Head coach

Joe Begala

Head coach · Kent State (OH) · NCAA tournaments 1930–1971 (31)

Joe Begala was head coach of Kent State (OH) at 31 NCAA championships, 1930–1971. Begala's teams finished in the top ten twice. Begala's wrestlers earned 11 All-American places.

Team
0team titles
0top-four finishes
2top-ten finishes
Individual
0individual titles
11All-Americans
86tournament entries
56wrestlers
51wins
109losses
14wins by fall

By school

Joe Begala's NCAA tournament totals by school
SchoolNCAA tournamentsTeam titlesTop fourTop tenChampionsAll-AmericansEntriesWrestlersRecordFalls
Kent State (OH)1930–1971 (31)002011865651–10914

As a wrestler

Joe Begala wrestled for Ohio at the 1929 NCAA championships and went 0–1. Begala lost in the quarterfinal.

Joe Begala NCAA tournament career, one row per year
YearSchoolWeightFinishW–LMatches
1929Ohio165Lost quarterfinal0–1

Joe Begala's full wrestler record, every bout →

How these are counted

  • NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Joe Begala 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 Begala, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_4c4ad0dffcb0428d/joe-begala/