Head coach
Dave Grant
Dave Grant was head coach of Northern Illinois at 15 NCAA championships, 1997–2011. Grant's wrestlers earned six All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Illinois | 1997–2011 (15) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 21 | 75–83 | 8 |
As a wrestler
Dave Grant wrestled for Kentucky and Northern Iowa at three NCAA championships, 1983–1985, and went 6–5. Grant placed eighth at 158 lb in 1984.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Northern Iowa | 167 | 7 | Lost round of 16 | 2–1 | 3 bouts |
| 1984 | Northern Iowa | 158 | 11 | 8th | 3–3 | 6 bouts |
| 1983 | Kentucky | 158 | No seed listed | Lost round of 16 | 1–1 | 2 bouts |
Dave Grant's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from NIU Wrestling Coach Dave Grant to Retire Following 2011 Season, Northern Illinois University Athletics (Release body, paragraph beginning "Grant, a native of Lexington, Ky., spent 10 seasons as the top assistant at Minnesota").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Dave Grant 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: “Dave Grant, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_1e65949daeee418e/dave-grant/