Head coach
Dave McCuskey
Dave McCuskey was head coach of Iowa and Northern Iowa at 37 NCAA championships, 1931–1972. McCuskey's teams won one official NCAA team title and finished in the top four 13 times. McCuskey's wrestlers won 25 individual titles and earned 71 All-American places.
Team
1team title
13top-four finishes
23top-ten finishes
Individual
25individual titles
71All-Americans
212tournament entries
124wrestlers
376wins
252losses
55wins by fall
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 1953–1972 (18) | 0 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 126 | 71 | 206–150 | 23 |
| Northern Iowa | 1931–1952 (19) | 1 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 86 | 53 | 170–102 | 32 |
- No entrants at Iowa: 1965–1966.
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Dave McCuskey 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: “Dave McCuskey, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_dc6cc1e0f13346a1/dave-mccuskey/