Head coach
Linn Long
Linn Long was head coach of Southern Illinois Carbondale and Colorado at 19 NCAA championships, 1961–1979. Long's teams finished in the top four once. Long's wrestlers won three individual titles and earned 13 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinois Carbondale | 1969–1979 (11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 42–49 | 3 |
| Colorado | 1961–1968 (8) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 24 | 48–43 | 2 |
As a wrestler
Linn Long wrestled for Colorado at three NCAA championships, 1952–1955, and went 5–3. Long placed third at 130 lb in 1955.
| Year | School | Weight | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Colorado | 130 | 3rd | 4–1 | 5 bouts |
| 1953 | Colorado | 130 | Lost quarterfinal | 1–1 | 2 bouts |
| 1952 | Colorado | 130 | Lost round of 16 | 0–1 | 1 bout |
Linn Long's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Linn Long, National Wrestling Hall of Fame (Biography, first paragraph, sentences beginning "Long, who graduated from Boulder High School and CU...").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Linn Long 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: “Linn Long, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_7c0aa7006bf442b1/linn-long/