Head coach
Ken Kraft
Ken Kraft was head coach of Northwestern (IL) at 21 NCAA championships, 1959–1979. Kraft's teams finished in the top ten twice. Kraft's wrestlers won two individual titles and earned 15 All-American places.
Team
0team titles
0top-four finishes
2top-ten finishes
Individual
2individual titles
15All-Americans
78tournament entries
40wrestlers
109wins
103losses
10wins by fall
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern (IL) | 1959–1979 (21) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 78 | 40 | 109–103 | 10 |
As a wrestler
Ken Kraft wrestled for Northwestern (IL) at the 1957 NCAA championships and went 3–2. Kraft lost in the consolation semifinal.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Northwestern (IL) | 167 | 2 | Lost consolation semifinal | 3–2 | 5 bouts |
Ken Kraft's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Ken Kraft, National Wrestling Hall of Fame (Biography, second paragraph, first sentence).
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Ken Kraft 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 Kraft, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_cc716720150e44c6/ken-kraft/