The Nebraska Cornhuskers wrestling team represents the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I . Since its inception in 1910, the program has an all-time record of 773–576–29 with seven conference tournament titles and eleven individual NCAA champions. The team has been coached by Mark Manning since 2000.[ 2]
Coaches
Coaching history
No.
Coach
Tenure
Overall
Accomplishments
1
R. G. Clapp
1910–26
17–17–1 (.500)
WIAA champion (1911,1915,1924)
2
John Kellogg
1927–31
13–15–1 (.466)
3
R. G. Lehman
1931–32
2–3 (.400)
4
Harold Ecklund
1932–33
0–2 (.000)
5
Jerry Adam
1933–47
16–72–4 (.196)
6
B. R. Patterson
1947–50
13–18–1 (.422)
Big Seven champion (1949)
7
Al Partin
1950–54
15–24–4 (.395)
8
Don Strasheim
1954–57
3–25–0 (.107)
9
Bill Smith
1957–60
2–31–1 (.074)
10
Mickey Sparano
1960–61
5–3–1 (.611)
11
Robert Mancuso
1961–64
15–23–1 (.397)
12
Orval Borgialli
1964–78
72–106–6 (.408)
13
Bob Fehrs
1978–85
95–51–2 (.649)
14
Tim Neumann
1985–2000
199–77–6 (.716)
Big Eight champion (1993,1995)
15
Mark Manning
2000–
283–104–3 (.725)
Big 12 champion (2009)
Coaching staff
Name
Position
First year
Alma mater
Mark Manning Head coach
2000
Omaha
Bryan Snyder
Associate head coach
2011
Nebraska
Terval Dlagnev
Assistant coach
2021
UNK
James Green
Assistant coach
2023
Nebraska
All-Americans
Nebraska has produced 131 All-Americans.[ 3]
Newt Copple – 1942 (145 – 4th)
Herb Reese – 1949 (175 – 3rd)
Max Kitzelman – 1954 (HWT – 3rd)
Dan Brand – 1958 (HWT – 4th)
Harold Thompson – 1962 (147 – 3rd)
Mike Nissen – 1962 (123 – 2nd) ; 1963 (123 – 1st) Joe George – 1971 (167 – 6th)
Al Freeman – 1981 (142 – 8th) ; 1983 (142 – 2nd)
Johnnie Selmon – 1982 (142 – 5th)
Jim Scherr – 1982 (177 – 6th) ; 1984 (177 – 1st) Bill Scherr – 1982 (190 – 4th) ; 1983 (190 – 3rd) ; 1984 (190 – 1st) Gary Albright – 1982 (HWT – 7th) ; 1984 (HWT – 2nd) ; 1986 (HWT – 3rd) Ray Oliver – 1983 (167 – 4th)
Gil Sanchez – 1987 (134 – 2nd)
Jason Kelber – 1989 (126 – 2nd) ; 1990 (126 – 2nd) ; 1991 (126 – 1st) Scott Chenoweth – 1989 (167 – 8th) ; 1990 (167 – 7th) ; 1991 (177 – 7th)
Paul Herrera – 1990 (142 – 7th)
Corey Olson – 1990 (177 – 3rd) ; 1992 (177 – 2nd) ; 1993 (177 – 2nd)
Chris Nelson – 1990 (190 – 5th) ; 1992 (190 – 6th)
Joe Malecek – 1990 (HWT – 7th)
John Buxton – 1993 (118 – 8th)
Tony Purler – 1993 (126 – 1st) Frank Velazquez – 1993 (134 – 7th)
Mike Eierman – 1993 (142 – 5th)
Rulon Gardner – 1993 (HWT – 4th) Scott Gonyo – 1994 (118 – 6th)
Brad Canoyer – 1995 (118 – 6th)
Steve Baer – 1995 (126 – 5th)
Temoer Terry – 1995 (150 – 4th) ; 1996 (158 – 3rd) ; 1998 (158 – 6th)
Ryan Tobin – 1995 (190 – 8th) ; 1996 (190 – 3rd) ; 1998 (190 – 4th)
Tolly Thompson – 1995 (HWT – 1st) ; 1996 (HWT – 3rd) ; 1997 (HWT – 3rd) Chad Nelson – 1996 (167 – 8th)
Jose DeAnda – 1999 (141 – 8th)
Bryan Snyder – 1999 (157 – 4th) ; 2000 (157 – 5th) ; 2001 (157 – 2nd) ; 2002 (157 – 2nd)
Brad Vering – 1999 (184 – 4th) ; 2000 (197 – 1st) ; 2001 (197 – 7th)
Paul Gomez – 2000 (125 – 8th)
Todd Beckerman – 2000 (133 – 5th) ; 2001 (133 – 4th)
Ati Conner – 2001 (174 – 8th)
Jason Powell – 2002 (118 – 6th) ; 2003 (125 – 3rd) ; 2004 (125 – 1st) Justin Ruiz – 2002 (197 – 5th) ; 2003 (197 – 5th)
Matt Murray – 2004 (141 – 2nd)
Travis Shufelt – 2004 (149 – 7th)
Jacob Klein – 2004 (165 – 7th) ; 2006 (174 – 5th)
Travis Pascoe – 2005 (184 – 6th)
B. J. Padden – 2005 (197 – 5th) ; 2006 (197 – 3rd)
Paul Donahoe – 2007 (125 – 1st) ; 2008 (125 – 3rd) Jordan Burroughs (149 – 3rd) ; 2009 (157 – 1st) ; 2011 (165 – 1st) Stephen Dwyer – 2008 (165 – 8th) ; 2010 (174 – 4th)
Brandon Browne – 2008 (174 – 4th) ; 2009 (174 – 4th)
Craig Brester – 2008 (197 – 4th) ; 2009 (197 – 2nd) ; 2010 (197 – 2nd)
Vince Jones – 2009 (184 – 6th)
James Green – 2012 (157 – 7th) ; 2013 (157 – 7th) ; 2014 (157 – 3rd) ; 2015 (157 – 3rd) Josh Ihnen – 2012 (184 – 8th)
Robert Kokesh – 2013 (174 – 3rd) ; 2014 (174 – 4th) ; 2015 (174 – 3rd)
T. J. Dudley – 2015 (184 – 8th) ; 2016 (184 – 2nd) ; 2017 (184 – 3rd)
Eric Montoya – 2016 (133 – 5th) ; 2017 (133 – 6th)
Austin Wilson – 2016 (165 – 7th)
Tyler Berger – 2017 (157 – 5th) ; 2018 (157 – 3rd) ; 2019 (157 – 2nd)
Aaron Studebaker – 2017 (197 – 5th)
Chad Red Jr. – 2018 (141 – 7th) ; 2019 (141 – 8th) ; 2020 (141) ; 2021 (141 – 6th)
Taylor Venz – 2018 (184 – 4th) ; 2020 (184)
Isaiah White – 2019 (165 – 5th) ; 2020 (165)
Mikey Labriola – 2019 (174 – 6th) ; 2020 (174) ; 2021 (174 – 3rd) ; 2022 (174 – 7th) ; 2023 (174 – 2nd)
Ridge Lovett – 2020 (133) ; 2022 (149 – 2nd) ; 2024 (149 - 6th)
Collin Purinton – 2020 (149)
Peyton Robb – 2020 (157) ; 2022 (157 – 4th) ; 2023 (157 – 6th) ; 2024 (157 - 7th)
Eric Schultz – 2020 (197) ; 2022 (197 – 7th)
Christian Lance – 2022 (HWT – 8th)
Liam Cronin – 2023 (125 – 5th)
Brock Hardy – 2023 (141 – 6th) ; 2024 (141 – 3rd)
Caleb Smtih – 2024 (125 – 6th)
Antrell Taylor – 2024 (165 – 8th)
Seasons
Conference tournament champion
Year
Coach
Record
Conference
Postseason[ a]
Final[ b]
WIUFA (1910–1915)
1910–11
R. G. Clapp
0–0
1st
1911–12
Did not compete [ c]
1912–13
1913–14
1914–15
R. G. Clapp
1–0
1st
MVIAA (1915–1928)
1915–16
R. G. Clapp
0–1–1
1916–17
Did not compete
1917–18
1918–19
R. G. Clapp
0–1
1919–20
Did not compete
1920–21
1921–22
R. G. Clapp
2–1
1922–23
4–1
1923–24
2–3
1st
1924–25
1–4
5th
1925–26
4–2
3rd
1926–27
3–4
4th
1927–28
John Kellogg
3–4
5th
NCAA 5th
Big Six Conference (1928–1947)
1928–29
John Kellogg
3–3–1
3rd
1929–30
5–3
3rd
1930–31
2–5
4th
1931–32
R. G. Lehman
2–3
4th
1932–33
Harold Ecklund
0–2
5th
1933–34
Jerry Adam
1–4–1
T–5th
1934–35
1–7
5th
1935–36
2–6
6th
1936–37
4–4–1
5th
1937–38
1–7–1
4th
1938–39
3–6–1
4th
1939–40
1–7
4th
1940–41
0–9
4th
1941–42
0–8
Canceled [ d] NCAA T–12th
1942–43
Did not compete [ e]
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
Jerry Adam
0–8
Canceled [ f] NCAA T–9th
1946–47
3–7
3rd
Big Seven Conference (1947–1957)
1947–48
B. R. Patterson
2–8
2nd
1948–49
6–4–1
1st
NCAA T–7th
1949–50
5–6
2nd
1950–51
Al Partin
4–6–1
T–4th
1951–52
0–9–1
4th
1952–53
9–1
T–4th
1953–54
2–8
5th
NCAA University Division T–14th
1954–55
Don Strasheim
0–12
5th
1955–56
2–6
5th
1956–57
1–7
5th
Big Eight Conference (1957–1996)
1957–58
Bill Smith
1–9
6th
NCAA University Division T–17th
1958–59
1–9–1
6th
NCAA University Division T–39th
1959–60
0–13
6th
1960–61
Mickey Sparano
5–3–1
6th
NCAA University Division T–21st
1961–62
Robert Mancuso
9–2–1
4th
NCAA University Division 9th
1962–63
2–14
6th
NCAA University Division 13th
1963–64
4–7
7th
1964–65
Orval Borgialli
5–11–1
6th
1965–66
2–13
5th
1966–67
3–10
6th
1967–68
4–12–1
7th
1968–69
4–9
7th
1969–70
6–5–2
5th
1970–71
8–5
4th
1971–72
9–5–1
4th
1972–73
4–10
4th
NCAA University Division 21st
1973–74
7–6
6th
1974–75
8–3
4th
NCAA Division I T–45th
1975–76
6–6
5th
1976–77
2–6
6th
1977–78
4–6–1
6th
NCAA Division I T–55th
1978–79
Bob Fehrs
9–10
6th
1979–80
16–9–2
6th
NCAA Division I 39th
1980–81
16–4
4th
NCAA Division I 32nd
1981–82
14–5
4th
NCAA Division I 6th 16
1982–83
17–4
3rd
NCAA Division I 6th 6
1983–84
15–5
4th
NCAA Division I 4th 14
1984–85
8–14
4th
NCAA Division I 41st
1985–86
Tim Neumann
16–5
4th
NCAA Division I 12th 13
1986–87
12–6
4th
NCAA Division I 14th
1987–88
8–9–1
4th
NCAA Division I 39th
1988–89
12–6–2
4th
NCAA Division I 17th 9
1989–90
21–2–1
2nd
NCAA Division I 5th
4
1990–91
11–6
3rd
NCAA Division I 10th
9
1991–92
13–4
3rd
NCAA Division I 11th
8
1992–93
10–2
1st
NCAA Division I 3rd
2
1993–94
12–6
3rd
NCAA Division I 29th
7
1994–95
17–3
1st
NCAA Division I 6th
3
1995–96
15–3–1
2nd
NCAA Division I 5th
3
Big 12 Conference (1996–2011)
1996–97
Tim Neumann
15–6
4th
NCAA Division I 12th
10
1997–98
10–6
3rd
NCAA Division I 21st
10
1998–99
17–6
4th
NCAA Division I 15th
4
1999–00
10–7–1
4th
NCAA Division I 8th
11
2000–01
Mark Manning
11–6
4th
NCAA Division I 8th
9
2001–02
8–9
4th
NCAA Division I 8th
9
2002–03
16–7
4th
NCAA Division I 13th
17
2003–04
19–3
2nd
NCAA Division I 5th
2
2004–05
19–2–1
3rd
NCAA Division I 19th
3
2005–06
12–5
3rd
NCAA Division I 16th 5
2006–07
10–7–1
4th
NCAA Division I 16th
18
2007–08
14–3
2nd
NCAA Division I 4th
4
2008–09
17–3–1
1st
NCAA Division I 4th
4
2009–10
9–11
5th
NCAA Division I T–12th
2010–11
14–5
4th
NCAA Division I 12th
13
Big Ten Conference (2011–present)
2011–12
Mark Manning
15–4
8th
NCAA Division I T–21st
8
2012–13
11–6
7th
NCAA Division I 13th
12
2013–14
12–2
5th
NCAA Division I 11th
8
2014–15
14–1
7th
NCAA Division I 9th
11
2015–16
11–6
4th
NCAA Division I 8th 12
2016–17
12–4
4th
NCAA Division I 9th 5
2017–18
10–4
5th
NCAA Division I 9th 13
2018–19
12–5
5th
NCAA Division I 10th 8
2019–20
11–3
2nd
Canceled [ g] 4
2020–21
7–1
3rd
NCAA Division I 12th 3
2021–22
6–5
7th
NCAA Division I 5th 11
2022–23
12–3
3rd
NCAA Division I 8th 4
2023–24
12–2
3rd
NCAA Division I 9th 3
[ 4]
Olympians
Notable wrestlers
Gary Albright – professional wrestler , three-time NCAA All-AmericanDaniel Brand – Olympic bronze medalist at 1964 Summer Olympics in freestyle wrestling , World bronze medalist in 1962, NCAA All-AmericanJordan Burroughs – Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling at 2012 Summer Olympics , seven-time World and Olympic level champion, two-time NCAA champion and three-time All-AmericanIron Mike DiBiase – professional wrestlerRulon Gardner – Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling at 2000 Summer Olympics and bronze medalist in 2004 , World Champion in 2001, NCAA All-AmericanJames Green – two-time World medalist in freestyle wrestling, four-time NCAA All-AmericanEd Husmann – former NFL defensive tackle and Nebraska wrestlerMatt Lindland – former UFC fighter, Olympic silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling at 2000 Summer Olympics , World silver medalist in 2001Hugo Otopalik – collegiate wrestling head coach at Iowa State from 1924 to 1953Bob Pickens – Olympian at 1964 Summer Olympics Baron von Raschke – former professional wrestler, World bronze medalist in Greco-Roman wrestlingBill Scherr – five World and Olympic level medals, Olympic bronze medallist at 1988 Summer Olympics and World champion in freestyle wrestling, NCAA champion and two-time All-AmericanJim Scherr – three-time World medallist in freestyle wrestling, NCAA champion and two-time All-AmericanBrad Vering – Olympian and World silver medalist in 2007 in Greco-Roman wrestling, NCAA champion and three-time All-American
Notes
^ The first NCAA Wrestling Championship was held in 1928
^ The NWCA began weekly polling of collegiate wrestling coaches in 1981
^ Nebraska's wrestling program competed sporadically in its early years, often playing only a single meet per season and sometimes none at all
^ Canceled due to World War II
^ Nebraska did not field a team from 1943 to 1945 due to World War II
^ Canceled due to World War II
^ Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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