Top 80 All-Time Division I Coaches – TDR # 31 – 74
The coaches are ranked by the number of dual meet wins while they were a head coach at a Division I school.
- Dale Thomas (Oregon State) 616
- Harold Nichols (Iowa St.) 493
- John Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.) 490 (14)
- Gary Taylor (Rider) 442
- Bobby Douglas (Iowa St/CSSB/ArizSU) 440
- J Robinson (Minnesota) 440
- Jack Childs (Drexel) 423
- T.J. Kerr (U. Calif. Bakersfield/San Jose St.) 421
- Wally Johnson (Minnesota Univ.) 392
- John Johnston (Princeton) 382
- Bill Lam (North Carolina Univ.) 378
- Tom Borelli (Central Michigan) 368 (8) up 1 spot
- Lonnie Timmerman (Drake) 364
- Bob Guzzo (N.C. State ) 356
- Dan Gable (Iowa) 355
- Russ Hellickson (Ohio St./Wisc.) 350
- Paul Mance (Appalachian State.) 348
- Rob Koll (North Carolina/Stanford/Cornell) 338 (11)
- Brian Smith (Missouri/Syracuse) 336 (10) up 2 spots
- Gray Simons (ODU, Tenn, L. Haven, Ind. St.) 327
- Carl Adams (Boston Univ.) 326
- Tom Ryan (Ohio State/Hofstra) 322 (15) up 7 spots
- Bob Bubb (Clarion Univ.) 322
- Jack Spates (Oklahoma & Cornell) 322
- Dave Amato (Brown) 319
- Joe Seay (Okla.St., Ca.-Bak., U.Tenn.-Chatt.) 319
- Mark Manning (Nebraska/Northern Iowa) 317 (12) up 3 spots
- Dennis Deliddo (Cal. St. Fresno) 313
- Ron Finley (Oregon Univ.) 311
- Ed Peery (U.S. Naval Academy) 311
- Randy Stottlemyer (Pittsburgh) 304
- Stan Abel (Oklahoma, Cincinnati) 302
- Roger Sanders (Bloomsburg, New York Univ.) 300
- Duane Goldman (Indiana Univ.) 297
- Dick Bonacci (Cleveland State) 296
- Tom Brands (Iowa & Virginia Tech) 294 (12) up 3 spots
- John McHugh (Maryland, Catholic, American) 288
- Craig Turnbull (West Virginia Univ.) 287
- Joe Begala (Kent State Univ.) 282
- Ed Carlin (Syracuse Univ.) 280
- Jim Zalesky (Oregon State/Iowa) 274 (now at NAIA school)
- Clifford Keen (Michigan Univ.) 274
- Tim Flynn (West Virginia/Edinboro St.) 264 (10) up 1 spot
- Dave McCuskey (Iowa / Univ. Northern Iowa) 262
- Ron Gray (Kent St./Franklin & Marshall) 253
- Joel Greenlee (Ohio Univ.) 251 (7) up 1 spot
- Arnold ‘Swede’ Umbach (Auburn Univ) 249
- Roger Reina (Pennsylvania, Univ. of) 248 (6)
- Cael Sanderson (Penn State, Iowa State) 247 (12) up 3 spots
- Pat Popolizio (North Carolina St., SUNY-Bing.) – 245 (14) up 6 spots
- Kevin Dresser (Iowa St./Virginia Tech Un.) 241 (13) up 6 spots
- Red W. Watkins (Appalachian State/Maryville) 239
- Joe McFarland (Michigan/Indiana) 238
- Ed Steers (Army, E.C.U. William&Mary) 235
- Barry Davis (Wisconsin) 234
- Pat Santoro (Lehigh University, Maryland) 232 (7) up 3 spots
- Oscar Gupton (Virginia Military Institute) 232
- Mark Johnson (Illinois & Oregon State) 231
- Tommy Chesbro (Oklahoma State) 227
- Harry Houska (Ohio University) 224
- William Sheridan (Lehigh & Penn) 222
- Scott Goodale (Rutgers University) – 221 (12) up 8 spots
- Bob Carlson (Utah State) 221
- Fred Powell (Slippery Rock State) 221
- Dale Bahr (Michigan) 221
- Bill Harvey (Duke) 220
- Chuck Patten (Northern Iowa Univ.) 217
- Grady Peninger (Michigan State Un.) 213
- Ed Michael (Buffalo) 213
- Fred Davis (Brigham Young Un.) 210
- Bill Koll (Penn State, Northern Iowa, Cornell Coll.) 208
- William “Sully” Krouse (Maryland) 207
- Paul Billy (Delaware Univ.) 206
- Jim Andrassy (Kent State Univ.) 203 (5) up 3 spots
- Jimmy Miller (Cornell Univ.) 203
- Linn Long (So. Illini-Carbondale/Colorado) 203
- Tim Neumann (Nebraska) 199
- Charles Sherwood (Cent. Mich. Un.) 195
- Jerry Cheynet (Virginia Tech) 194
- Charlie Speidel (Penn State) 191
Did Penn State Deliver the Greatest Season in NCAA Wrestling History?
Coach Cael Sanderson’s Nittany Lions won the NCAA Wrestling title with an epic performance in Kansas City.
After the greatest season in Penn State wrestling history — and perhaps the greatest in college wrestling history — the Nittany Lions returned to State College intent on doing it again. Maybe even better next time. “That’s what we do. We always think ahead preparing for the future,” Sanderson told reporters after the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Kansas City. “We’ll be back in the room on Monday. We love what we do. We love to train. We love the sport of wrestling. Happy for the guys. Obviously I say this every time but your heart and your mind, you just kind of expect to win and you believe and expect that your guys are going to win. So it’s the ones that don’t quite reach their goal that occupy your mind and your heart.”
Penn State absolutely barnstormed the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships, setting a scoring record, smashing the differential record, winning four individual titles, and becoming the first college wrestling program with two four-time champions. And amazingly, Penn State might not have reached its own stratospheric goals. The program sought to become just the second in NCAA history with 10 All-Americans and peered at winning six individual titles, which would have set a new record.
Ultimately, the Nittany Lions settled for eight All-Americans (one writing a tremendous story), 172.5 team points (topping Iowa’s former record), and a 100-point margin of victory, by far the largest in tournament history. Sanderson won his 11th NCAA team title as Penn State’s head coach, tying Oklahoma State’s E.C. Gallagher for the second-most among Division I coaches. Sanderson’s next milestone is 15, the number of titles Dan Gable won at Iowa.
Of course, Penn State’s publicly stoic head coach won’t wade into that territory. Instead, he grew philosophical about the sport itself. “It’s always been a game. That’s just the way I was raised,” Sanderson said. “You want to win every game we play. … story at … SI.com/college/Penn-state-wrestling-2024-ncaa-championships-review
Girls are falling in love with wrestling, the nation’s fastest-growing high school sport
By Marc Levy
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jody Mikhail was a sophomore at Pennsylvania’s Cumberland Valley High School when a poster for a new girls’ wrestling club caught her eye. So Mikhail, a senior now, tried the sport. “I fell in love with it the first time,” she said.
Unlike previous generations, she’s hardly alone.
Girls’ wrestling has become the fastest-growing high school sport in the country, sanctioned by a surging number of states and bolstered by a movement of medal-winning female wrestlers, parents and the male-dominated ranks of coaches and administrators who saw it as a necessity and a matter of equality. Where once girls wrestled on boys teams and against boys, increasingly they are wrestling on girls teams and against girls. And now that they are wrestling in sanctioned and official tournaments against girls, their names are going onto plaques on their high schools’ walls and into state record books.
This year, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania held their first state-sanctioned girls’ wrestling championships, while Louisiana became the 45th state to sanction the sport. At the collegiate level, women’s wrestling is designated as an “emerging” sport and is on track to become a championship-level sport in 2026, the NCAA said.
A rapidly growing sport
In Pennsylvania — where the Penn State men are ranked No. 1 and the state’s male and female wrestlers dominated last year’s 16-and-under national team championships — the number of girl wrestlers in high schools nearly doubled this year as the state rocketed to more than 180 high school teams from none in 2020.
Hundreds of girls competed in Pennsylvania’s first sanctioned state tournament, including Mikhail, after years of girls having no choice but to wrestle boys or, if they did wrestle girls, seeing the same handful of faces, year after year, in tournaments organized by local wrestling organizations. Even for girls who compete nationally or hope to wrestle in college, wrestling in state-sanctioned tournaments brings status.
“It really does bring this level of, I think, having these girls feel seen,” said Brooke Zumas, a former wrestling coach who was active in the movement to get the sport sanctioned in Pennsylvania.
Girls who have competed for years are seeing new faces and big crowds in this year’s state-sanctioned championship tournaments. “There were never tournaments like this,” said Savannah Witt, a state champion wrestler from Pennsylvania’s Palisades High School who has wrestled for 10 years. “It’s awesome to see. I’ve been used to running into the same, like, three faces at tournaments. Now you come here, I’m like, ‘I don’t know half these girls.’”
Over the past decade, the number of high school girls’ teams quadrupled nationally and the number of girls wrestling in high school quintupled to over 50,000 through last year, according to figures from the National Federation of State High School Associations.
Last year alone, it shot up nearly 60%, the biggest increase for the sport in decades.
Still, the number of girls wrestling in high school was one-fifth of the number of boys last year and the 14th biggest by participation, trailing the stalwarts of American girls’ athletics — track and field, volleyball, soccer, basketball and softball — but also tennis, swimming, golf, lacrosse, cross country and cheerleading. Another leap will likely vault girls’ wrestling past field hockey.
‘The world is changing’
Wrestling is something of a niche sport: it has arcane rules and lacks a mass media presence that helps stoke interest. For many, it takes a family tradition, a brother or a proselytizing coach. And wrestlers and coaches describe it as a sport daunting for its extreme physicality — but a sport that is unmatched in teaching inner strength and discipline.
Some see the rise of girls’ wrestling as part of a larger arc in women’s sports: the U.S. women’s national soccer team has captured the nation’s attention and the Big Ten’s women’s basketball tournament sold out after Caitlin Clark smashed the women’s NCAA scoring record. “When women first had a chance to participate in sports in an organized fashion, it was in sports that were considered feminine,” said Jackie Paquette, who two years ago became the first female executive at the National Wrestling Coaches Association. “It was tennis, it was golf, it was swimming. It was considered graceful. Wrestling is the opposite of that in a sense, so it has been hard for some to accept women in that form. But we are finding out now that the world is changing.”
Still, boosters say wrestling is accessible: there’s a weight class for every body type, there are fewer competing winter sports and all a wrestler needs is a pair of wrestling shoes.
In 1990, barely over 100 girls were on high school rosters in the entire country, and before 2018 just six states had sanctioned it. In 2016, national champion wrestler Sally Roberts founded the advocacy organization Wrestle Like a Girl and began talking to USA Wrestling, the National Wrestling Coaches Association and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame — male-dominated organizations that nevertheless got on board for girls’ wrestling.
Something else happened that year: American wrestler Helen Maroulis scored a shocking victory at the Rio De Janeiro Olympics to win a gold medal — the first ever for an American in women’s wrestling. “Other girls said, ‘I want to be her,’” Roberts said.
Changing minds and stereotypes
Parents and coaches lobbied school boards and athletic directors and recruited girls in their schools. James Stettler, a teacher and a wrestling coach in Pennsylvania’s Central Dauphin district, recalled going to back-to-school nights to hand out fliers to parents. … story at … APnews.com/Wrestling-girls-high-school
Waynesburg adds Women’s Wrestling for 2024-25; names Karli Thomas head coach TDR # 31-73
TDR Editor’s Note; The new Women’s team at Waynesburg is in addition to other Women’s programs that were previously declared. New program at Tarleton State in Texas will join the handful of teams in Division I. Felican University in New Jersey, Ft. Hays State in Kansas, Newberry College in South Carolina and West Liberty State are Division II schools that will start at Women’s wrestling team this fall. Baldwin-Wallace in Ohio, Bethany College in West Virginia, Centenary College (N.J.), Elmhurst University (Illinois), Maine Maritime Academy, Manchester University (Ind.), McDaniel College (Md.), Misericordia University (Penna.), Mount Union University (Ohio), Muhlenberg College (Penna), Otterbein University (Ohio), Penn State-Altoona, Randolph College (Virginia), Buffalo State (NY), Upper Iowa University and Wisconsin-Oshkosh will be new teams in Division III. In addition to these schools are Rio Grande University in Ohio in the NAIA and Junior Colleges such as Big Bend Comm. Coll. in Washington (moving from NCWA to NJCAA), Minnesota North College Itasca, and Northern Oklahoma College. Over 25 new teams will be the new additions to the fastest growing sport in the country. That is Women’s wrestling! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
WAYNESBURG, Pa. (March 27) – Waynesburg University Director of Athletics Tim Fusina announced the addition of women’s wrestling as a varsity sport starting in 2024-25 and named Karli Thomas the program’s head coach on Wednesday.
When the Jackets hit the mats in 2024, Waynesburg will become the eighth collegiate institution to field a women’s wrestling team in Pennsylvania and the first in southwestern PA. “We are excited to announce the addition of women’s wrestling as our next varsity sport beginning this coming winter,” said Fusina. “We have seen a great deal of interest in this sport over the last few years and it is a natural fit to our athletic department. With women’s wrestling being designated as an emerging sport and the popularity the sport has in our region, we are looking forward to providing female student-athletes the opportunity to compete at our institution.” … story at … Waynesburgsports.com/Waynesburg-adds-womens-wrestling-for-2024-25
NWCA Announces 2024 NCAA D1 Men’s Scholar All-Americans
Manheim, PA – The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) is delighted to unveil the recipients of the NCAA Division I Men’s Scholar All-America awards, recognizing exceptional student-athletes who demonstrate excellence in academics and athletics.
A total of 338 scholar-athletes from 78 institutions across the nation are being recognized for their outstanding achievements.
Leading the nation with 9 honorees is Oregon State University. Other notable institutions include Penn, Northern Iowa, Cornell, and Minnesota, each boasting eight Scholar All-Americans.
NWCA Executive Director Mike Moyer applauded these outstanding athletes for their unwavering commitment and excellence both on and off the wrestling mat. Moyer expressed, “It is a privilege to honor these exceptional athletes for their remarkable accomplishments. Congratulations to all the awardees, and we extend our best wishes for their continued success in their academic and athletic endeavors.” Additional details regarding team awards will be forthcoming at a later date. … complete list at … NWCAonline.com/NWCA-announces-2024-ncaa-d1-mens-scholar-all-americans
TDR Update 2024 – TDR # 31 – 72 : Top 12 Plaques & Awards
Packages of TDR Top 12 Plaques were sent out to Currituck County, Clayton, South Brunswick, West Brunswick, White Oak,, Bunn, West Craven, Dixon, and South Johnston were mailed out today. We ask that the coaches and/or wrestlers let us know when they receive them. Would hate for an award to be lost in the mail or front office.
The 2024 James Johnson Memorial Award for the most outstanding senior will be presented to the undefeated state champion Deondre Johnson of Clayton.
Previously announced awards include the Roy Heverly Award for Top Underclassman wrestler to Ian Fritz of Topsail and Ryan Mann of North East Carolina Prep, the Michael Stokes for an outstanding senior to Jason Kennedy of Rosewood, the Lee Carroll Award to Holton Quincy of North East Carolina Prep and the Olivia Neal Award for top senior female wrestlers Lillian Prendergast of South Brunswick and Kamilah Brooks of Pasquotank County.
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2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling schedule finalized
New information on single-session tickets and parking
USA Wrestling has announced the final event schedule for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling, which will be held at the Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State in State College, Pennsylvania, April 19-20. Session times are 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on both Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20. The specific rounds to be held at each session have now been finalized.
On Friday, April 19, the Challenge Tournament will be conducted during both sessions, concluding with the semifinals, finals and consolation rounds during the 6:30 p.m. session.
In the 13 weight classes which Team USA has qualified for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 (50 kg WFS, 53 kg WFS, 57 kg WFS, 62 kg WFS, 68 kg WFS, 76 kg WFS, 74 kg MFS, 86 kg MFS, 97 kg MFS, 125 kg MFS, 87 kg GR, 97 kg GR, 130 kg GR), the champion of the Challenge Tournament will advance to the Championship Series on Saturday to face the athlete who earned automatic qualification to the finals series.
In the five weight classes which Team USA has not yet qualified for the Olympic Games (57 kg MFS, 65 kg MFS, 60 kg GR, 67 kg GR, 77 kg GR), both semifinal winners will advance to Saturday’s Championship Series.
On Saturday, in the 10 a.m. session, all 18 weight classes will compete in round one of the best-of-three Championship Series. In the five weight classes not yet qualified for the Olympics, round two of the Championship Series will also be held in the 10 a.m. session.
The 6:30 p.m. session on Saturday will begin with round three (if necessary) in the five non-qualified weight classes. Then, round two and round three (if necessary) of the 13 qualified weight classes will be held. The 13 athletes who earn a berth on the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team will be showcased in the Saturday evening session. (The U.S. Olympic Trials winners at the five non-qualified weight classes must still compete in the World Olympic Games Qualifier in Istanbul, Turkey, May 9-12, the last chance to qualify their weight for the Paris Games). … story and more details at … Themat.com/US-olympic-team-trials-wrestling-schedule-finalized-new-information-on-single-session-tickets
2024 Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic Lineup Changes
The local organizing committee has updated the line-ups for the USA, PA and WPIAL All-Star Teams as a result of two recent injuries.
Pittsburgh, PA – The local organizing committee has updated the line-ups for the USA, PA and WPIAL All-Star Teams as a result of two recent injuries. Max Shulaw, a two-time Ohio State Champion is replacing Sawyer Barlelt, at 215 lbs., on the USA All-Star Team. Shulaw is ranked #5 at 215 lbs by http://www.FloWrestling.com. He is looking forward to the opportunity to wrestle Rune Lawerence in a rematch. Shulaw and Lawerence wrestled each other in the most recent Ironman Tournament. Shulaw, from Columbus, Ohio, will be attending the University of Virginia in the fall. Cooper Hornack, a 2023 PIAA AA State Champion and 4-time state place winner from Burrell, has been moved from the WPIAL to the PA All-Star Team to replace the injured Luke Simcox, from Central Mountain. Gavin Suica, with a career record 143-41 from Burgettstown High School, will represent the WPIAL All-Stars. Suica is a 4-time state qualifier, 2-time place winner, and finished 5th in 2024. Suica was a WPIAL runner-up to Hornack this year … story at … Flowrestling.org/Pittsburgh-wrestling-classic-lineup-changes
Ealy, Warshel, Pecora earn 2023-24 PSAC Wrestling Major Awards; All-Conference Teams released
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – A trio from the Pitt-Johnstown wrestling team earned the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference’s 2023-24 Wrestling Major Awards, as announced on Thursday afternoon. Jacob Ealy was named Athlete of the Year, Cooper Warshel was selected as Freshman of the Year, and head coach Pat Pecora earned Coach of the Year honors for the fourth consecutive season. Along with the Major Award winners, First, Second, and Third-Team All-Conference selections were also announced.
All-Conference teams and Major Award winners are decided by a vote of the conference’s head coaches.
Pitt-Johnstown senior Jacob Ealy captures the Athlete of the Year honor after an incredible season and a Division II national championship at 149 pounds. He totaled an overall record of 31-2 and added a Super Region 1 championship, a perfect 7-0 record in PSAC dual meets, and earned his fourth All-America honor. He has won 113 matches in his UPJ career and was also named the PSAC Freshman of the Year back in 2019-20.
Another Mountain Cat, Cooper Warshel, earns Freshman of the Year honors following a breakout first season and a Super Region 1 championship at 157 pounds. He finished 1-2 at the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships, compiled a record of 21-7, and was 6-1 in PSAC dual meets.
Pat Pecora earns his fourth consecutive conference Coach of the Year honor and fifth of his career after guiding the Mountain Cats to an eighth consecutive PSAC dual meet championship. Pecora was again a finalist from Super Region 1 for the NCWA Division II Men’s Wrestling Coach of the Year award and led Pitt-Johnstown to a 7-0 conference dual meet record (15-2 overall), a second-place team finish at the NCAA Super Region 1 Championships, and had six wrestlers earn qualification for the NCAA Division II National Championships. … story at … PSACsports.org/Ealy-warshel-pecora-earn-2023-24-psac-wrestling-major-awards-all-conference-teams-released
TDR Update 2024 – TDR # 31 – 71 : Top 100 All-Time College Coaches in Dual Wins
2024 ALL-TIME Coaches – Top 500 w/ at least 100 wins Wins &-Level
After 2023-2024 season Division I Schools unless noted otherwise as of 03/31/24
Coaches in bold are active head coaches.
- Pat Pecora (Pitt-Johnstown) 661 – II (15 wins in 2024)
- Dale Thomas (Oregon State) 616 – I
- 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 – III
- Jack Childs (Drexel/Thad. Stevens Tech) 512 – I/JuCo
- Harold Nichols (Iowa St.) 493 – I
- John Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.) 490 – I (14) up 2 spots
- Max Servcies (Wabash) 487 – III
- Doug Parker (Springfield, Mass) 485 – II
- Arthur “Bucky” Maughn (N Dak State) 467 – II
- Milton Martin (Westmar) 462 – NAIA
- Don Elia (Carson-Newman/Maryville) 461 – II
- Ned McGinley (King’s College) 458 – III
- Ron Mirikitani (St. Louis C.C.-Meramec) 457 – JuCo
- Roger Crebs (Lycoming College) 450 – III (11) up 4 spots
- John Sacchi (Middlesex Jr. Coll./Rutgers Un.) 447- JuCo/I
- Lonnie Morris (Johnson & Wales) 446 – III (24) up 5 spots
- Gary Taylor (Rider) 442 – I
- Bobby Douglas (Iowa St/CSSB/ArizSU) 440 – I
- J Robinson (Minnesota) 440 – I
- John Johnston (Princeton/Stevens Tech.) 431 – I/JuCo
- Mike Olson (UNC-Pembroke, Upper Iowa, Monmouth) 428 – II
- T.J. Kerr (U. Calif. Bakersfield/San Jose St.) 421– I
- Tom Jarman (Manchester/Northwest./Taylor) 415-III/I/NAIA
- Tom Borrelli (Central Michigan/Lake Superior St.) 414 – I/II (8) up 2 spots
- Phil Grebinar (Worcester Poly Tech.) 414 — III
- Jim Miller (Wartburg) 413 – III
- Bob Skelton (Western New England College) – 402 III
- Wally Johnson (Minnesota Univ./S.D. State/Luther Coll.) 400 – I
- Robert Marshall (Del. Valley Coll./Dickinson) – 396 III
- David James (Cent. Oklahoma) 396 – II
- Bruce Haberli (New York Un./Manhattan Coll.) 394 – III/I (10) up 3 spots
- Bob Guzzo (N.C. State/Canton Jr. Coll.) 393 – I/JuCo
- Ron Beaschler (Ohio Northern Univ.) 391 – III (17) up 7 spots
- Mike Denney (Maryville Univ./Nebr.-Omaha) 389 – II retired in 2023
- Paul Mance (Appalachian St./Herkimer Co.CC) 387 – I/JuCo
- Eric Knuutila (Niagara City C.C.) 383 – JuCo
- Dave Amato (Brown/SUNY Potsdam/U.Mass) 381 – I/II/III
- Bill Lam (North Carolina Univ.) 378 – I
- Al Baxter (Buena Vista Univ.) 376 – III
- Budd Whitehill (Lycoming Coll.) 376 – III
- Dean Sensenbaugh (Modesto Jr. Coll.) 374 – Calif. Jr. C.
- Lonnie Timmerman (Drake) 364
- Don Murray (SUNY-Brockport) 359 – III
- Dan Gable (Iowa) 355
- Vaughn Hitchcock (Cal-Poly-SLO) 353 – II
- Russ Hellickson (Ohio St./Wisc.) 342
- Rob Koll (UNC/Stanford/Cornell Univ.) 338 (11) up 2 spots
- Brian Smith (Missouri/Syracuse) 336 (10) up 4 spots
- Steve Costanzo (St. Cloud Univ.& Dana College) 333 – II (14) up 10 spots
- Ron Gaffner (Muskegon C.C.) 331- JuCo
- Roy Minter (Ridgewater C.C.-Willmar) 329- JuCo
- Dave Mitchell (Luther College) 327 – III (12) up 10 spots
- Gray Simons (ODU, Tenn, L. Haven, Ind. St.) 327
- Jim Makovsky (Minn. St.-Mankato/Valley City St.) 326 – II (2) up 1 spot
- Carl Adams (Boston Univ./Un. Of R.I.) 326
- Tom Ryan (Ohio State/Hofstra) 322 (15) up 12 spots
- Bob Bubb (Clarion Univ.) 322
- Jack Spates (Oklahoma & Cornell) 322
- Jeff Swenson (Augsburg Coll.) 321 – III
- Tom Kessler (York College) 321 – III
- Tim Fader (Wisc.-Eau Claire, Whitewater,& Lacrosse) 319– III (19) up 19 spots
- Joe Seay (Okla.St., Ca.-Bak., U.Tenn.-Chatt.) 319 – I/II
- Jody Thompson (Labette C.C.-Ks.) 318- JuCo
- Mark Manning (Nebraska/Northern Iowa) 317 (12) up 6 spots
- Steve Eldridge (U.S. Coast Guard Ac.) 317 – III – Inc.,
- Bob Ericson (Diablo Valley College) 315
- Martin Nichols (Ithaca College) 313 – III (14) up 16 spots
- Dennis Deliddo (Cal. St. Fresno) 313
- Ron Finley (Oregon Univ.) 311
- Ed Peery (U.S. Naval Academy) 311
- Bob Del Rosa (Case Western Reserve) 310 – III
- Randy Stottlemyer (Pittsburgh) 304
- Kerry Volkmann (John Carroll) 304 – III
- John Owen (North Idaho Jr. Coll.) 304- JuCo
- Stan Abel (Oklahoma, Cincinnati) 302
- Daryl Arroyo (Springfield, Mass) 301 – III
- Willie Myers (Wisconsin-Whitewater) 301 – III
- Dave Pacheo (Sacramento City College) 301 – Calf. Jr. Col.
- Ed Kringstad (Bismark State Coll.) 301- JuCo
- Chuck Williamson (Gloucester Co. Coll.) 300- JuCo
- Roger Sanders (Bloomsburg, New York Univ.) 300
- Robert “Rummy” Macias (Minn. St.-Mankato) 299 – II
- P.J. Smith (UNC-Pembroke, Campbell) 299 – II
- Duane Goldman (Indiana Univ.) 297 –
- Byron James (Wisc.-River Falls) 297 – III
- Dick Bonacci (Cleveland State) 296
- Tom Brands (Iowa & Virginia Tech) 294 (12) up 8 spots
- Jim Zalesky (Jamestown, Oregon State/Iowa)- 293 I(274) NAIA(19) (6) up 1 spot
- Neil Boyd (Waldorf College) 291 – NAIA
- Jon Laudenslager (Wilkes University) 290 – III (8) up 6 spots
- Paul Keysaw (Fresno City/Moorpark) 287 – Calf. J.C. (9) up 7 spots
- John McHugh (Maryland, Catholic, American) 287
- Craig Turnbull (West Virginia Univ.) 287
- Vince Monseau (West Liberty St./Peru St.) 286 – II
- Al Sosa (SUNY-Oneota State) 284 – III
- Kenneth Ober (Elizabethtown College) 282 – III
- Joe Begala (Kent State Univ.) 282
For a complete List contact the TDR at martinkfleming@gmail.com
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After 20 seasons of publicizing wrestling The TakeDown Report’s (TDR) focus has changed to the collecting of college coaching records from North America since 1903. We will continue to recognize and reward successful wrestlers in eastern North Carolina (east of Raleigh & Fayetteville), assist with schools in starting or re-starting a team and this blog. Join us on our FaceBook Page – “The TakeDown Report” for photos and news. Please send results, stories, links and news to pass along. E-mail us at takedownreport@gmail.com
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