Program · 1979

Nevada-Las Vegas at the 1979 NCAA Championships

Head coachDennis Finfrock1,2,3,4

1979 NCAA Championships · 1979 scoring details · Open in Match Finder

3qualifiers
2wins
4losses
0wins by fall
0champions
0All-Americans
T47team place
2team points

Roster

Nevada-Las Vegas 1979 NCAA championship roster with records and placements
WeightWrestlerW–LFallsFinish
118David Suarez2–20Lost consolation round 4
134Tyrone Rose0–10Lost round of 32
142Larry Buckner0–10Lost opening round

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Head coach sources

  1. Class Notes, UNLV Magazine, Fall2009: Dennis Finfrock original institutional remembrance, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.ActualfullinstitutionFall2009 InMemoriam DennisFinfrock paragraph: first head/came1976/four successfulseasons thenassistantAD; no assertionthatADappointmentendedwrestlingrole
  2. The Official NCAA Wrestling Guide 1979, NCAA.Original NCAA1979 annual actualPDF39/printed38 right column exact Nev.–LasVegas Coach DennisFinfrock cell, governing1978opening separatelyPDF38/37; PDF page 39; printed page 38Original annual opening actualPDF38/printed37 governing1978 table, fullpage visually read; PDF page 38; printed page 37
  3. Official NCAA Wrestling Guide1980: current1980 Boston University preview, NCAA; preserved by National Wrestling Hall of Fame.Actual1980 current preview PDF23/printed22 left column Nevada–LasVegas, current Coach distinguished from prior1979 record; PDF page 23; printed page 22
  4. The Official NCAA Wrestling Guide 1981, NCAA.Actualcurrent1981 preview PDF30/printed29 right column fullNevada–LasVegasparagraph; sixthseason wording retained, not backward count forced; PDF page 30; printed page 29

The head coach for each tournament year comes from the coaching record in this release. Have a better source? Send a correction.

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