Head coach
Grady Peninger
Grady Peninger was head coach of Michigan State at 24 NCAA championships, 1963–1986. Peninger's teams won one official NCAA team title and finished in the top four six times. Peninger's wrestlers won 10 individual titles and earned 56 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State | 1963–1986 (24) | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 143 | 77 | 309–205 | 39 |
As a wrestler
Grady Peninger wrestled for Oklahoma State at two NCAA championships, 1949–1950, and went 4–3. Peninger placed second at 121 lb in 1949.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Oklahoma State | 121 | 2 | Lost consolation semifinal | 1–2 | 3 bouts |
| 1949 | Oklahoma State | 121 | 2 | 2nd | 3–1 | 4 bouts |
Grady Peninger's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Grady Peninger, National Wrestling Hall of Fame (Bio, sentences beginning "After a two-year hitch in the Navy, he enrolled at Oklahoma State").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Grady Peninger 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: “Grady Peninger, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_e103a13fa79e4c64/grady-peninger/