Head coach
Jack Riley
Jack Riley was head coach of Northwestern (IL) at two NCAA championships, 1953–1957. Riley's wrestlers earned one All-American place.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern (IL) | 1953–1957 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8–7 | 1 |
- No entrants: 1954–1956.
As a wrestler
John 'Jack' Riley wrestled for Northwestern (IL) at two NCAA championships, 1931–1932, and went 6–0. Riley won two titles at Unlimited in 1931 and 1932.
| Year | School | Weight | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Northwestern (IL) | Unlimited | 1st | 3–0 | 3 bouts |
| 1931 | Northwestern (IL) | Unlimited | 1st | 3–0 | 3 bouts |
John 'Jack' Riley's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Jack Riley: Wrestling and Football: Northwestern Magazine - Northwestern University, Northwestern Magazine, Northwestern University (Fall 2013 'Top Cats' sidebar, Jack Riley (EB32), three consecutive paragraphs: from 'The following season, Riley lost his Big Ten heavyweight title' through 'Riley returned to coach the Northwestern wrestling team from 1948 to 1957'. The paragraph before them says he won his first NCAA heavyweight crown in 1931.).
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Jack Riley 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: “Jack Riley, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_b2bbf28e197f4bef/jack-riley/