Head coach
John Smith
John Smith was head coach of Oklahoma State at 31 NCAA championships, 1992–2024, the first of them as co-head coach with Kenny Monday. Smith's teams won five official NCAA team titles and finished in the top four 17 times. Smith's wrestlers won 33 individual titles and earned 147 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma State | 1992–2024 (31) | 5 | 17 | 27 | 33 | 147 | 287 | 119 | 876–481 | 111 |
- 1992: co-head with Kenny Monday. The year counts in full for both.
- No entrants: 1993.
As a wrestler
John Smith wrestled for Oklahoma State at four NCAA championships, 1984–1988, and went 15–2. Smith won two titles at 134 lb in 1987 and 1988 and placed second at 134 lb in 1985.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Oklahoma State | 134 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 1987 | Oklahoma State | 134 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 1985 | Oklahoma State | 134 | 2 | 2nd | 4–1 | 5 bouts |
| 1984 | Oklahoma State | 126 | 3 | Lost round of 16 | 1–1 | 2 bouts |
John Smith's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from John Smith - Head Coach - Cowboy Wrestling, Oklahoma State University Athletics (Bio, paragraph beginning "In brief, Smith compiled a 105-5 record").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which John Smith 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: “John Smith, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_77e9f14a33ef4f75/john-smith/