State) 221
56. Fred Powell (Slippery Rock State) 221
57. Dale Bahr (Michigan) 221
58. Bill Harvey (Duke) 220
59. Chuck Patten (Northern Iowa Univ.) 217
60. Tim Flynn (Edinboro State Univ.) 215
61. Grady Peninger (Michigan State Un.) 213
62. Ed Michael (Buffalo) 213
63. Fred Davis (Brigham Young Un.) 210
64. Tom Brands (Iowa & Virginia Tech) 209
65. Joel Greenlee (Ohio Univ.) 209
66. Bill Koll (Penn State, Northern Iowa, Cornell Coll.) 208
67. William “Sully” Krouse (Maryland) 207
68. Roger Reina (Pennsylvania, Un. Of) 207
69. Jimmy Miller (Cornell Univ.) 203
70. Linn Long (So. Illini-Carbondale/Colorado) 202
71. Tim Neumann (Nebraska) 199

July 21, 2018 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment