Head coach
Mike Engels
Mike Engels was head coach of South Dakota State at four NCAA championships, 1985–1990. Engels's wrestlers earned one All-American place.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota State | 1985–1990 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5–8 | 0 |
As a wrestler
Mike Engels wrestled for South Dakota State at two NCAA championships, 1972–1974, and went 2–3. Engels lost in the round of 32 in 1972 and in consolation round 4 in 1974.
| Year | School | Weight | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | South Dakota State | 158 | Lost consolation round 4 | 2–2 | 4 bouts |
| 1972 | South Dakota State | 150 | Lost round of 32 | 0–1 | 1 bout |
Mike Engels's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from South Dakota State 2005-006 Jackrabbit Wrestling, South Dakota State University (Open PRAIRIE wrestling guides) ("Perpetual Scholarships" page, the box headed "The Engels Endowment" (pdf page 36, printed page 33), the whole box text. Fetched from the Wayback Machine copy named in archive_url (the live openprairie URL returns a Cloudflare challenge page to curl); the original URL is the publisher's address of the same PDF.).
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Mike Engels 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: “Mike Engels, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_38b21ca136414b86/mike-engels/