Head coach
Jack Spates
Jack Spates was head coach of Oklahoma and Cornell (NY) at 23 NCAA championships, 1989–2011. Spates's teams finished in the top four six times. Spates's wrestlers won six individual titles and earned 61 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 1994–2011 (18) | 0 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 56 | 140 | 68 | 387–255 | 42 |
| Cornell (NY) | 1989–1993 (5) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 44–38 | 1 |
As a wrestler
Jack Spates wrestled for Slippery Rock (PA) at three NCAA championships, 1973–1975, and went 9–5. Spates placed second at 118 lb in 1974.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Slippery Rock (PA) | 118 | 1 | Lost consolation round 4 | 2–2 | 4 bouts |
| 1974 | Slippery Rock (PA) | 118 | 4 | 2nd | 4–1 | 5 bouts |
| 1973 | Slippery Rock (PA) | 118 | 8 | Lost consolation round 5 | 3–2 | 5 bouts |
Jack Spates's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Jack Spates (1992) - Hall of Fame, Slippery Rock University Athletics (Hall of Fame entry (Class 1975, Induction 1992), bio paragraph beginning "Jack Spates (1975) was a three-time PSAC wrestling champion").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Jack Spates 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 Spates, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_cc2a944663ae4792/jack-spates/