Head coach
Hap Whitney
Hap Whitney was head coach of Missouri at seven NCAA championships, 1967–1974.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 1967–1974 (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 19 | 16–35 | 2 |
- No entrants: 1968.
As a wrestler
Vernon 'Hap' Whitney wrestled for Purdue (IN) at three NCAA championships, 1954–1956, and went 4–4. Whitney placed third at 123 lb in 1956.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Purdue (IN) | 123 | 3 | 3rd | 3–1 | 4 bouts |
| 1955 | Purdue (IN) | 123 | No seed listed | Lost round of 32 | 0–1 | 1 bout |
| 1954 | Purdue (IN) | 130 | No seed listed | Lost consolation round 5 | 1–2 | 3 bouts |
Vernon 'Hap' Whitney's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Vernon “Hap” Whitney – Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, Missouri Sports Hall of Fame (Inductee page body, the single bio paragraph from 'Never tipping the scales' through 'Mizzou’s history'; the excerpt is its second and third sentences. The page is the induction bio of Vernon “Hap” Whitney alone (July 5, 1934 - April 27, 2022; inducted 2011).).
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Hap Whitney was the established head coach of a team with entrants. They are not years of employment; there were no championships in 1943–45 or 2020.
- A year inside the span with no established coach is listed but not counted. A year with two head coaches counts in full for both.
- Team titles are official NCAA titles from the published standings (1928, 1931 and 1933 have none). Top four and top ten come from the same standings.
- Entries count each wrestler once per tournament; All-Americans are counted as each era awarded them; wins and losses include forfeit, default and disqualification results; falls exclude forfeits.
- The head coach for each year, with sources, is on that year's program page. Report a correction.
Cite this page: “Hap Whitney, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_050eb2a9dba04e0a/hap-whitney/