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Active D-I coaches ranked by most wins

ACTIVE Coaches (D-I)– Top 30 (or so) with at least 100 wins    

  1. Gary Taylor (Rider)                                        442 – ** retired in 2017
  2. John Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.)               411
  3. Tom Borelli (Central Michigan)                      324
  4. Duane Goldman (Indiana Univ.)                    297
  5. Rob Koll (Cornell Univ.)                                292
  6. Brian Smith (Missouri/Syracuse)                    269
  7. Jim Zalesky (Oregon State/Iowa)                   261
  8. Tom Ryan (Ohio State/Hofstra)                     258
  9. Mark Manning (Nebraska/Northern Iowa)     255
  10. Joe McFarland (Michigan/Indiana)                 238 – ** retired in 2018
  11. Barry Davis (Wisconsin)                                 234 – ** retired in 2018
  12. Tim Flynn (Edinboro State Univ.)                  223
  13. Tom Brands (Iowa & Virginia Tech)              221
  14. Roger Reina (Pennsylvania, Un. Of)              214  – returned in 2017
  15. Joel Greenlee (Ohio Univ.)                             213
  16. Pat Santoro (Lehigh University, Maryland)   182
  17. Jim Andrassy (Kent State Univ.)                    173
  18. Cael Sanderson (Penn State, Iowa State) –     170
  19. Kevin Dresser (Iowa State/Virginia Tech Univ.)        168
  20. Pat Popolizio (North Carolina St., SUNY-Binghampton) –  167
  21. Scott Goodale (Rutgers University) –             161
  22. Steve Martin (Old Dominion University) –     150
  23. Steve Garland (Virginia University)               146
  24. Rob Hjerling (The Citadel) –                           138
  25. Dan Wirnsberger (Bucknell, Bloomsburg)     135
  26. Jay Weiss (Harvard Univ.) –                           134
  27. John Stutzman (Buffalo SUNY, Bloomsburg) –  131
  28. Kerry McCoy (Maryland, Stanford) –            129
  29. Mark Cody (Presbyterian, Oklahoma U., American U.) – 113 – I – returned 2018

November 4, 2018 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Distinguished Member Werner Holzer Passes Away

Werner Holzer, a Distinguished Member inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1993, passed away on Monday, at the age of 81.   There will be a celebration of life on December 8 in Fall Brook, California.
“Werner Holzer’s contributions to our sport cannot be measured by his wrestling and coaching career alone,” said Lee Roy Smith, Executive Director of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. “He possessed a great desire and motivation to advance the developmental structures and opportunities so that wrestlers could excel at every level of the sport. His persistence to help the sport’s National Governing Body (USA Wrestling) attain a new culture of leadership and opportunities in the 1970s and 1980s should never be forgotten.”

After helping launch kids, junior and adult programs across the state of Illinois, Holzer carried his fight for the development of wrestling into the halls of Chicago’s city government. He emerged as founder, fundraiser, athlete and coach for the Mayor Daley Youth Foundation, and led his club to 15 national freestyle and Greco-Roman titles.  Rest of the story at https://nwhof.org/blog/distinguished-member-werner-holzer-passes-away/

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