Head coach
Dale Ketelsen
Dale Ketelsen was head coach of Louisiana State at six NCAA championships, 1969–1976.
Team
0team titles
0top-four finishes
0top-ten finishes
Individual
0individual titles
0All-Americans
20tournament entries
16wrestlers
4wins
24losses
1win by fall
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana State | 1969–1976 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 4–24 | 1 |
- No entrants: 1973–1974.
As a wrestler
Dale Ketelsen wrestled for Iowa State at three NCAA championships, 1956–1958, and went 8–3. Ketelsen placed third at 157 lb in 1957 and second at 157 lb in 1958.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Iowa State | 157 | 3 | 2nd | 3–1 | 4 bouts |
| 1957 | Iowa State | 157 | No seed listed | 3rd | 5–1 | 6 bouts |
| 1956 | Iowa State | 147 | No seed listed | Lost round of 16 | 0–1 | 1 bout |
Dale Ketelsen's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from First Wrestling Coach Ketelsen Dies, 78 - LSUsports.net - The Official Website of LSU Athletics, LSU Athletics (LSUsports.net) (Article body, paragraph beginning "Before coming to LSU and the state of Louisiana").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Dale Ketelsen 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: “Dale Ketelsen, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_086a73580a804305/dale-ketelsen/