The Ohio State Buckeyes wrestling team represents the Ohio State University and competes in the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA Division I level. The Buckeyes host their home meets at the Covelli Center on Ohio State's campus.

The team is coached by two-time NCAA Division I All-American and two-time Big Ten Conference champion for the Iowa Hawkeyes Tom Ryan. In 2015, he led the team to their first NCAA team title, finishing as runner-ups in 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Currently, the Buckeyes have had five consecutive top-three NCAA team finishes (seven overall) and eleven top-eight team finishes in the last twelve NCAA championships.

Championships

Team championships

Year Type Coach National Team Championships 2015 NCAA Division I Tournament Champions Tom Ryan 1 Total Conference Team Championships 1923 Big Ten Tournament Champions Al Haft1951Big Ten Tournament ChampionsCasey Fredericks2015Big Ten Tournament ChampionsTom Ryan2017Big Ten Tournament ChampionsTom Ryan2018Big Ten Tournament ChampionsTom Ryan 5 Total

Individual championships

Individual NCAA Champions Year Name Weight Class1940George DownesHWT1946George BollasHWT1966Dave Reinbolt1671986Jude Skove1581988Mark Coleman1901992Kevin Randleman1771993Kevin Randleman1771993Rex Holman1901998Mitch Clark1772002Tommy RowlandsHWT2004Tommy RowlandsHWT2008J Jaggers1412008Mike Pucillo1842009J Jaggers1412012Logan Stieber1332013Logan Stieber1332014Logan Stieber1412015Logan Stieber1412015Nathan Tomasello1252016Myles Martin1742016Kyle SnyderHWT2017Kyle SnyderHWT2018Kyle SnyderHWT2024 Jesse Mendez1412025 Jesse Mendez141

Big Ten Champions Year Name Weight Class1921Parry Martter1581922Parry Martter1451924Harry SteelHWT1926Perry Snider1251926Dan WhitacreHWT1927Dan WhitacreHWT1935Leonard Fauver1181940Tony Montonaro1451945George BollasHWT1946George BollasHWT1948Warren Jones1451949Bryce Keough1551950William MillerHWT1951Bryce Keough1471951William MillerHWT1960Dave Camaione1231966Dave Reinbolt1671968Roger Young1301972Jim Humphrey1341982Dave Ruckman1671985Don MoxleyHWT1988Mark Coleman1901991Kevin Randleman1671992Kevin Randleman1771992Rex Holman1901993Kevin Randleman1771993Rex Holman1901994Dunyasha Yetts1421997Mitch Clark1771998Mitch Clark177

Big Ten Champions Year Name Weight Class2002Tommy RowlandsHWT2004Tommy RowlandsHWT2008Mike Pucillo1842010Lance Palmer1492012Logan Stieber1332013Hunter Stieber1412013Logan Stieber1332014Nick Heflin1972014Logan Stieber1412015Logan Stieber1412015Nathan Tomasello1252016Nathan Tomasello1252016Kyle SnyderHWT2017Bo Jordan1742017Kollin Moore1972017Kyle SnyderHWT2017Nathan Tomasello1332018Joey McKenna1412018Nathan Tomasello1332018Kollin Moore1972018Kyle SnyderHWT2018Nathan Tomasello1332019Myles Martin1842019Joey McKenna1412020Luke Pletcher1412020Kollin Moore1972021Sammy Sasso1492023Sammy Sasso1492024Jesse Mendez141

Season records National champions Conference champions *

SeasonCoachOverallBig TenStandingNCAAAl Haft (Big Ten Conference) (1920–25)1920–21Al Haft2–10–14th1921–22Al Haft3–30–31922–23*Al Haft8–04–01st*1923–24Al Haft3–32–31924–25Al Haft6–13–1Al Haft: 22–8 9–8Bernard Mooney (Big Ten Conference) (1925–42)1925–26Bernard Mooney6–15–12nd1926–27Bernard Mooney4–23–21927–28Bernard Mooney6–15–13rd1928–29Bernard Mooney3–51–48th1929–30Bernard Mooney6–23–28th1930–31Bernard Mooney3–2–12–21931–32Bernard Mooney3–50–31932–33Bernard Mooney2–31–21933–34Bernard Mooney5–23–27th1934–35Bernard Mooney5–23–23rd14th1935–36Bernard Mooney4–23–26th1936–37Bernard Mooney5–32–36th1937–38Bernard Mooney7–23–27th1938–39Bernard Mooney3–41–36th1939–40Bernard Mooney3–31–1–33rd4th1940–41Bernard Mooney3–51–49th17th1941–42Bernard Mooney3–51–49thBernard Mooney:71–49–138–40–3Anthony Montonaro (Big Ten Conference) (1942–43)1942–43Anthony Montonaro1–60–410thAnthony Montonaro:1–60–4Lawrence Hicks (Big Ten Conference) (1943–44)1943–44Lawrence Hicks5–24–19thLawrence Hicks:5–24–1Bernard Mooney (Big Ten Conference) (1944–47)1944–45Bernard Mooney1–50–44th1945–46Bernard Mooney2–32–34th6th1946–47Bernard Mooney4–33–3–18thBernard Mooney:7–115–10–1Overall:78–60–143–50–4Casey Fredericks (Big Ten Conference) (1947–76)1947–48Casey Fredericks3–3–22–3–26th1948–49Casey Fredericks3–52–54th1949–50Casey Fredericks7–1–15–1–12nd1950–51*Casey Fredericks7–0–16–0–11st*1951–52Casey Fredericks4–44–310th1952–53Casey Fredericks0–60–58th1953–54Casey Fredericks2–60–610th1954–55Casey Fredericks3–62–57th1955–56Casey Fredericks3–52–57th1956–57Casey Fredericks1–50–410th1957–58Casey Fredericks3–2–11–2–18th1958–59Casey Fredericks0–60–59th33rd1959–60Casey Fredericks2–2–21–2–28th37th1960–61Casey Fredericks3–42–410th28th1961–62Casey Fredericks7–1–13–1–110th1962–63Casey Fredericks5–82–77th27th1963–64Casey Fredericks7–22–29th1964–65Casey Fredericks5–8–12–7–18th35th1965–66Casey Fredericks8–2–15–2–15th11th1966–67Casey Fredericks4–63–64th28th1967–68Casey Fredericks5–62–57th52nd1968–69Casey Fredericks6–73–49th42nd1969–70Casey Fredericks7–4–14–3–15th1970–71Casey Fredericks9–3–14–3–110th1971–72Casey Fredericks3–61–37th24th1972–73Casey Fredericks8–42–36th32nd1973–74Casey Fredericks3–111–710th1974–75Casey Fredericks7–53–28th45th1975–76Casey Fredericks11–5–12–48thCasey Fredericks:136–133–1366–109–12Chris Ford (Big Ten Conference) (1976–86)1976–77Chris Ford5–7–12–4–18th20th1977–78Chris Ford7–113–49th61st1978–79Chris Ford9–104–58th55th1979–80Chris Ford9–113–45th33rd1980–81Chris Ford14–37–25th47th1981–82Chris Ford13–8–13–66th29th1982–83Chris Ford17–75–45th13th1983–84Chris Ford13–12–14–56th44th1984–85Chris Ford14–132–77th46th1985–86Chris Ford13–94–67th16thChris Ford:114–91–337–47–1Russ Hellickson (Big Ten Conference) (1986–2006) |- |1986–87 |Russ Hellickson |13–9 |3–6 |8th |62nd |- |1987–88 |Russ Hellickson |16–6 |6–3 |3rd |9th |- |1988–89 |Russ Hellickson |18–10–2 |5–7 |4th |43rd |- |1989–90 |Russ Hellickson |20–5 |5–3 |5th |14th |- |1990–91 |Russ Hellickson |17–4 |6–2 |3rd |4th |- |1991–92 |Russ Hellickson |20–4 |7–0 |3rd |5th |- |1992–93 |Russ Hellickson |17–6 |6–2 |3rd |5th |- |1993–94 |Russ Hellickson |15–11–1 |2–5–1 |8th |24th |- |1994–95 |Russ Hellickson |16–10 |2–6 |8th |24th |- |1995–96 |Russ Hellickson |13–9–1 |2–6–1 |5th |14th |- |1996–97 |Russ Hellickson |10–12 |4–5 |6th |13th |- |1997–98 |Russ Hellickson |10–13–1 |1–8 |10th |23rd |- |1998–99 |Russ Hellickson |10–10–1 |1–6–1 |11th |40th |- |1999–00 |Russ Hellickson |9–9 |2–6 |7th |34th |- |2000–01 |Russ Hellickson |15–6 |5–3 |5th |16th |- |2001–02 |Russ Hellickson |20–4 |5–3 |4th |6th |- |2002–03 |Russ Hellickson |12–6–1 |4–4 |8th |15th |- |2003–04 |Russ Hellickson |8–11 |4–4 |8th |3rd |- |2004–05 |Russ Hellickson |8–11 |1–7 |11th |50th |- |2005–06 |Russ Hellickson |5–13 |0–8 |11th |45th |- | colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |Russ Hellickson: |272–169–7 |71–94–3 | colspan="2" | |- | colspan="6" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" style="text-align: center;" |Tom Ryan (Big Ten Conference)'' (2006–present) |- |2006–07 |Tom Ryan |8–7 |4–4 |9th |10th |- |2007–08 |Tom Ryan |19–4 |6–2 |5th |2nd |- |2008–09 |Tom Ryan |16–2 |7–1 |6th |2nd |- |2009–10 |Tom Ryan |18-2 |7-1 |4th |8th |- |2010–11 |Tom Ryan |2–11 |1–7 |8th |29th |- |2011–12 |Tom Ryan |13–4 |5–3 |5th |5th |- |2012–13 |Tom Ryan |11–4 |5–3 |4th |6th |- |2013–14 |Tom Ryan |13–5 |4–4 |4th |6th |- |bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|2014–15* |Tom Ryan |13–4 |8–1 |bgcolor="#ddffdd"|1st*|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|1st|- |2015–16 |Tom Ryan |11–3 |7–2 |3rd |3rd |- |bgcolor="#ddffdd"|2016–17* |Tom Ryan |11–3 |7–2 |bgcolor="#ddffdd"|1st*|2nd |- |bgcolor="#ddffdd"|2017–18* |Tom Ryan |14–1 |8–1 |bgcolor="#ddffdd"|1st*|2nd |- |2018–19 |Tom Ryan |12–2 |7–2 |2nd |2nd |- |2019–20 |Tom Ryan |10–4 |6–3 |3rd |Canceled |- |2020-21 |Tom Ryan |5-4 |5-4 |9th |9th |- |2021-22 |Tom Ryan |9-3 |5-3 |4th |13th |- |2022-23 |Tom Ryan |13-3 |6-2 |4th |4th |- |2023-24 |Tom Ryan |15-2 |7-1 |5th |8th |- | colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |Tom Ryan:|213-68 |98–53 | colspan="2" | |- | colspan="2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" style="text-align: center;" |Total:'''827–548–24328–364–20

Olympians Ohio State wrestlers in the OlympicsYearNameCountryStyleWeight ClassPlace1924 ParisPerry MartterFreestyle67.5 kg9th1924 ParisHarry SteelFreestyle+87 kgGold1972 MunichWayne HolmesGreco-Roman48 kgDNP1992 BarcelonaMark ColemanFreestyle100 kg7th2016 Rio de JaneiroKyle SnyderFreestyle97 kgGold2020 TokyoKyle SnyderFreestyle97 kgSilver2024 ParisKyle SnyderFreestyle97 kg5th

Notable Ohio State wrestlers

Mark Coleman – member of the UFC Hall of Fame, world silver medalist in freestyle wrestling, NCAA champion Wayne Holmes – Olympian in Greco-Roman wrestling at 1972 Summer Olympics Myles Martin – NCAA champion, two-time finalist, and four-time All-American Perry Martter – Olympian in freestyle wrestling at 1924 Summer Olympics Joseph McKenna – NCAA finalist and two-time All-American Kollin Moore – four-time NCAA All-American Lance Palmer – four-time NCAA All-American Tommy Rowlands – two-time NCAA champion, three-time finalist, and four-time All-American Sammy Sasso – two-time NCAA finalist and four-time All-American Kyle Snyder – Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling at 2016 Summer Olympics and silver medalist in 2020, two-time world champion, three-time NCAA champion, and four-time NCAA finalist Harry Steel – Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling at 1924 Summer Olympics Logan Stieber – 2016 World Champion in freestyle wrestling, four-time NCAA champion Nathan Tomasello – NCAA champion and four-time All-American

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