Ohio State Buckeyes wrestling

The Ohio State Buckeyes wrestling team represents the Ohio State University and competes in the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA Division I level.^[2] The Buckeyes host their home meets at the Covelli Center on Ohio State's campus.^[3]

Ohio State Buckeyes wrestling
Founded	1920
University	Ohio State University
Head Coach	Tom Ryan (17th season)
Assistant Coach	J. Jaggers (7th year)
Conference	Big Ten
Location	Columbus, OH
Arena	Covelli Center (Capacity: 3,700)
Nickname	Buckeyes
Colors	Scarlet and gray^[1]
Fight song	Buckeye Battle Cry
Team national championships
1
National championship years
2015
NCAA individual champions
23
All-Americans
117
Conference championships
57
Conference Tournament championships
1923, 1951, 2015, 2017, 2018

The team is coached by two-time NCAA Division I All-American and two-time Big Ten Conference champion for the Iowa Hawkeyes Tom Ryan.^[4] In 2015, he led the team to their first NCAA team title, finishing as runner-ups in 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Currently, the Buckeyes have had five consecutive top-three NCAA team finishes (seven overall) and eleven top-eight team finishes in the last twelve NCAA championships.^[5]

Current roster 2022-2023

Weight (Pounds)	Name	Year
125 lbs.	Malik Heinselman	Sr.
133 lbs.	Jesse Mendez	Fr.
141 lbs.	Dylan D'Emilio	Rs Jr.
149 lbs.	Sammy Sasso	Rs Sr.
157 lbs.	Paddy Gallagher	Rs Fr.
165 lbs.	Carson Kharchla	Rs Jr.
174 lbs.	Ethan Smith	Rs Sr.
184 lbs.	Kaleb Romero	Rs Sr.
197 lbs.	Gavin Hoffman	Rs Sr.
285 lbs.	Tate Orndorff	Rs Sr.

Championships

Team championships

Year	Type	Coach
National Team Championships
2015	NCAA Tournament Champions	Tom Ryan
1 Total
Conference Team Championships
1923	Big Ten Tournament Champions	Al Haft
1951	Big Ten Tournament Champions	Casey Fredericks
2015	Big Ten Tournament Champions	Tom Ryan
2017	Big Ten Tournament Champions	Tom Ryan
2018	Big Ten Tournament Champions	Tom Ryan
5 Total

Individual championships

Individual NCAA Champions^[6] Year Name Weight Class 1940 George Downes HWT 1946 George Bollas HWT 1966 Dave Reinbolt 167 1986 Jude Skove 158 1988 Mark Coleman 190 1992 Kevin Randleman 177 1993 Kevin Randleman 177 1993 Rex Holman 190 1998 Mitch Clark 177 2002 Tommy Rowlands HWT 2004 Tommy Rowlands HWT 2008 J Jaggers 141 2008 Mike Pucillo 184 2009 J Jaggers 141 2012 Logan Stieber 133 2013 Logan Stieber 133 2014 Logan Stieber 141 2015 Logan Stieber 141 2015 Nathan Tomasello 125 2016 Myles Martin 174 2016 Kyle Snyder HWT 2017 Kyle Snyder HWT 2018 Kyle Snyder HWT

Big Ten Champions^[6] Year Name Weight Class 1921 Parry Martter 158 1922 Parry Martter 145 1924 Harry Steel HWT 1926 Perry Snider 125 1926 Dan Whitacre HWT 1927 Dan Whitacre HWT 1935 Leonard Fauver 118 1940 Tony Montonaro 145 1945 George Bollas HWT 1946 George Bollas HWT 1948 Warren Jones 145 1949 Bryce Keough 155 1950 William Miller HWT 1951 Bryce Keough 147 1951 William Miller HWT 1960 Dave Camaione 123 1966 Dave Reinbolt 167 1968 Roger Young 130 1972 Jim Humphrey 134 1982 Dave Ruckman 167 1985 Don Moxley HWT 1988 Mark Coleman 190 1991 Kevin Randleman 167 1992 Kevin Randleman 177 1992 Rex Holman 190 1993 Kevin Randleman 177 1993 Rex Holman 190

Big Ten Champions^[6] Year Name Weight Class 1994 Dunyasha Yetts 142 1997 Mitch Clark 177 1998 Mitch Clark 177 2002 Tommy Rowlands HWT 2004 Tommy Rowlands HWT 2008 Mike Pucillo 184 2010 Lance Palmer 149 2012 Logan Stieber 133 2013 Hunter Stieber 141 2013 Logan Stieber 133 2014 Nick Heflin 197 2014 Logan Stieber 141 2015 Logan Stieber 141 2015 Nathan Tomasello 125 2016 Nathan Tomasello 125 2016 Kyle Snyder HWT 2017 Bo Jordan 174 2017 Kollin Moore 197 2017 Kyle Snyder HWT 2017 Nathan Tomasello 133 2018 Joey McKenna 141 2018 Nathan Tomasello 133 2018 Kollin Moore 197 2018 Kyle Snyder HWT 2018 Nathan Tomasello 133 2019 Myles Martin 184 2019 Joey McKenna 141 2020 Luke Pletcher 141 2020 Kollin Moore 197

Season Records

National Champions

Conference Champions *

Season	Coach	Overall	Big Ten	Standing	NCAA
Al Haft (Big Ten Conference) (1920–25)
1920–21	Al Haft	2–1	0–1	4th
1921–22	Al Haft	3–3	0–3
1922–23*	Al Haft	8–0	4–0	1st*
1923–24	Al Haft	3–3	2–3
1924–25	Al Haft	6–1	3–1
Al Haft:		22–8	9–8
Bernard Mooney (Big Ten Conference) (1925–42)
1925–26	Bernard Mooney	6–1	5–1	2nd
1926–27	Bernard Mooney	4–2	3–2
1927–28	Bernard Mooney	6–1	5–1	3rd
1928–29	Bernard Mooney	3–5	1–4		8th
1929–30	Bernard Mooney	6–2	3–2		8th
1930–31	Bernard Mooney	3–2–1	2–2
1931–32	Bernard Mooney	3–5	0–3
1932–33	Bernard Mooney	2–3	1–2
1933–34	Bernard Mooney	5–2	3–2	7th
1934–35	Bernard Mooney	5–2	3–2	3rd	14th
1935–36	Bernard Mooney	4–2	3–2	6th
1936–37	Bernard Mooney	5–3	2–3	6th
1937–38	Bernard Mooney	7–2	3–2	7th
1938–39	Bernard Mooney	3–4	1–3	6th
1939–40	Bernard Mooney	3–3	1–1–3	3rd	4th
1940–41	Bernard Mooney	3–5	1–4	9th	17th
1941–42	Bernard Mooney	3–5	1–4	9th
Bernard Mooney:		71–49–1	38–40–3
Anthony Montonaro (Big Ten Conference) (1942–43)
1942–43	Anthony Montonaro	1–6	0–4	10th
Anthony Montonaro:		1–6	0–4
Lawrence Hicks (Big Ten Conference) (1943–44)
1943–44	Lawrence Hicks	5–2	4–1	9th
Lawrence Hicks:		5–2	4–1
Bernard Mooney (Big Ten Conference) (1944–47)
1944–45	Bernard Mooney	1–5	0–4	4th
1945–46	Bernard Mooney	2–3	2–3	4th	6th
1946–47	Bernard Mooney	4–3	3–3–1	8th
Bernard Mooney:		7–11	5–10–1
Overall:		78–60–1	43–50–4
Casey Fredericks (Big Ten Conference) (1947–76)
1947–48	Casey Fredericks	3–3–2	2–3–2	6th
1948–49	Casey Fredericks	3–5	2–5	4th
1949–50	Casey Fredericks	7–1–1	5–1–1	2nd
1950–51*	Casey Fredericks	7–0–1	6–0–1	1st*
1951–52	Casey Fredericks	4–4	4–3	10th
1952–53	Casey Fredericks	0–6	0–5	8th
1953–54	Casey Fredericks	2–6	0–6	10th
1954–55	Casey Fredericks	3–6	2–5	7th
1955–56	Casey Fredericks	3–5	2–5	7th
1956–57	Casey Fredericks	1–5	0–4	10th
1957–58	Casey Fredericks	3–2–1	1–2–1	8th
1958–59	Casey Fredericks	0–6	0–5	9th	33rd
1959–60	Casey Fredericks	2–2–2	1–2–2	8th	37th
1960–61	Casey Fredericks	3–4	2–4	10th	28th
1961–62	Casey Fredericks	7–1–1	3–1–1	10th
1962–63	Casey Fredericks	5–8	2–7	7th	27th
1963–64	Casey Fredericks	7–2	2–2	9th
1964–65	Casey Fredericks	5–8–1	2–7–1	8th	35th
1965–66	Casey Fredericks	8–2–1	5–2–1	5th	11th
1966–67	Casey Fredericks	4–6	3–6	4th	28th
1967–68	Casey Fredericks	5–6	2–5	7th	52nd
1968–69	Casey Fredericks	6–7	3–4	9th	42nd
1969–70	Casey Fredericks	7–4–1	4–3–1	5th
1970–71	Casey Fredericks	9–3–1	4–3–1	10th
1971–72	Casey Fredericks	3–6	1–3	7th	24th
1972–73	Casey Fredericks	8–4	2–3	6th	32nd
1973–74	Casey Fredericks	3–11	1–7	10th
1974–75	Casey Fredericks	7–5	3–2	8th	45th
1975–76	Casey Fredericks	11–5–1	2–4	8th
Casey Fredericks:		136–133–13	66–109–12
Chris Ford (Big Ten Conference) (1976–86)
1976–77	Chris Ford	5–7–1	2–4–1	8th	20th
1977–78	Chris Ford	7–11	3–4	9th	61st
1978–79	Chris Ford	9–10	4–5	8th	55th
1979–80	Chris Ford	9–11	3–4	5th	33rd
1980–81	Chris Ford	14–3	7–2	5th	47th
1981–82	Chris Ford	13–8–1	3–6	6th	29th
1982–83	Chris Ford	17–7	5–4	5th	13th
1983–84	Chris Ford	13–12–1	4–5	6th	44th
1984–85	Chris Ford	14–13	2–7	7th	46st
1985–86	Chris Ford	13–9	4–6	7th	16th
Chris Ford:		114–91–3	37–47–1
'Russ Hellickson (Big Ten Conference) (1976–86)
1986–87	Russ Hellickson	13–9	3–6	8th	62nd
1987–88	Russ Hellickson	16–6	6–3	3rd	9th
1988–89	Russ Hellickson	18–10–2	5–7	4th	43rd
1989–90	Russ Hellickson	20–5	5–3	5th	14th
1990–91	Russ Hellickson	17–4	6–2	3rd	4th
1991–92	Russ Hellickson	20–4	7–0	3rd	5th
1992–93	Russ Hellickson	17–6	6–2	3rd	5th
1993–94	Russ Hellickson	15–11–1	2–5–1	8th	24th
1994–95	Russ Hellickson	16–10	2–6	8th	24th
1995–96	Russ Hellickson	13–9–1	2–6–1	5th	14th
1996–97	Russ Hellickson	10–12	4–5	6th	13th
1997–98	Russ Hellickson	10–13–1	1–8	10th	23rd
1998–99	Russ Hellickson	10–10–1	1–6–1	11th	40th
1999–00	Russ Hellickson	9–9	2–6	7th	34th
2000–01	Russ Hellickson	15–6	5–3	5th	16th
2001–02	Russ Hellickson	20–4	5–3	4th	6th
2002–03	Russ Hellickson	12–6–1	4–4	8th	15th
2003–04	Russ Hellickson	8–11	4–4	8th	3rd
2004–05	Russ Hellickson	8–11	1–7	11th	50th
2005–06	Russ Hellickson	5–13	0–8	11th	45th
Russ Hellickson:		272–169–7	71–94–3
Tom Ryan (Big Ten Conference) (2006–present)
2006–07	Tom Ryan	8–7	4–4	9th	10th
2007–08	Tom Ryan	19–4	6–2	5th	2nd
2008–09	Tom Ryan	16–2	7–1	6th	2nd
2009–10	Tom Ryan	5–13	0–8	11th	45th
2010–11	Tom Ryan	2–11	1–7	8th	29th
2011–12	Tom Ryan	13–4	5–3	5th	5th
2012–13	Tom Ryan	11–4	5–3	4th	6th
2013–14	Tom Ryan	13–5	4–4	4th	6th
2014–15*	Tom Ryan	13–4	8–1	1st*	1st
2015–16	Tom Ryan	11–3	7–2	3rd	3rd
2016–17*	Tom Ryan	11–3	7–2	1st*	2nd
2017–18*	Tom Ryan	14–1	8–1	1st*	2nd
2018–19	Tom Ryan	12–2	7–2	2nd	2nd
2019–20	Tom Ryan	10–4	6–3	3rd	Canceled
2020-21	Tom Ryan	5-4	5-4	9th	9th
2021-22	Tom Ryan	9-3	5-3	4th	13th
Tom Ryan:		185-63	85–50
Total:		799–543–24	315–361–20

Olympians

Olympian	Year	Event	Place
Perry Martter	1924 Paris	Freestyle lightweight	DNP
Harry Steel	1924 Paris	Freestyle heavyweight	Gold
Wayne Holmes	1972 Munich	Greco-Roman 48 kg	DNP
Mark Coleman	1992 Barcelona	Freestyle 100 kg	7th
Kyle Snyder	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Freestyle 97 kg	Gold

Notable Ohio State Buckeye wrestlers

Main category: Ohio State Buckeyes wrestlers

• Mark Coleman – member of the UFC Hall of Fame, World silver medalist in freestyle wrestling, NCAA Champion at Ohio State
• Wayne Holmes – Olympian in Greco-Roman wrestling at 1972 Summer Olympics
• Myles Martin – NCAA Champion, two-time finalist and four-time All-American
• Perry Martter – Olympic in freestyle wrestling at 1924 Summer Olympics
• Joseph McKenna – NCAA finalist and two-time All-American at Ohio State
• Kollin Moore – four-time NCAA All-American
• Tommy Rowlands – two-time NCAA Champion, three-time finalist and four-time All-American
• Kyle Snyder – Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling at 2016 Summer Olympics and silver medalist in 2020, two-time World Champion, three-time NCAA Champion and four-time finalist
• Harry Steel – Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling at 1924 Summer Olympics
• Logan Stieber – 2016 World Champion in freestyle wrestling, four-time NCAA Champion
• Nathan Tomasello – NCAA Champion and four-time All-American

References

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