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Rob Koll<br />
The David R. Dunlop ‘59 Head Coach<br />
• Rob Koll, the David R. Dunlop ’59 Head Coach of<br />
Wrestling, is in his 23rd season as the mentor of the<br />
Cornell wrestling program.<br />
• Under Koll’s direction, the Big Red has captured 17 Ivy<br />
League titles, crowned 12 <strong>NCAA</strong> champions and achieved<br />
56 All-Americans and 55 individual EIWA champs.<br />
• He is the school’s career leader in wins, posting a<br />
267-87-5 (.751) career record.<br />
• Over the past 10 years, Cornell has shown without question that it is one of the nation’s<br />
elite squads with 45 All-Americans, 10 national champions, eight top five team finishes<br />
at the <strong>NCAA</strong>s and 10 straight EIWA titles.<br />
• In addition, the Big Red has won 14 consecutive Ivy crowns and 73 straight Ivy matches.<br />
THE KOLL FILE<br />
PERSONAL<br />
Family: wife Rachel, sons William and Daniel.<br />
EDUCATION<br />
North Carolina University - Chapel Hill, 1989 (B.A. in Communication)<br />
<strong>WRESTLING</strong> EXPERIENCE<br />
University of North Carolina<br />
• 1988 <strong>NCAA</strong> champion at 158 pounds.<br />
• Four-time <strong>NCAA</strong> All-American, posted 150-20-1 career record.<br />
• Three-time ACC champion.<br />
• Twice selected to compete in the NWCA All-Star Classic.<br />
Post Collegiate<br />
• Alternate for 1992 U.S. OIympic team.<br />
• Won his weight class at the 1990 and 1993 World Cups.<br />
• A 1992 World Cup Grand Prix champion.<br />
• Placed fifth at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo.<br />
• Pan-Am Games champ in 1989.<br />
• National Freestyle champion in 1990 and 1991.<br />
• Runner-up at the 1989 Olympic Festival in Oklahoma City, Okla.<br />
Cornell University<br />
• Assistant coach under Jack Spates for four seasons, helping Big Red to four Ivy and two EIWA titles.<br />
• Helped develop 18 <strong>NCAA</strong> qualifiers in his four seasons as an assistant.<br />
COACHING EXPERIENCE<br />
EIWA<br />
<strong>NCAA</strong><br />
Year School Position Record Ivy Record (Finish) Finish Finish<br />
1993-94 Cornell Head Coach 14-6 4-1 (2nd) 4th t-17th<br />
1994-95 Cornell Head Coach 15-5 5-0 (1st) 4th t-56th<br />
1995-96 Cornell Head Coach 14-3 4-1 (2nd) 3rd t-42nd<br />
1996-97 Cornell Head Coach 11-5 3-2 (3rd) 4th t-41st<br />
1997-98 Cornell Head Coach 11-5-2 4-1 (2nd) 3rd t-67th<br />
1998-99 Cornell Head Coach 16-2-1 4-0-1 (t-1st) 2nd t-33rd<br />
1999-00 Cornell Head Coach 11-4 4-1 (2nd) 3rd t-34th<br />
2000-01 Cornell Head Coach 8-4-1 4-1 (t-1st) 4th t-28th<br />
2001-02 Cornell Head Coach 8-4 4-1 (2nd) 3rd t-18th<br />
2002-03 Cornell Head Coach 13-5 5-0 (1st) 2nd 10th<br />
2003-04 Cornell Head Coach 11-6 5-0 (1st) 3rd 11th<br />
2004-05 Cornell Head Coach 12-4 5-0 (1st) 2nd 4th<br />
2005-06 Cornell Head Coach 10-4 5-0 (1st) 2nd 5th<br />
2006-07 Cornell Head Coach 9-5 5-0 (1st) 1st 12th<br />
2007-08 Cornell Head Coach 9-5 5-0 (1st) 1st 9th<br />
2008-09 Cornell Head Coach 12-2 5-0 (1st) 1st 6th<br />
2009-10 Cornell Head Coach 9-4-1 5-0 (1st) 1st 2nd<br />
2010-11 Cornell Head Coach 13-1 5-0 (1st) 1st 2nd<br />
2011-12 Cornell Head Coach 11-1 5-0 (1st) 1st 4th<br />
2012-13 Cornell Head Coach 14-4 5-0 (1st) 1st 5th<br />
2013-14 Cornell Head Coach 13-1-0 5-0 (1st) 1st 7th<br />
2014-15 Cornell Head Coach 17-2-0 5-0 (1st) 1st 5th<br />
2015-16 Cornell Head Coach 6-5-0 5-0 (1st) 1st<br />
Totals as head coach 23rd season at COR 267-87-5 106-8-1<br />
THE STREAKS:<br />
• Cornell has won 10 consecutive EIWA<br />
team titles, the longest streak in conference<br />
history.<br />
• The Big Red has crowned at least one EIWA<br />
champion in each of the last 15 seasons and<br />
in 25 of the last 26 years.<br />
• The Big Red is 50-1 (.980) in its last 51<br />
duals against current EIWA competitors<br />
dating back to 2010-11.<br />
• Cornell is 89-4-1 (.952) in dual meet action<br />
against current EIWA teams dating back to<br />
2004-05, including 81-0 against teams other<br />
than Lehigh.<br />
• Head coach Rob Koll’s teams have racked<br />
up 14 Ivy League titles in a row, the longest<br />
title streak in any sport in conference<br />
history.<br />
• Cornell has won 73 consecutive Ivy League<br />
dual meets dating back to the 2001-02<br />
campaign.<br />
• Cornell has placed in the top five at the<br />
<strong>NCAA</strong> championships in six of the last seven<br />
seasons and in the top 10 in 11 of the last 13 years (eight straight).<br />
• Cornell is 94-20-1 (.822) in dual meet competition in the last seven seasons.<br />
CONSECUTIVE EIWA TITLES:<br />
School (Years)........................ Consec. Titles<br />
Cornell (2007-pr).............................................. 10<br />
Cornell (1912-17)............................................... 6<br />
Lehigh (2002-06)..........................................................5<br />
Lehigh (1931-35)..........................................................5<br />
Yale (1905-09)..............................................................5<br />
Penn (1996-99)............................................................4<br />
Navy (1943-46).............................................................4<br />
Penn State (1918-21)....................................................4<br />
LONGEST ACTIVE CONFERENCE TITLE STREAKS:<br />
Conference... School (Years).......... Consec. Titles<br />
Ivy...................Cornell (2003-pr)................................14<br />
EIWA................Cornell (2007-pr)................................10<br />
Pac-12.............Oregon State (2012-pr)........................5<br />
Big 12..............Oklahoma State (2013-pr)....................4<br />
MAC.................Missouri (2013-pr)................................4<br />
ACC..................NC State (2016-pr)................................1<br />
Big Ten.............Penn State (2016-pr)............................1<br />
EWL.................Rider (2016-pr)....................................1<br />
Southern..........Appalachin State (2016-pr)..................1<br />
• The Big Red is 37-5 (.881) in its last 42 home duals dating back to the 2009-10 season.<br />
• Big Red wrestling has won 68 consecutive dual meets against unranked teams dating back to the<br />
beginning of the 2007-08 season.<br />
• Cornell has won 28 straight meets against New York state opponents.<br />
• The Big Red has won four consecutive New York State team titles.<br />
• Dylan Palacio (157) and Brian Realbuto (174) also won EIWA titles, while Joey Galasso (149) and Duke<br />
Pickett (165) advanced to the finals.<br />
ALL-IVY LEAGUE AWARDS:<br />
• Senior Nahshon Garrett earned his second Ivy League Wrestler of the Year award and freshman Joey<br />
Galasso became the third Cornellian in the last four years to capture Ivy League Rookie of the Year when<br />
the Ancient Eight announced its all-league teams.<br />
• In addition, Rob Koll captured Ivy League Coach of the Year honors for the second straight year, sharing<br />
the honor with Princeton’s Chris Ayres.<br />
• Garrett (133) and Galasso (149), both unanimous first-team picks, were joined on every ballot by firstteamers<br />
Gabe Dean (184), Brian Realbuto (174) and Dalton Macri (125).<br />
• Senior Duke Pickett (165) captured second-team accolades and sophomore Dylan Realbuto (141) and<br />
freshman Jeramy Sweany (285) took spots on the honorable mention squad.<br />
NOTES TO KNOW:<br />
• Senior Nahshon Garrett, a three-time All-American, sports a 33-match win streak and is unbeaten<br />
(32-0) this season.<br />
• Garrett ranks third all-time at Cornell with 144 wins and could move into second behind Mack Lewnes’<br />
record of 150 with a march through the <strong>NCAA</strong>s.<br />
• Garrett has 90 career bonus wins, good for third on the school’s all-time charts and needs one to match<br />
Mack Lewnes ‘12 for second.<br />
• Junior Gabe Dean became the 23rd Cornellian with 100 career wins and now ranks 17th (112).<br />
• Dean joined the school’s top 10 for career falls with his pin against Harvard and now has 29 in his first<br />
three seasons.<br />
• Dean also ranks third all-time at Cornell in individual winning percentage (112-6, .949), behind only<br />
Dave Auble (.981, 51-1) and Dake (.972, 137-4).<br />
• Both junior Brian Realbuto (92-14) and senior Duke Pickett (90-42) both reached 90 career wins at the<br />
EIWAs, becoming the 28th and 29th players in Cornell history to reach that mark.<br />
• Since the Friedman Wrestling Center opened in January of 2003, the Big Red is 66-13-1 (.831).<br />
• The Big Red finished the 2014-15 dual meet season with a 17-2 record, the third-highest total in school<br />
history. Cornell won a record 21 matches during the 1991-92 campaign.<br />
• Head coach Rob Koll became the ninth Big Red coach in any sport to reach 250 career victories with a<br />
sweep at the Grapple at the Garden last season. He now sports a 267-87-5 record in dual meets.<br />
• The Big Red has won 14 consecutive Ivy crowns and 73 straight Ivy matches.<br />
• Cornell’s 14 straight Ivy League titles build on the Big Red’s record of consecutive Ivy titles by the same<br />
Cornell Big Red at 2016 <strong>NCAA</strong> Championship • Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.)<br />
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