Head coach
Joe Seay
Joe Seay was head coach of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Oklahoma State and California-Bakersfield at 18 NCAA championships, 1975–2006. Seay's teams won two official NCAA team titles and finished in the top four seven times. Seay's wrestlers won 13 individual titles and earned 62 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee-Chattanooga | 2006 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9–15 | 1 |
| Oklahoma State | 1985–1991 (7) | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 45 | 69 | 37 | 233–113 | 24 |
| California-Bakersfield | 1975–1984 (10) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 41 | 27 | 98–44 | 13 |
As a wrestler
Joe Seay wrestled for Kansas State at three NCAA championships, 1961–1963, and went 6–4. Seay lost in the quarterfinal in 1961 and 1962, and in consolation round 5 in 1963.
| Year | School | Weight | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Kansas State | 147 | Lost consolation round 5 | 2–2 | 4 bouts |
| 1962 | Kansas State | 147 | Lost quarterfinal | 2–1 | 3 bouts |
| 1961 | Kansas State | 147 | Lost quarterfinal | 2–1 | 3 bouts |
Joe Seay's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Joe Seay, National Wrestling Hall of Fame (Biography, opening paragraph, beginning "After leading his teams at Cal State-Bakersfield and Oklahoma State to a total of nine NCAA championships").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Joe Seay 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: “Joe Seay, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_42137c0bc7bd4c28/joe-seay/