Head coach
Tommy Evans
Tommy Evans was head coach of Oklahoma at 12 NCAA championships, 1960–1972. Evans's teams won two official NCAA team titles and finished in the top four nine times. Evans's wrestlers won 16 individual titles and earned 56 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 1960–1972 (12) | 2 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 56 | 112 | 74 | 276–129 | 47 |
- Another head coach: 1962.
As a wrestler
Jay 'Tommy' Evans wrestled for Oklahoma at three NCAA championships, 1951–1954, and went 12–1. Evans won two titles at 147 lb in 1952 and 1954 and placed second at 137 lb in 1951.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Oklahoma | 147 | 1 | 1st | 4–0 | 4 bouts |
| 1952 | Oklahoma | 147 | 1 | 1st | 4–0 | 4 bouts |
| 1951 | Oklahoma | 137 | 1 | 2nd | 4–1 | 5 bouts |
Jay 'Tommy' Evans's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from 2007-08 Oklahoma Wrestling Media Guide: The University of Oklahoma, National Championship Coaches, University of Oklahoma Athletics (Guide page 71 (PDF page 11). Page header "The University of Oklahoma", heading "National Championship Coaches". The excerpt is row 2 of the table headed "Career Winning Percentage" (columns Coach, Years, Won, Lost, Tied, Pct.; the Years column holds his head-coaching seasons). The photo caption above it on the same page reads "TOMMY EVANS * 1960 and 1963 National Champions * Four conference championships".).
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Tommy Evans 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: “Tommy Evans, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_8cecaa2556d3474a/tommy-evans/