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Oregon State University Men's Wrestling
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Oregon State University

Oregon State University Men's Wrestling

NCAA Division 1 Corvallis, OR Public

Academic Snapshot

Acceptance Rate

79%

Avg ACT

25

Enrollment

29,557

Team Information

Sport

Wrestling

Gender

Men's

Division

NCAA Division 1

Location

Corvallis, OR

Coaching Staff (8)

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Chris Pendleton

Head Coach

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Troy Steiner

Associate Head Coach

Steiner was one of Zalesky's assistants from 2006-12 before being promoted to associate head coach entering the 2012-13 season. Steiner had been on Zalesky's coaching staff fortwo seasons at Iowa, and he previously worked at Oregon State as an assistant coach to former head coach Joe Wells during the 1995-96 season. Prior to working with Zalesky at Iowa, Steiner owned and operated the ADVANCE School of Wrestling in Madison, Wis., for four years. He also served as an assistant coach at Wisconsin from 1997-2001 and Minnesota in 1996-97. During his career, Steiner has coached 22 All-Americans, 10 Big Ten champions, six NCAA champions and one junior FILA World Freestyle champion. Steiner was a four-time all-American at Iowa from 1990-93 and a NCAA champion in 1992. He won three Big Ten titles at Iowa, compiling a 148-13 career record at 134 and 142 pounds. He and his twin brother, Terry, were part of three national and four Big Ten championship teams. Steiner shares Iowa's school record for best season winning percentage for the 42-0 record he compiled during his junior season. He also ranks third in career wins (148) and sixth in season wins (42) in the Hawkeyes' illustrious wrestling history. In post-collegiate competition, Steiner was a nine-time U.S. National team member, winning the 1992 World Cup and the 1996 Pan-American Games titles. He placed third at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1992 and 1996, and fifth in 2000. A native of Bismarck, N.D., Steiner was inducted into the North Dakota Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa in 2013.He received his bachelor's degree in Social Work from Iowa in 1993 and his master's degree in Kinesiology with a sports management emphasis from Minnesota in 1998. Steiner and his wife, Shawn, have two children, Spencer and Abbigail.

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Ian Miller

Assistant Coach

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Joey Palmer

Assistant Coach

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Taylor Meeks

Assistant Coach

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Kevin Roberts

Assistant Coach

Roberts has helped guide a program that has won five conference championships. OSU took second in two of those other years. This past season, the Beavers won the Pac-12 championship for the third year in a row and crowned three conference champions. The Beavers advanced eight wrestlers to the NCAA, where they placed 28th. In 2012-13, Oregon State saw it's highest placing finish at NCAA's (eighth) since 1996, while crowning three All-Americans for the second straight season. Roberts also assisted in the development of an additional trio of Pac-12 Champions, including the team's second conference title in as many years. 2011-12 saw Roberts and OSU produce three All-Americans and four conference champions as well as the first everPac-12 team title. In 2010-11, the Beavers advanced six wrestlers to the Pac-10 finals and sent eight to the NCAA Championships, the most in more than a decade. During his tenure, he has helped mentor three All-Americans, seven Pac-10 champions and 13 wrestlers who finished second at the Pac-10 Championships. Roberts has coached multiple Fila Jr. and University National freestyle champions and All-Americans. He helped  coach and train former  Director of Operations Nick Simmons, a 2011 World Freestyle team member World Championships fifth-place finisher in Turkey. At Minnesota, Roberts was a a member of the staff where the program won the Big Ten Conference, the National Duals and finished fifth and second, respectively, at the NCAA Championships At North Idaho from 1998-2000 and also from 2001-04, Roberts helped lead NIC to the 2003 NJCAA National Championships. He was on the staff at Wyoming for the 2000-01 season. As a wrestler at Oregon from 1994-96, Roberts was a two-time All-American at 118 pounds, placing fourth in 1994 and eighth in 1995, and he was a three-time Pacific-10 finalist. As a senior, Roberts was team captain; he earned the school's Pacific-10 Medal for a male athlete for outstanding achievements in scholarship, athletics and citizenship; and he earned the Emerald Trophy as the school's outstanding senior athlete. Roberts was named the Ducks' Most Valuable Wrestler three times. Roberts is originally from Spokane, Wash., where he was a state champion for University High. He received a M.S. in Kinesiology and Health from the University of Wyoming in 2007, and a B.S. in Sociology from the University of Oregon in 1996. Roberts and his wife, Cami, have two sons, Drew and Colton, and two daughters, Libby and Kyla.

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Jim Zalesky

Assistant Coach

Zalesky, who coached Iowa to three NCAA team championships, is the 17th head coach in Oregon State wrestling history. The 2015-16 campaign was his 10th with the Beavers. Zalesky's OSU teams have captured seven Pac-10/12 championships and finished either first or second nine times. He's mentored 10 All-Americans and 23 conference champions. His 122  victories are third-most in school history. Zalesky'-coached OSU teams have captured the last five, and six of the last seven, conference championships. He was rewarded for his success in the Pac-10/12 by being named Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. The Beavers had an excellent season in 2015-16. They finished 11-6 overall; won their fifth consecutive conference championship, and placed 21st at the NCAA Championships. Heavyweight Amarveer Dhesi was a pac-12 champion and an All-American, and Seth Thomas and Joey Palmer earned Pac-12 All-Academic honors. OSU became just the third team in Division I history with 1,000 dual wins when it defeated Southern Oregon on Nov. 13, 2014, in its season-opener. That was also Zalesky's 100th dual win at OSU; he's now 122-47-2 lifetime at OSU and 249-81-2 overall in 19 years as a head coach, the last 10 of which have been spent at OSU. In 2013-14, the Beavers were 12-7 overall and moved to within one win of Zalesky's 100th at OSU, and the program's 1,000th overall. OSU won its third consecutive Pacific-12 Conference championship; three Beavers earned conference titles and eight advanced to NCAAs, where OSU placed 28th. The 2012-13 season picked up where the previous season left off, as OSU continued its improvement on the national stage, finishing eighth at the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, its highest placing in the event since 1996. As a result, for the second straight season Oregon State produced three All-Americans: Taylor Meeks (197 lbs.), who finished fourth, and fifth-place finishers Scott Sakaguchi (149 lbs.) and RJ Pena (157 lbs.). Meeks' finish was the first top-5 performance by an OSU underclassmen at NCAA's since Babak Mohammadi accomplished the feat in 1992. OSU brought seven total wrestlers to Nationals for the third straight season. Zalesky's team defended its Pac-12 title, winning its second straight conference crown and third in the last four seasons. Mike Mangrum (149 lbs.), Meeks and heavyweight Chad Hanke won conference championships. The regular season was equally as successful as Oregon State compiled a 11-4 record and a 5-1 mark in conference competition, highlighted by nine straight dual wins during a five-week stretch in January and February. In 2011-12, the Shueyville, Iowa, native led the Beavers to their third Pac-12 championship with him at the helm and amassed a total of four individual conference champs, the most since 1995. Zalesky brought eight of his wrestlers to the NCAA Championships in St. Louis with the team finishing in 10th place. The Beavers claimed a total of three All-Americans in 2011-12 as Clayton Jack, Scott Sakaguchi and Mike Mangrum earning thoseprestigious honors. Coach Zalesky was also named Pac-12 wrestling coach of the year for his efforts on the sidelines and in the wrestling room. Oregon State had one of its most successful seasons under Zalesky in 2010-11. The Beavers finished 21st at the NCAA Championships, sending eight wrestlers, the most in more than a decade. OSU finished second at the Pac-10 Championships with both Colby Covington (174) and Clayton Jack (heavyweight) winning their respective weight classes. In 2009-10, the Beavers earned their second Pac-10 title under Zalesky in just four seasons. Covington earned the lone Pac-10 title at 174 pounds with five others joining him at the NCAA Championships. During the regular season, Zalesky led Oregon State to a career-best tying 18 dual meet wins, finishing with an 18-3 record and going on a 17-meet winning streak, the longest since 1984. A number of wrestlers broke into various single season and career lists for wins, pins and winning percentage, and Zalesky earned his first Pac-10 Coach of the Year accolade, while redshirt freshman Mike Mangrum was named Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. In the 2008-09 season, the Beavers produced one All-American in 149-pounder Heinrich Barnes. Oregon State sent four to the NCAA Championships with two automatic bids and two at-large after a second place finish at the Pac-10 Championships. The 2007-08 season proved to be a rebuilding year for the Beavers. But under Zalesky's leadership, the team still earned a third place finish at the Pac-10 Championships, sending three individuals to the NCAA Championships. In just his first season at Oregon State during the 2006-07 season, Zalesky coached the Beavers to a first place finish in the Pac-10, the first time since 1994 and to a ranking as high as No. 16 in the nation. He led Ty Watterson to an fourth place All-American finish at the NCAA Championships and led the team to 900 all-time dual meet wins, the third in the nation to do so. Zalesky compiled a 127-34 dual meet record at Iowa, serving as head coach from the 1997-98 season through the 2005-06 season. His teams won NCAA titles in 1998, 1999 and 2000, and the Hawkeyes finished second in 2001 and 2004. Zalesky's teams captured three Big Ten team titles and his wrestlers won 10 NCAA individual titles and 45 All-America honors. While at Iowa, Zalesky was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2004 and the National Wrestling Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 1998 and 1999. Zalesky wrestled for Iowa in the early 1980s and was a four-time All-American and three-time NCAA champion at 158 pounds, ending his Hawkeye career with an 89-match winning streak. He was named Outstanding Wrestler at the 1984 NCAA Championships and Amateur Wrestling News named him the Wrestler of the Decade for the 1980s; he narrowly missed earning a place on the 1988 United States Olympic Team as he placed second in the U.S. Nationals at 163 pounds. Zalesky was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2004, the University of Iowa Letterman's Club Hall of Fame and the Iowa High School Athletic Association Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2002, and the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1994. Zalesky's coaching career also includes three years as an assistant coach at Minnesota and seven seasons as an assistant under legendary Iowa coach Dan Gable, with Zalesky serving as head recruiter. As an assistant at Iowa, Zalesky was named the National Wrestling Coaches Association Assistant Coach of the Year in 1992 and 1997. Zalesky is a 1984 graduate of Iowa. He and his wife, Teri, have four children - Nicolette, Jaclyn, Zackery and Lucas. SEASON OVERALL CONF. CONF. FINISH CONF. CHAMPS NCAA FINISH ALL-AMERICANS 2006-07 17-2-0 7-1-0 First Two 26th One 2007-08 10-8-0 6-3-0 Third Two 46th None 2008-09 10-8-0 5-3-0 Second None 41st One 2009-10 18-3-0 6-2-0 First One 31st None 2010-11 11-5-2 4-3-1 Second Two 21st One 2011-12 10-3-0 6-0-0 First Four 10th Three 2012-13 11-4-0 5-1-0 First Three 8th  Three 2013-14 12-7-0 4-1-0 First Three 28th  None 2014-15 12-1-0 6-0-0 First Five 30th None 2015-16 11-6-0 3-2-0 First One 21st One 10 Years 122-47-2 42-15-1 7 Conf titles 23 Champs 2 Top 10's 10

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Evan Hooper

Coach

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