Chattanooga Wrestling Record Book
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RECORD BOOK CHATTANOOGA WRESTLING RECORD BOOK 1 RECORD BOOK FACTS & CONTENTS ON THE INSIDE Institution .........................University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Quick Facts & Contents ................................................................ 1 Preferred Name ...................................................Chattanooga Yearly Results ............................................................................... 2 Short Form .......................................................................UTC NCAA Division II Champions & All-Americans.............................. 3 Please do not use UT-Chattanooga, Tennessee-Chattanooga or Tenn.-Chatt. NCAA Division II Team Finished & SEIWA Champions ................ 4 Location ...........................................................Chattanooga, Tenn. NCAA Division I All-Americans ..................................................... 5 Nickname...........................Mocs (not Moccasins or Mockingbirds) NCAA Division I Team & All-American Finishes ........................... 6 Colors ... Navy (PMS 295), Old Gold (PMS 124), Silver (PMS 429) All-Time NCAA Division I Qualifiers .............................................. 7 Mascot ............................................................................... Scrappy SoCon Team & Individual Champions .......................................... 9 Founded ................................................................................. 1886 SoCon Honors - Wrestler of the Year ......................................... 10 Enrollment ............................................................................11,667 SoCon Honors - Tournament MVP ..............................................11 Wrestling Facility .....................................................Maclellan Gym SoCon Honors - Freshman of the Year ...................................... 12 NCAA Affiliation .....................................................NCAA Division I SoCon Honors - Coach of the Year ............................................ 13 Conference .......................................................................Southern SoCon Honors - All-SoCon & All-Freshman Teams .................... 14 Chancellor ..............................................................Dr. Steve Angle SoCon Honors - Weekly & Monthly Honors ............................... 15 Vice Chancellor - Dir. of Athletics .............................Mark Wharton Career Leaders........................................................................... 16 Head Coach (Years at UTC) ................................ Kyle Ruschell (3) Single-Season Leaders .............................................................. 17 First Year of Wrestling (Total Years) ................................1947 (75) Academic Honors ....................................................................... 18 All-Time Dual Record .........................................647-380-18 (.628) All-Time Coaching Records ........................................................ 19 Best Division II Finish ....................................................2nd (1976) UTC Athletics Hall of Fame ........................................................ 20 Division II All-Americans ...................12 times by seven individuals All-Time Roster ...................................................................... 21-23 Joined SoCon ......................................................................... 1978 All-Time Opponents ............................................................... 24-25 All-Time SoCon Dual Record ....................................132-24 (.846) All-Time Series Results ......................................................... 26-29 Best Division I Finish ..................................................T14th (1983) Annual Results ...................................................................... 30-38 Division I All-Americans ...................... 12 times by nine individuals Please send any corrections, omissions, mis-identifications or missing data/records to [email protected]. 1 CHATTANOOGA WRESTLING YEARLY RESULTS YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS SOUTHEASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE WRESTLING ASSOCIATION NCAA DIVISION I ERA NCAA DIVISION II ERA Reg. Sea. Tourn. YEAR W L T PCT COACH Year Overall (%) SoCon (%) Finish Finish Coach 1947 0 4 1 .100 Ken Carpenter 1978 12-3-1 (.781) 1st Jim Morgan 1948 2 4 1 .357 Ken Carpenter 1979 16-2 (.889) 1st Jim Morgan 1949 2 3 1 .417 Ken Carpenter 1980 16-5-1 (.825) 1st Jim Morgan 1950 1 6 0 .143 Ken Carpenter 1981 6-12 (.333) 1st Jim Morgan 1951 0 4 1 .100 Ken Carpenter 1982 22-4 (.846) 1st Jim Morgan 1952 3 5 0 .375 Russ Scall 1983 13-6 (.684) 1st Jim Morgan 1953 0 5 1 .083 Andy Nardo 1984 8-5 (.615) 2nd Jim Morgan 1954 7 1 0 .875 Andy Nardo 1985 6-7 (.462) 3rd Ethan Reeve 1955 4 2 1 .571 Andy Nardo 1986 6-10-1 (.382) 1st Ethan Reeve 1956 3 4 1 .375 Andy Nardo 1987 10-9 (.526) 1st Ethan Reeve 1957 4 1 1 .667 Andy Nardo 1988 15-1 (.938) 1st Ethan Reeve 1958 6 1 0 .857 Andy Nardo 1989 12-5-1 (.694) 1st Ethan Reeve 1959 6 1 0 .857 Andy Nardo 1990 8-6 (.571) 1st Ethan Reeve 1960 7 0 0 1.000 Andy Nardo 1991 9-5 (.642) 1st Ralph Manning 1961 9 0 0 1.000 Andy Nardo 1992 10-5 (.667) 1st Ralph Manning 1962 7 2 0 .778 Andy Nardo 1993 5-5 (.500) 1st Ralph Manning 1963 6 0 1 .929 Andy Nardo 1994 5-6 (.455) 4-1 (.800) T1st 1st Ralph Manning 1964 8 1 0 .889 Andy Nardo 1995 4-7 (.367) 2-2 (.500) 3rd 3rd Ralph Manning 1965 6 4 0 .600 Andy Nardo 1996 6-4 (.600) 3-1 (.750) 2nd 3rd Mark Leen 1966 3 3 0 .500 Andy Nardo 1997 7-9 (.438) 2-3 (.400) 4th 4th Mark Leen 1967 2 4 0 .333 Andy Nardo 1998 7-8-1 (.469) 4-1 (.800) T1st 1st Mark Leen 1968 1 5 0 .167 Joe Geri 1999 7-5 (.583) 4-1 (.800) T1st 1st Mark Leen 1969 9 5 0 .643 Jim Morgan 2000 10-2 (.833) 5-0 (1.000) 1st 1st Mark Leen 1970 9 7 0 .563 Jim Morgan 2001 6-7 (.462) 4-1 (.800) 2nd 2nd Mark Leen 1971 12 1 0 .923 Jim Morgan 2002 9-8 (.529) 5-0 (1.000) 1st 1st Franky James 1972 16 3 0 .842 Jim Morgan 2003 6-17 (.261) 2-3 (.400) 4th 4th Terry Brands 1973 13 2 1 .844 Jim Morgan 2004 11-6 (.647) 4-1 (.800) 2nd 2nd Terry Brands 1974 13 5 1 .716 Jim Morgan 2005 14-10 (.583) 5-0 (1.000) 1st 1st Terry Brands 1975 19 1 0 .950 Jim Morgan 2006 16-8-1 (.660) 5-0 (1.000) 1st 1st Joe Seay 1976 15 1 1 .912 Jim Morgan 2007 16-1 (.941) 5-0 (1.000) 1st 1st Chris Bono 1977 10 8 0 .556 Jim Morgan 2008 11-6 (.647) 5-0 (1.000) 1st 1st Chris Bono 31 yrs 203 93 12 .679 2009 12-10 (.545) 5-0 (1.000) 1st 1st Chris Bono 2010 11-7 (.611) 5-0 (1.000) 1st 4th Heath Eslinger 2011 11-9 (.550) 5-0 (1.000) 1st 1st Heath Eslinger 2012 12-8 (.600) 5-1 (.833) 2nd 1st Heath Eslinger 2013 11-6 (.647) 7-0 (1.000) 1st 1st Heath Eslinger 2014 16-7 (.696) 7-0 (1.000) 1st 1st Heath Eslinger UTC All-Time Wrestling Record 2015 13-6 (.684) 7-0 (1.000) 1st 1st Heath Eslinger 75 yrs 647 380 18 .628 2016 12-4 (.750) 6-1 (.857) T1st 2nd Heath Eslinger 2017 7-9 (.438) 5-2 (.714) 3rd 4th Heath Eslinger 2018 8-7 (.533) 6-1 (.857) 2nd 2nd Heath Eslinger 2019 7-7 (.500) 5-1 (.833) T1st 3rd Kyle Ruschell 2020 7-9 (.438) 4-2 (.667) 3rd 3rd Kyle Ruschell 2021 8-4 (.667) 6-2 (.750) 3rd 3rd Kyle Ruschell 44 yrs 444-287-6 132-24 17 29 (.607) (.846) 2 RECORD BOOK NCAA DIVISION II NCAA CHAMPIONS & ALL-AMERICANS NCAA CHAMPION ALL-AMERICAN (DII) Randy Batten (118), 1975 (DII) 1974 Bill Burnside (126) 2nd Turner Jackson (158), 1975 (DII) 1975 Randy Batten (118) 1st Randy Batten (118), 1976 (DII) 1975 Turner Jackson (158) 1st Turner Jackson (158), 1976 (DII) 1975 John Kalvelage (134) 3rd David Weeks (177), 1976 (DII) 1975 David Weeks (177) 4th Randy Batten (126), 1977 (DII) 1976 Randy Batten (118) 1st 1976 Tim Brennan (167) 6th NCAA COACH OF THE YEAR 1976 Turner Jackson (158) 1st Jim Morgan, 1977 1976 John Kalvelage (134) 3rd 1976 David Weeks (177) 1st NCAA OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1977 Randy Batten (126) 1st Randy Batten (118), 1975 1977 Ralph Zigner (HWT) 5th Bill Burnside (1971-74) was UTC’s first NCAA Division II All-American when he finished sec- ond at 126 pounds in 1974. Randy Batten (1975-78) won three NCAA Divi- Turner Jackson (1972-76) was a two-time John Kalvelage (1972-76) was a two-time sion II titles in his career with the Mocs. NCAA Division II Champion for the Mocs. NCAA Division II All-American. Tim Brennan (1972-76) placed sixth at 167 David Weeks was a two-time All-American Ralph Zigner (1976-78) was an All-American pounds to earn All-American honors in 1976. and 1976 NCAA Division II champion at 177 in 1977 when he finished fifth at heavyweight. pounds. 3 CHATTANOOGA WRESTLING NCAA DIVISION II NCAA & SEIWA FINISHES CHATTANOOGA’S NCAA TEAM FINISHES SOUTHEASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE Date Host/Site Place Points WRESTLING ASSOCIATION 1972 Oswego State 41st 40.0 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS 1973 South Dakota State T45th 31.5 Randy Batten (118) ....................................................... 1975 1974 Cal State-Fullerton T14th 22.5 Bill Berg (177) ............................................................... 1949 1975 East Stroudsburg 3rd 67.5 1976 North Dakota State 2nd 88.25 Tom Braly (158) ............................................................ 1947 1977 Northern Iowa 9th 36.0 Ron Bratcher (158) ............................................. 1948, 1949 Abe Cohen (190) .......................................................... 1954 Abe Cohen (HWT) .............................................. 1955, 1956 Rex Cox (158) .............................................................. 1960 Rex Cox (167) .............................................................