Takedown Report

Top Active NAIA Coaches in Dual Meet Wins

TDR Editor’s Notes ; This list of college coaches by the number of dual meet victories in which they led their teams while coaching in the NAIA. With only a few NAIA wrestling programs in the southeast there are limited connections to North Carolina. Yet Franky James is fairly close in Kentucky with the Campbellsville team and he has moved past Mike Macholz into first place among active coaches. Coach Macholz retired before last season but he is listed for recognition before he fades from the lsit next year. Congratulations for a successful career. Most NAIA schools are in the midwest and mountain regions of the west. It is challenging to keep accurate records with NAIA schools yet we desire to acknowledge the coaches and teams in that division. Listed are just the top 25 coaches but we seek to keep track of all. We welcome input, information and reactions to us at martinkfleming@gmail.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

ACTIVE Coaches   –   Top 27 with at least 45 wins                  NAIA

1. Franky James  (Campbellsville)                     235
2. Mike Machholz (Missouri Valley)                 232 – retired in 2022
3. Nick Mitchell (Grand View College)             169
4. Corey Ruff (Cumberlands/Lindsey-Wilson) 135
5. Tyson Thivierge (Montana State Northern)   114
6. Jake Stevenson (Morningside College)  —       97
7. K.C. Rock  (Embry-Riddle College)     –          92
8. Dana Vote (Doane, Midland, Concordia)    —  91
9. Omi Acosta (Life University)                      —  86
10. Jeff Bedard (Reinhardt Univ.)                     —  86
11. Rik Dahl (Northwestern College)              —  84
12. Thomas Pompei (Indiana Institute of Technology)    84
13. Joey Martinez (Menlo)                              —   80
14. Todd Allen (Williams Baptist Coll., Cumberlands) – 69 – retired ?
15. James Kisgen (McKendree College)          —   66  school now in Div. II
16. James Hicks (Cumberland Univ./Darton    —   66
17. Steven Bradley (Marian Univ.)                   —   60
18. Brian Jackson (Missouri Baptist)             —  58  inc.
19. Joe Privitere  (Briar Cliff)                         —   56
20. Lennie Zalesky (Calif. Baptist Univ.)            —   55  – now a D-I school
21. Beau Vest (Dana-Midland)                    —   55 – coaching now at another level
22. Cody Garcia (Baker College)                                —   54 coaching now at another level
23. Jake Brumbelow (Midway, Emman., B-P-Coll.) —  52 – retired in 2022
24. Zach Mullins (Graceland Univ.)               —   46
25. Jordan Countryman (Univ. of the Cumberlands) –46
26. Dan Lovell (Jamestown Univ.)                  —   45
27. Dustyn Azure (Eastern Oregon)                 —  45

April 10, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized