Head coach
Richard Bonacci
Richard Bonacci was head coach of Cleveland State (OH) at 27 NCAA championships, 1972–1998. Bonacci's wrestlers earned four All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland State (OH) | 1972–1998 (27) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 42 | 69–112 | 8 |
As a wrestler
Dick Bonacci wrestled for Toledo (OH) at three NCAA championships, 1954–1956, and went 2–4. Bonacci lost in consolation round 5 in 1954, in the round of 16 in 1955 and in the quarterfinal in 1956.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Toledo (OH) | 177 | 5 | Lost quarterfinal | 1–1 | 2 bouts |
| 1955 | Toledo (OH) | 167 | No seed listed | Lost round of 16 | 0–1 | 1 bout |
| 1954 | Toledo (OH) | 177 | No seed listed | Lost consolation round 5 | 1–2 | 3 bouts |
Dick Bonacci's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Richard Bonacci, National Wrestling Hall of Fame (Hall of Fame bio paragraph (which opens "Dick Bonacci was one of the founding members of the Cleveland State Athletics family"), sentences beginning "Bonnaci went on to wrestle at the University of Toledo").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Richard Bonacci 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: “Richard Bonacci, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_f02ffdf6eb73426c/richard-bonacci/