Head coach
Jim Zalesky
Jim Zalesky was head coach of Oregon State and Iowa at 22 NCAA championships, 1998–2019. Zalesky's teams won three official NCAA team titles and finished in the top four seven times. Zalesky's wrestlers won 10 individual titles and earned 59 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon State | 2007–2019 (13) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 79 | 40 | 144–159 | 22 |
| Iowa | 1998–2006 (9) | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 76 | 37 | 259–120 | 29 |
As a wrestler
Jim Zalesky wrestled for Iowa at four NCAA championships, 1981–1984, and went 21–2. Zalesky won three titles at 158 lb in 1982, 1983 and 1984 and placed fifth at 158 lb in 1981.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Iowa | 158 | 1 | 1st | 6–0 | 6 bouts |
| 1983 | Iowa | 158 | 1 | 1st | 6–0 | 6 bouts |
| 1982 | Iowa | 158 | 2 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 1981 | Iowa | 158 | 3 | 5th | 4–2 | 6 bouts |
Jim Zalesky's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Jim Zalesky, National Wrestling Hall of Fame (Biography, second paragraph beginning "Born in the wrestling rich state of Iowa").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Jim Zalesky 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: “Jim Zalesky, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_20ee3cd36b764c5a/jim-zalesky/