Head coach
Chuck Patten
Chuck Patten was head coach of Northern Iowa at 17 NCAA championships, 1966–1982. Patten's teams finished in the top ten once. Patten's wrestlers earned 16 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Iowa | 1966–1982 (17) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 50 | 29 | 91–80 | 15 |
As a wrestler
Chuck Patten wrestled for Northern Iowa at three NCAA championships, 1958–1961, and went 1–3. Patten lost in the round of 16 in 1958, in the round of 32 in 1959 and in the quarterfinal in 1961.
| Year | School | Weight | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Northern Iowa | 137 | Lost quarterfinal | 1–1 | 2 bouts |
| 1959 | Northern Iowa | 147 | Lost round of 32 | 0–1 | 1 bout |
| 1958 | Northern Iowa | 147 | Lost round of 16 | 0–1 | 1 bout |
Chuck Patten's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Patten, Charles | Special Collections & University Archives, University of Northern Iowa Special Collections & University Archives (UNI History > Biographies > 'Patten, Charles' (UNI Position: Wrestling Coach), single body paragraph, from 'In 1961 Patten received a bachelor's degree' through 'his alma mater.').
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Chuck Patten 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: “Chuck Patten, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_730ae34189f94bd2/chuck-patten/