Wrestling
- Positon:
- Head Coach
- Alma Mater:
- Iowa, 1993
- Email:
- ryan.998@osu.edu
- Phone:
- 614-292-4184
Career Coaching Dual Record: 335-153-2 (.686)
Ohio State Coaching Dual Record: 226-71 (.761)
Entered Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame: 2023
Big Ten Dual Record: 114-49 (.699)
Hofstra Coaching Dual Record: 109-82-2 (.570)
Entered Hofstra Athletics Hall of Fame: 2023
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• Led the Ohio State wrestling program to unprecedented heights, capturing the 2015 NCAA National Championship (110.0 points)
• Added 23.5 points to that team total (133.5) to place second at the 2018 NCAA Championships
• NCAA team runner-ups in 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018 and 2019
• Seven top-3 NCAA Championships team finishes and five consecutive (2015-19)
• Top-8 team finishes in 14 of the last 15 NCAAs
• Has led 157 Buckeyes into NCAA Tournaments as qualifiers at Ohio State
• A total of 18 NCAA qualifiers and 14 All-Americans at 141 with six NCAA Champions (Jaggers-2, Stieber-2, Mendez-2)
• At least 10 athletes at all 10 weight classes have qualified for the NCAA Tournament in Ohio State tenure
• Eight or more Buckeyes have qualified for the NCAA Championships 15 times, include 10 in 2015/1st, 2018/2nd, 2019/2nd, 2025/5th(t)
• Six freshmen qualified for the 2024 NCAA championships
• Three-time Intermat National Coach of the Year (2008, 2009, 2015)
• Two-time NCAA Head Coach of the Year (2009, 2015)
• Three-time Big Ten Coach of the Year (2015, 2017, 2018) after capturing three B1G titles in four-year stretch (2015, 2017, 2018)
• Coached seven different Buckeyes to 14 individual national titles, including four-time champion Logan Stieber and Olympic gold medalist Kyle Snyder (three-time NCAA champ)
• Has guided Buckeyes to national championships in six weight classes (125-1, 133-2, 141-6, 174-1, 184-1, HWT-3)
• Added Jesse Mendez to list of NCAA Champions at 141 in 2024 and then again in 2025
• Mentored 16 Buckeyes to a total of 27 NCAA Finals appearances
• A Buckeye has been crowned Big Ten champion 24 times during the Ryan Era, a number accumulated by 13 different athletes, most recently in 2024 when Jesse Mendez won the title at 141
• Has mentored 75 All-Americans in 19 seasons leading the Buckeye program
• Tutored six Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year winners, including five years straight (2014-18)
• Recruited a pair of Big Ten Freshman of the Year honorees
• Thirty-eight NWCA Scholar/Academic All-America recognitions by 18 different recipients
• Ohio State led the country with seven NWCA Scholar/Academic All-Americans in back-to-back seasons (2018 and 2019)
• Head coach at Hofstra University from 1995-2006
• Earned seven conference coach of the year awards as the Pride head coach
• Two-time New York State Coach of the Year
• Led Hofstra to six-consecutive conference crowns and a 47-match league unbeaten streak (46-0-1) in dual action during the 2001-06 seasons
• Served as an assistant coach at Indiana University (1992-94)
• Earned bachelor’s degree in education from Iowa in 1993
• He and his wife, Lynette, have four children; Jordan, Jake, Teague and Mackenzie
TOM RYAN YEAR-BY-YEAR
| Season | School | NCAA Championships | Conference Championships | Dual Record (Conference) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Ohio State | 5th(t) | 6th | 13-3 (5-3) |
| 2023-24 | Ohio State | 8th | 5th | 15-2 (7-1) |
| 2022-23 | Ohio State | 4th | 4th | 13-3 (6-2) |
| 2021-22 | Ohio State | 13th | 4th | 9-3 (5-3) |
| 2020-21 | Ohio State | 9th | 7th | 5-4 (5-4) |
| 2019-20 | Ohio State | N/A | 3rd | 10-4 (6-3) |
| 2018-19 | Ohio State | 2nd | 2nd | 12-2 (7-2) |
| 2017-18 | Ohio State | 2nd | Champion (B1G) | 14-1 (8-1) |
| 2016-17 | Ohio State | 2nd | Champion (B1G) | 11-3 (7-2) |
| 2015-16 | Ohio State | 3rd | 3rd | 11-3 (7-2) |
| 2014-15 | Ohio State | Champion | Champion (B1G) | 13-4 (8-1) |
| 2013-14 | Ohio State | 6th | 4th | 13-5 (4-4) |
| 2012-13 | Ohio State | 6th | 4th | 11-4 (5-3) |
| 2011-12 | Ohio State | 5th | 5th | 13-4 (5-3) |
| 2010-11 | Ohio State | 29th | 8th | 2-11 (1-7) |
| 2009-10 | Ohio State | 8th | 4th | 18-2 (7-1) |
| 2008-09 | Ohio State | 2nd | 6th | 16-2 (7-1) |
| 2007-08 | Ohio State | 2nd | 5th | 19-4 (6-2) |
| 2006-07 | Ohio State | 10th | 9th | 8-7 (4-4) |
| 2005-06 | Hofstra | 11th | Champion (CAA) | 11-8-1 (6-0) |
| 2004-05 | Hofstra | 17th | Champion (CAA) | 13-5 (6-0) |
| 2003-04 | Hofstra | 20th | Champion (CAA) | 15-5 (8-0) |
| 2002-03 | Hofstra | 21st | Champion (CAA) | 13-7 (7-0) |
| 2001-02 | Hofstra | 38th | Champion (CAA) | 12-6 (6-0) |
| 2000-01 | Hofstra | 22nd | Champion (ECWA) | 8-7 (6-0) |
| 1999-00 | Hofstra | 21st | 2nd | 8-8-1 (6-0-1) |
| 1998-99 | Hofstra | 26th | 2nd | 11-5 (5-1) |
| 1997-98 | Hofstra | 43rd | 2nd | 11-6 (7-1) |
| 1996-97 | Hofstra | 54th | 7th | 4-13 (1-7) |
| 1995-96 | Hofstra | -- | 9th | 3-12 (3-5) |
| TOTAL | 335-153-2 |
