Head coach
Pat Santoro
Pat Santoro was head coach of Lehigh (PA) and Maryland at 21 NCAA championships, 2005–2026. Santoro's teams finished in the top ten twice. Santoro's wrestlers won two individual titles and earned 35 All-American places.
By school
| School | NCAA tournaments | Team titles | Top four | Top ten | Champions | All-Americans | Entries | Wrestlers | Record | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh (PA) | 2009–2026 (17) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 126 | 62 | 267–249 | 15 |
| Maryland | 2005–2008 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 20–21 | 5 |
As a wrestler
Pat Santoro wrestled for Pittsburgh (PA) at four NCAA championships, 1986–1989, and went 20–4. Santoro won two titles at 142 lb in 1988 and 1989 and placed sixth at 142 lb in 1986 and second at 142 lb in 1987.
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Pittsburgh (PA) | 142 | 2 | 1st | 6–0 | 6 bouts |
| 1988 | Pittsburgh (PA) | 142 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 1987 | Pittsburgh (PA) | 142 | 3 | 2nd | 4–1 | 5 bouts |
| 1986 | Pittsburgh (PA) | 142 | No seed listed | 6th | 5–3 | 8 bouts |
Pat Santoro's full wrestler record, every bout →
Coach and wrestler matched from Pat Santoro - Men's Wrestling Coach - Lehigh University Athletics, Lehigh University Athletics (coach bio, paragraph beginning "Regarded throughout the community as one of the sport’s top teachers").
How these are counted
- NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Pat Santoro 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 Santoro, head coach”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/coaches/ch_ffdc239aa50a467a/pat-santoro/