Head coach
Gary Kurdelmeier
Gary Kurdelmeier was head coach of Georgia State and Iowa at five NCAA championships, 1973–1995. Kurdelmeier's teams won two official NCAA team titles and finished in the top four twice. Kurdelmeier's wrestlers won six individual titles and earned 17 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia State | 1995 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4–7 | 1 |
| Iowa | 1973–1976 (4) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 20 | 104–40 | 22 |
As a wrestler
Gary Kurdelmeier wrestled for Iowa at three NCAA championships, 1956–1958, and went 10–3. Kurdelmeier won the title at 177 lb in 1958 and placed third at 177 lb in 1956.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Iowa | 177 | 4 | 1st | 4–0 | 4 bouts |
| 1957 | Iowa | 191 | 4 | Lost consolation semifinal | 2–2 | 4 bouts |
| 1956 | Iowa | 177 | 4 | 3rd | 4–1 | 5 bouts |
Gary Kurdelmeier's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Iowa Wrestling 2024–25 Media Guide, University of Iowa Athletics (Hawkeye Visions scholarships page, paragraph headed "Gary Kurdelmeier Wrestling Scholarship").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Gary Kurdelmeier 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: “Gary Kurdelmeier, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_28d63187ea294d3e/gary-kurdelmeier/