Top 100 All-Time Division III Coaches – TDR # 31 – 77
The coaches are ranked by the number of dual meet wins while they were a head coach at a Division III school. Totals include matches from the 2023-2024 season.
ALL-TIME Div. III Coaches Top 100 (or so) with at least 130 wins
- Jare Klein (Olivet College) 569 – III
- Bill Racich (Ursinus College) 540 – III
- David Icenhower (College of New Jersey) 534 – III
- John Reese (Wilkes Univ.) 515 – I/III ????
- Max Servcies (Wabash) 487 – III
- Ned McGinley (King’s College) 458 – III
- Roger Crebs (Lycoming College) 450 – III (11)
- Lonnie Morris (Johnson & Wales) 446 – III (24) up 1 spot
- Mike Olson (UNC-Pembroke, Upper Iowa, Monmouth) 428 – II/III ???
- Phil Grebinar (Worcester Poly Tech.) 414 III
- Jim Miller (Wartburg) 413 – III
- Bob Skelton (Western New England College) – 402 III
- Robert Marshall (Del. Valley Coll./Dickinson) – 396 III
- Ron Beaschler (Ohio Northern Univ.) 391 – III (17) up 2 spots
- Al Baxter (Buena Vista Univ.) 376 – III
- Budd Whitehill (Lycoming Coll.) 376 – III
- Don Murray (SUNY-Brockport) 359 – III –
- Bruce Haberli (New York Univ.) 345 –III (10)
- Dave Mitchell (Luther College) 327 – III (12) up 3 spots
- Jeff Swenson (Augsburg Coll.) 321 – III
- Tom Kessler (York College) 321 – III
- Tim Fader (Wisc.-Eau Claire, Whitewater, LaCrosse) 319 (19) up 5
- Steve Eldridge (U.S. Coast Guard Ac.) 317 – III – Inc.,
- Martin Nichols (Ithaca College) 313 – III (14) up 4 spots
- Bob Del Rosa (Case Western Reserve) 310 – III
- Kerry Volkmann (John Carroll) 304 – III
- Daryl Arroyo (Springfield, Mass) 301 – III
- Willie Myers (Wisconsin-Whitewater) 301 – III
- Byron James (Wisc.-River Falls) 297 – III
- Jon Laudenslager (Wilkes University) 290 – III (8) up 2 spots
- Al Sosa (SUNY-Oneota State) 284 — III
- Kenneth Ober (Elizabethtown College) 282 – III
- John Oostendorp (Coe College) 278 – III (12) up 1 spot
- Jay Jones (Rhode Island College) 274 – III (13) up 2 spots
- John Elton (St. John’s {Minn.} 273 – III
- Bryan Brunk (Messiah College) 266 – III (11) up 1 spot
- Frank Cheek (Humboldt State) 261 – III
- Al Hanke (Elmhurst Coll./Lake Forest Coll.{ILL}) 254 – III
- Dave Kemmy (Roger Williams) 251 – III
- Brad Bruhn (SUNY-Cortland) 236 – III
- Randy Steward (Loras College) 235 – III
- James R. Howard (SUNY-Oswego State) 234 — III
- Dave Malececk (Wisc.-Lacrosse) 232 – III (12) up 3 spots
- Sebastian Amato (Trinity College) 228 – III (11) up 5 spots
- Drew Black (Wesleyan Univ/Phoenix.) 227 – III (8) up 3 spots
- John Davis (Maryville College) 224 – III
- Steve Stellner (Montclair State) 223 – III
- Russell “Rusty” Carlsten (Rhode Island College) 222 – III
- Bob Gaudenzi (Hunter College) 218 – III
- Johnny Johnson (Wisc.-Stevens Point) 216 – III (3) up 2 spots
- Jerry Petrofes (Lebanon Valley College) 214 – III
- Tony DeCarlo (John Carroll Univ.) 213 – III
- Donald Montgomery (Mount Union College) 212 – III
- Duane Ritter (SUNY Oneonta State) – 207 – III (12) up 5 spots
- Ron Zalokar (Carthage College) 204 – III
- John Summa (Baldwin-Wallace College) 201 – III
- Earl Fuller (Rochester Inst. Of Tech.) 197 – III
- Gary Franke (Washington & Lee) 196 – III
- Ron Peterson (Simpson College) 195 – III
- Larry Shank (Heidelburg College/Capital) 194 – III
- Jon Egan (Roger Williams) – 193 (10) up 8 spots
- George Olson (Wheaton College) 192 – III
- Richard Walker (Wartburg College/Grinnell College) 191
- Vernon “Finn” Grinaker (Concordia/Moorhead, Mn.) 190
- Mike Howard (SUNY-Oswego State) – 189 (5) up 2 spots
- Sam Case (McDaniel Coll.(West.Md./John Hopkins) 189
- Rich Achtzehn (York College, Penna.) 184
- Eric Keller (Wartburg/Nor.Central Coll.) 183 (15) up 5 spots
- Richard Walker (Wartburg College) 183
- John Hopkins (Scranton University) 183
- Tom Jarman (Manchester, College) 179
- Jon McGovern (Dubuque University) – 178 (7) up 1 spot
- Chester Anderson (Bemidiji State) 177-III (inc.)
- Craig Thurber (Thiel College) – 171 (4)
- Brian Anderson (Wabash College) – 167 (6) up 4 spots
- Claude B. Sharer (Case Western Reserve) 166 – III
- Gene Nighman (SUNY-Cortland) 163-III
- Don Parker (Wisc-Eau Claire/Upper Iowa) 163 – inc
- Charlie Kunes (Susquehanna Univ.) 163
- Joe Galente (College of New Jersey) 158 (13) up 9 spots
- Kevin Puebla (Augustana College, Ill.) 158 – III
- Leo Kocher (University of Chicago) 154 – inc. (6) up 6 spots
- Jamie Gibbs (Baldwin-Wallace) – 154 (15) up 11 spots
- Steve Marianetti (Elmhurst College) – 152 (8) up 7 spots
- John Murray (Ithaca College) 150
- Mike McCarty (S.W.Missouri State) 150
- Barron Bremner (Cornell Coll. / Coe Coll.) 150 — III
- Mike Poe (Millikin College) 149 – III
- Eric Van Kley (Central College ) 148 (12) up 8 spots
- Davies, Gomer H. (Swarthmore) 147 – inc.
- James Holder (Springfield College) 145 (14) up 11 spots
- Mike Duroe (Cornell College) 145
- Chassey, Wilfred (Mass. Inst. Tech.) 145 – inc.
- Biddiscombe, John (Wesleyan Univ./Muhlenberg) – 141
- Alan Zellner (Kutztown/Wilkes Univ. ) 140
- Brandon Brissette (Olivet College) 138 (9) up 9 spots
- Bruce Shumaker (Apprentice School) 138
- Leech, Ray (Ohio Wesleyan) 138 – inc.
- Larry Sciacchetano (Montclair St. & NY-Maritime) 135
- Branden Totten (Delaware Valley College) 132
The 2024 HighSchoolOT All-State Girls Wrestling Team
Lumberton, Jack Britt, and Havelock led the way with three selections each. The first-of-its-kind team has a first team and a second team with two wrestlers per weight class, then 12 honorable mention wrestlers regardless of weight class.
The inaugural HighSchoolOT girls wrestling all-state team is here. The first-of-its-kind team has a first team and a second team with two wrestlers per weight class, then 12 honorable mention wrestlers regardless of weight class.
Since only the N.C. High School Athletic Association sanctions girls wrestling and has only one open classification, the top two finishers made first team and the third- and fourth-place finishers were on second team.
The 12 honorable mention all-state wrestlers — the same number of girls weight classes — are selected without regard to weight class (for instance, 100 pounds could have three HM all-state wrestlers, while 106 could have zero). … story at … Highschoolot.com/2024-highschoolot-all-state-girls-wrestling-team
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