Program · 1972
California-Davis at the 1972 NCAA Championships
Head coachKemper Richard Chafin, acting head coach1,2
1972 NCAA Championships · 1972 scoring details · Open in Match Finder
1qualifier
0wins
1loss
0wins by fall
0champions
0All-Americans
75*team place
0*team points
* Calculated from the bouts; the published standings don’t list California-Davis that year.
Roster
| Weight | Wrestler | W–L | Falls | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | Mike O'Brien | 0–1 | 0 | Lost opening round |
Head coach sources
- Official NCAA Wrestling Guide1973: exact1972 UC Davis coach, NCAA; preserved by National Wrestling Hall of Fame.Exact1972DualMeetRecords heading, UC Davis Kemper Chafin6–4–0 row; full original PDF45/printed43 visually read.; PDF page 45; printed page 43
- Kemper Chafin obituary: full original HTML read through web reader, selected text capture, San Luis Obispo County Tribune; published obituary hosted by Legacy.Actual original HTML opened through web reader: obituary opening explicitly Kemper Richard Chafin and1971one-year UC Davis coaching while regular coach on sabbatical. Publisher line March9–11,2026. Direct urllib403; capture hash identifies selected textual notes/excerpt, NOT raw HTML or entire reader response.
The head coach for each tournament year comes from the coaching record in this release. Have a better source? Send a correction.