Nebraska Cornhuskers wrestling

Nebraska Cornhuskers wrestling
Nebraska Cornhuskers wrestling
University	University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Head Coach	Mark Manning (21st season)
Conference	Big Ten
Location	Lincoln, NE
Arena	Bob Devaney Sports Center; (Capacity: 13,595)
Nickname	Cornhuskers
Colors	Scarlet and cream;
NCAA individual champions
	11
All-Americans
	112
Conference Tournament championships
	1911, 1915, 1924, 1949, 1993, 1995, 2009

The Nebraska Cornhuskers wrestling team represents the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I. The program has won seven conference titles and 11 individual NCAA championships.

The team has been coached by Mark Manning since 2000.^[2]

Coaches[]

Coaching history[]

No.	Coach	Tenure	Overall	Accomplishments
1	R. G. Clapp	1911–26	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 C. E. Thomas	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–	253–94–3 (.727)	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
Robert Kokesh	Assistant coach	2019	Nebraska
Terval Dlagnev	Volunteer assistant	2021	UNK

All-Americans[]

Nebraska has produced 101 All-Americans.

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 (197 – 5th); 2003 (125 – 3rd); 2004 (125 – 1st)

Justin Ruiz – 2002 (118 – 6th); 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 – 2008 (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)

Taylor Venz – 2018 (184 – 4th); 2020 (184)

Isaiah White – 2019 (165 – 5th); 2020 (165)

Mikey Labriola – 2019 (174 – 6th); 2020 (174)

Ridge Lovett – 2020 (133)

Collin Purinton – 2020 (149)

Peyton Robb – 2020 (157)

Eric Schultz – 2020 (197)

Season-by-season results[]

Conference tournament champion

Year	Coach	Record	Conf.	NCAA	Rank
WIUFA (1910–1915)
1910–11	R. G. Clapp	0–0	1st
1914–15	R. G. Clapp	1–0	1st
MVIAA (1915–1928)
1915–16	R. G. Clapp	0–1–1
1918–19		0–1
1921–22		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	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 C. E. Thomas	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	T–12th
1945–46		0–8	Canceled	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	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	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	T–17th
1958–59		1–9–1	6th	T–39th
1959–60		0–13	6th
1960–61	Mickey Sparano	5–3–1	6th	T–21st
1961–62	Robert Mancuso	9–2–1	4th	9th
1962–63		2–14	6th	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	21st
1973–74		7–6	6th
1974–75		8–3	4th	T–45th
1975–76		6–6	5th
1976–77		2–6	6th
1977–78		4–6–1	6th	T–55th
1978–79	Bob Fehrs	9–10	6th
1979–80		16–9–2	6th	39th
1980–81		16–4	4th	32nd
1981–82		14–5	4th	6th	16
1982–83		17–4	3rd	6th	6
1983–84		15–5	4th	4th	14
1984–85		8–14	4th	41st
1985–86	Tim Neumann	16–5	4th	12th	13
1986–87		12–6	4th	14th
1987–88		8–9–1	4th	39th
1988–89		12–6–2	4th	17th	9
1989–90		21–2–1	2nd	5th	4
1990–91		11–6	3rd	10th	9
1991–92		13–4	3rd	11th	8
1992–93		10–2	1st	3rd	2
1993–94		12–6	3rd	29th	7
1994–95		17–3	1st	6th	3
1995–96		15–3–1	2nd	5th	3
Big 12 Conference (1996–2011)
1996–97	Tim Neumann	15–6	4th	12th	10
1997–98		10–6	3rd	21st	10
1998–99		17–6	4th	15th	4
1999–00		10–7–1	4th	8th	11
2000–01	Mark Manning	11–6	4th	8th	9
2001–02		8–9	4th	8th	9
2002–03		16–7	4th	13th	17
2003–04		19–3	2nd	5th	2
2004–05		19–2–1	3rd	19th	3
2005–06		12–5	3rd	16th	5
2006–07		10–7–1	4th	16th	18
2007–08		14–3	2nd	4th	4
2008–09		17–3–1	1st	4th	4
2009–10		9–11	5th	T–12th
2010–11		14–5	4th	12th	13
Big Ten Conference (2011–present)
2011–12	Mark Manning	15–4	8th	T–21st	8
2012–13		11–6	7th	13th	12
2013–14		12–2	5th	11th	8
2014–15		14–1	7th	9th	11
2015–16		11–6	4th	8th	12
2016–17		12–4	4th	9th	5
2017–18		10–4	5th	9th	13
2018–19		12–5	5th	10th	8
2019–20		11–3	2nd	Canceled	4
2020–21		7–1	3rd	12th	3

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References[]

^ The Power of Color (PDF). Nebraska Athletics Brand Guide. July 1, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
^ "Mark Manning - Head Coach". Huskers.com. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
^ "2020 Media Guide". Huskers.com. Retrieved 2020-07-11.

[1] The Power of Color (PDF). Nebraska Athletics Brand Guide. July 1, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2020.

[2] "Mark Manning - Head Coach". Huskers.com. Retrieved February 3, 2016.

[3] "2020 Media Guide". Huskers.com. Retrieved 2020-07-11.

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