Head coach
Don Briggs
Don Briggs was head coach of Northern Iowa at 15 NCAA championships, 1983–1997. Briggs's teams finished in the top ten twice. Briggs's wrestlers earned 29 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Iowa | 1983–1997 (15) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 108 | 55 | 183–192 | 26 |
As a wrestler
Don Briggs wrestled for Iowa at the 1969 NCAA championships and went 1–1. Briggs lost in the round of 16.
| Year | School | Weight | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Iowa | 130 | Lost round of 16 | 1–1 | 2 bouts |
Don Briggs's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Briggs, Don | Special Collections & University Archives, University of Northern Iowa Special Collections & University Archives (biography, sentences beginning "At the college level, he was an outstanding wrestler").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Don Briggs 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: “Don Briggs, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_ae7e17967d7c417c/don-briggs/