Head coach
Mike Poeta
Mike Poeta was head coach of Illinois at four NCAA championships, 2022–2025. Poeta's teams finished in the top ten once. Poeta's wrestlers won one individual title and earned three All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 2022–2025 (4) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 41–38 | 6 |
As a wrestler
Michael Poeta wrestled for Illinois at four NCAA championships, 2006–2009, and went 14–5. Poeta placed third at 157 lb in 2007, and second at 157 lb in 2008 and 2009.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Illinois | 157 | 2 | 2nd | 4–1 | 5 bouts |
| 2008 | Illinois | 157 | 2 | 2nd | 3–1 | 4 bouts |
| 2007 | Illinois | 157 | 5 | 3rd | 5–1 | 6 bouts |
| 2006 | Illinois | 165 | 9 | Lost consolation round 4 | 2–2 | 4 bouts |
Michael Poeta's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Mike Poeta - Head Coach - Wrestling Coaches - University of Illinois Athletics, University of Illinois Athletics (Coach bio page body, paragraph that begins 'Poeta was an Illinois assistant coach for five years prior to being named head coach.' (after the paragraph on his rookie season as head coach)).
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Mike Poeta 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: “Mike Poeta, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_78e9ebbff4d64193/mike-poeta/