Head coach
Harry Houska
Harry Houska was head coach of Ohio at 28 NCAA championships, 1969–1997. Houska's teams finished in the top ten three times. Houska's wrestlers won one individual title and earned 15 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 1969–1997 (28) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 103 | 57 | 123–153 | 19 |
- No entrants: 1984.
As a wrestler
Harry Houska wrestled for Ohio at three NCAA championships, 1962–1964, and went 10–2. Houska won the title at 191 lb in 1964 and placed second at 177 lb in 1963.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Ohio | 191 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 1963 | Ohio | 177 | 2 | 2nd | 4–1 | 5 bouts |
| 1962 | Ohio | 167 | 4 | Lost quarterfinal | 1–1 | 2 bouts |
Harry Houska's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Harry Houska, National Wrestling Hall of Fame (Biography, first paragraph beginning "Harry Houska came to Ohio University").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Harry Houska 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: “Harry Houska, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_fc258a14dcb448e3/harry-houska/