Head coach
Ken Nellis
Ken Nellis was head coach of Clarion (PA) at eight NCAA championships, 1998–2005. Nellis's wrestlers earned seven All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarion (PA) | 1998–2005 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 17 | 57–70 | 0 |
As a wrestler
Ken Nellis wrestled for Clarion (PA) at four NCAA championships, 1982–1986, and went 2–5. Nellis lost in the round of 32 in 1982, in consolation round 3 in 1983, in the round of 16 in 1984 and in the opening round in 1986.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Clarion (PA) | 150 | No seed listed | Lost opening round | 0–1 | 1 bout |
| 1984 | Clarion (PA) | 150 | 7 | Lost round of 16 | 1–1 | 2 bouts |
| 1983 | Clarion (PA) | 142 | No seed listed | Lost consolation round 3 | 1–2 | 3 bouts |
| 1982 | Clarion (PA) | 142 | No seed listed | Lost round of 32 | 0–1 | 1 bout |
Ken Nellis's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Ken Nellis - Clarion University Sports Hall of Fame (Wayback Machine capture), Clarion University Athletics (via Internet Archive) (Hall of Fame bio, paragraph beginning "Ken Nellis, who devoted 21 years to Clarion's outstanding wrestling tradition...", from "A 1981 Shaler High grad").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Ken Nellis 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: “Ken Nellis, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_aa737d7c1dae47ac/ken-nellis/