Head coach
B.R. Patterson
B.R. Patterson was head coach of Illinois, Nebraska and Kansas State at 28 NCAA championships, 1930–1968. Patterson's teams finished in the top ten 10 times. Patterson's wrestlers won four individual titles and earned 26 All-American places.
Team
0team titles
0top-four finishes
10top-ten finishes
Individual
4individual titles
26All-Americans
96tournament entries
73wrestlers
131wins
123losses
26wins by fall
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 1951–1968 (16) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 59 | 41 | 80–74 | 10 |
| Nebraska | 1948–1950 (3) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10–13 | 5 |
| Kansas State | 1930–1947 (9) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 41–36 | 11 |
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which B.R. Patterson 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: “B.R. Patterson, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_e41c2a21a7c54a7b/b-r-patterson/