Head coach
Bill Lam
Bill Lam was head coach of North Carolina at 30 NCAA championships, 1974–2003. Lam's teams finished in the top ten five times. Lam's wrestlers won five individual titles and earned 37 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 1974–2003 (30) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 165 | 79 | 257–289 | 33 |
As a wrestler
Bill Lam wrestled for Oklahoma at two NCAA championships, 1964–1965, and went 8–2. Lam placed third at 157 lb in 1964 and second at 157 lb in 1965.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Oklahoma | 157 | 3 | 2nd | 3–1 | 4 bouts |
| 1964 | Oklahoma | 157 | No seed listed | 3rd | 5–1 | 6 bouts |
Bill Lam's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Bill Lam to Retire After 2002-03 Season - University of North Carolina Athletics, University of North Carolina Athletics (Release dated April 16, 2002 ('By: UNC Athletic Communications'), the paragraph near the end beginning 'Lam, a Boulder, Colo., native'; the release's first paragraph says Lam is retiring after 2002-03, 'Lam's 30th as the Tar Heels' head coach'.).
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Bill Lam 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: “Bill Lam, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_90e914cd25c04e45/bill-lam/