Head coach
Dave Adams
Dave Adams was head coach of Pittsburgh (PA) at 12 NCAA championships, 1968–1979. Adams's teams finished in the top ten once. Adams's wrestlers earned seven All-American places.
Team
0team titles
0top-four finishes
1top-ten finish
Individual
0individual titles
7All-Americans
48tournament entries
30wrestlers
49wins
66losses
4wins by fall
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh (PA) | 1968–1979 (12) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 48 | 30 | 49–66 | 4 |
As a wrestler
Dave Adams wrestled for Penn State at three NCAA championships, 1955–1957, and went 6–4. Adams placed second at 147 lb in 1956.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Penn State | 147 | 1 | Lost consolation semifinal | 3–2 | 5 bouts |
| 1956 | Penn State | 147 | 3 | 2nd | 3–1 | 4 bouts |
| 1955 | Penn State | 147 | No seed listed | Lost round of 16 | 0–1 | 1 bout |
Dave Adams's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Dave Adams (by John Harrison) (1957) – Penn State Wrestling Club, Penn State Wrestling Club (intro paragraph beginning "During his wrestling career, and in the years since").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Dave Adams 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 Adams, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_25daa1e8607c4a40/dave-adams/