Head coach
Joe Begala
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
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent State (OH) | 1930–1971 (31) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 86 | 56 | 51–109 | 14 |
As a wrestler
Joe Begala wrestled for Ohio at the 1929 NCAA championships and went 0–1. Begala lost in the quarterfinal.
| Year | School | Weight | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Ohio | 165 | Lost quarterfinal | 0–1 | 1 bout |
Joe Begala's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Joseph W. Begala (1968) - Hall of Fame - Ohio University, Ohio University Athletics (Hall of Fame bio, sentences beginning "Joseph Begala wrestled at Ohio University and graduated in 1929.").
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/