Head coach
Russ Hellickson
Russ Hellickson was head coach of Ohio State and Wisconsin at 24 NCAA championships, 1983–2006. Hellickson's teams finished in the top four twice. Hellickson's wrestlers won nine individual titles and earned 50 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | 1987–2006 (20) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 108 | 54 | 253–193 | 29 |
| Wisconsin | 1983–1986 (4) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 13 | 49–37 | 3 |
As a wrestler
Russ Hellickson wrestled for Wisconsin at three NCAA championships, 1968–1970, and went 5–3. Hellickson lost in the round of 32 in 1968, and in the quarterfinal in 1969 and 1970.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Wisconsin | 190 | 4 | Lost quarterfinal | 3–1 | 4 bouts |
| 1969 | Wisconsin | 191 | 4 | Lost quarterfinal | 2–1 | 3 bouts |
| 1968 | Wisconsin | 191 | No seed listed | Lost round of 32 | 0–1 | 1 bout |
Russ Hellickson's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Russ Hellickson, National Wrestling Hall of Fame (Biography, first paragraph, second sentence).
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Russ Hellickson 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: “Russ Hellickson, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_a14e2e501e684a7e/russ-hellickson/