Head coach
Mickey Sparano
Mickey Sparano was head coach of Nebraska at one NCAA championship, 1961.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 1961 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3–4 | 0 |
As a wrestler
Mickey Sparano Sr. wrestled for Nebraska at the 1949 NCAA championships and went 0–2. Sparano lost in consolation round 5.
| Year | School | Weight | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Nebraska | 128 | Lost consolation round 5 | 0–2 | 2 bouts |
Mickey Sparano Sr.'s full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Sixty NU Grapplers Report For First Practice Session, The Daily Nebraskan (via Nebraska Newspapers, UNL; Wayback Machine capture) (Page 3, wrestling story "Sixty NU Grapplers Report For First Practice Session" by Cloyd Clark, paragraph beginning "Sparano earned four wrestling letters at Nebraska").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Mickey Sparano 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: “Mickey Sparano, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_945002568c1f4dcb/mickey-sparano/