Head coach
Tom Minkel
Tom Minkel was head coach of Michigan State and Central Michigan at 27 NCAA championships, 1990–2016. Minkel's teams finished in the top four once. Minkel's wrestlers won two individual titles and earned 37 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State | 1992–2016 (25) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 111 | 53 | 258–214 | 22 |
| Central Michigan | 1990–1991 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0–2 | 0 |
As a wrestler
Tom Minkel wrestled for Central Michigan at two NCAA championships, 1970–1971, and went 4–3. Minkel placed fifth at 150 lb in 1970.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Central Michigan | 150 | No seed listed | Lost round of 32 | 0–1 | 1 bout |
| 1970 | Central Michigan | 150 | 3 | 5th | 4–2 | 6 bouts |
Tom Minkel's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from An inside look at MSU's head wrestling coach Tom Minkel, The Most Interesting Man on Campus, The State News (Michigan State University) (Article body, section after the 'Tom Minkel' subheading, sentence beginning "Throughout college, Minkel continued to make a name for himself").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Tom Minkel 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: “Tom Minkel, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_57f06c2efc424d43/tom-minkel/