Head coach
Pat Popolizio
Pat Popolizio was head coach of North Carolina State and Binghamton (NY) at 19 NCAA championships, 2007–2026. Popolizio's teams finished in the top four once. Popolizio's wrestlers won five individual titles and earned 34 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina State | 2013–2026 (13) | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 102 | 43 | 233–189 | 15 |
| Binghamton (NY) | 2007–2012 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 34–40 | 7 |
As a wrestler
Pat Popolizio wrestled for Oklahoma State at three NCAA championships, 1997–2002, and went 5–6. Popolizio lost in consolation round 1 in 1997, in consolation round 2 in 1998 and in consolation round 4 in 2002.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Oklahoma State | 184 | 9 | Lost consolation round 4 | 3–2 | 5 bouts |
| 1998 | Oklahoma State | 190 | No seed listed | Lost consolation round 2 | 1–2 | 3 bouts |
| 1997 | Oklahoma State | 190 | No seed listed | Lost consolation round 1 | 1–2 | 3 bouts |
Pat Popolizio's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Popolizio named head coach at NC State - ACC - InterMat, InterMat (NC State Sports Information release) (NC State head-coach hiring release, 'Wrestling Career' section, the sentence beginning "Popolizio was a decorated wrestler" and the first five bullets under it, through "Big 12 runner-up in 1998 and 2002"; the headline and opening paragraph name him NC State's new head wrestling coach (Binghamton before).).
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Pat Popolizio 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: “Pat Popolizio, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_fb221b0a7efd498c/pat-popolizio/