Head coach
Gray Simons
Gray Simons was head coach of Old Dominion (VA), Tennessee, Indiana State and Lock Haven (PA) at 37 NCAA championships, 1965–2004. Simons's teams finished in the top ten three times. Simons's wrestlers won three individual titles and earned 20 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Dominion (VA) | 1988–2004 (15) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 51–69 | 4 |
| Tennessee | 1976–1986 (11) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 36 | 21 | 56–53 | 5 |
| Indiana State | 1971–1975 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 19–27 | 5 |
| Lock Haven (PA) | 1965–1970 (6) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 41–34 | 5 |
As a wrestler
Eliott 'Gray' Simons wrestled for Lock Haven (PA) at three NCAA championships, 1960–1962, and went 12–0. Simons won three titles at 115 lb in 1960, 1961 and 1962.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Lock Haven (PA) | 115 | 1 | 1st | 4–0 | 4 bouts |
| 1961 | Lock Haven (PA) | 115 | 1 | 1st | 4–0 | 4 bouts |
| 1960 | Lock Haven (PA) | 115 | 2 | 1st | 4–0 | 4 bouts |
Eliott 'Gray' Simons's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Gray Simons Bio - Old Dominion Athletics, Old Dominion University Athletics (Single body paragraph of the page (dated March 15, 2016 on the page), from 'Gray Simons coached 17 years as the Monarchs head wrestling coach' through 'four NAIA, and three NCAA National Championships.').
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Gray Simons 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: “Gray Simons, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_777a7709a04643d5/gray-simons/