page_title: Oklahoma Sooners
section_title: Wrestling
hierarchical_section_title: Oklahoma Sooners / Sports sponsored / Wrestling
caption_attribution_description: Several University of Oklahoma athletic facilities, including the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, McCasland Field House, and Jacobs Track and Field Facility, seen from the roof of Sarkey's Energy Center
context_page_description: The Oklahoma Sooners are the athletic teams that represent the University of Oklahoma, located in Norman. The 19 men's and women's varsity teams are called the "Sooners", a reference to a nickname given to the early participants in the Land Run of 1889, which initially opened the Unassigned Lands in the future state of Oklahoma to non-native settlement. The university's athletic teams compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I in the Big 12 Conference. The university's current athletic director is Joe Castiglione.
  In 2002, the University of Oklahoma was ranked as the third best college sports program in America by Sports Illustrated.
context_section_description: The Sooner wrestling program was established in 1920 and is the fourth most decorated in college wrestling having won 7 national championships in 1936, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1960, 1963 and 1974. The Sooners are considered a power in their own right and Bedlam matches draw a home enormous crowd, with the Howard McCasland Field House being the home for Sooner Wrestling. There are numerous All-Americans and National Champions. Mark Cody coached the program for five years before his resignation in 2016. During his time, Cody coached the Sooners to 10th in 2014. Under Cody, the Sooners had ten All-Americans and two national champions (Kendric Maple and Cody Brewer). His replacement was Lou Rosselli, a former assistant at Ohio State.
  Their greatest wrestlers are 3-time NCAA Champion and NCAA Outstanding Wrestler Mickey Martin; 2-time NCAA Champion and 2-time NCAA Outstanding Wrestler Tommy Evans; 3-time NCAA Champion and 2-time Outstanding Wrestler Dan Hodge (Hodge was never taken down and pinned his way through the NCAA's his Senior year); NCAA, World and Olympic Champion Wayne Wells; 3-time NCAA Champion, NCAA Outstanding Wrestler, 2-time World Champion and Olympic Champion Mark Schultz; NCAA Champion, World Champion, Olympic Champion Dave Schultz; and 2-time NCAA Champion, World Champion, and 8 time U.S. National Champion Melvin Douglas.
  Oklahoma Sooner Wrestling team accomplishments: 
  23 Conference Titles (1930–2002)
  263 All-Americans
  65 individual NCAA Champions
  7 NCAA Championships: 1936, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1960, 1963 and 1974.
caption: Several of the main athletic facilities at the Norman campus
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