Head coach
Wes Roper
Wes Roper was head coach of Missouri at 12 NCAA championships, 1987–1998. Roper's wrestlers earned 11 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 1987–1998 (12) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 57 | 31 | 94–104 | 6 |
As a wrestler
Wes Roper wrestled for Missouri at three NCAA championships, 1980–1982, and went 8–5. Roper placed fourth at 150 lb in 1982.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Missouri | 150 | 6 | 4th | 5–2 | 7 bouts |
| 1981 | Missouri | 158 | No seed listed | Lost round of 16 | 1–1 | 2 bouts |
| 1980 | Missouri | 150 | No seed listed | Lost consolation round 4 | 2–2 | 4 bouts |
Wes Roper's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Wes Roper - University of Missouri Athletics Hall of Fame (Wayback Machine capture), University of Missouri Athletics (via Internet Archive) (Hall of Fame bio, first paragraph beginning "Roper was a longtime figure in Tiger wrestling history").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Wes Roper 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: “Wes Roper, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_8dfceb533ca44146/wes-roper/