Wrestling Titles

Texas State Wrestling Tournament 1974

From 1973 to 1984 Richland was the only two-year program in Texas. Despite that we had tremendous success.

  • 7 State Team Championships
  • 2 State Team Runners-Up
  • 27 Individual State Champions
  • 47 Individual Place Finishers
  • 4 Individual National Champions
    • 3-time champ Rudy Perez
    • Brian Nelson (Carson Newman) NAIA
  • 1 Individual World Champion Rudy Perez
  • 1 Individual Olympian Evan Bernstein
1975: Junior World Greco-Roman Staff
Junior World Championships, Minneapolis, MN
One week training camp in Minneapolis, MN
One week training camp in Warsaw, Poland
Eleven day training camp & World Tournament in Hoskova, Bulgaria

1976: Junior World Freestyle Staff
Junior World Trials
Training camp in Brockport, NY
Pre-departure camp, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
One and a half week tour in Turkey

1977: Texas High School Exchange to Iran
(Team Leader) Two week tour of Iran

1978: Elite Greco-Roman Staff
Two week training camp, Squaw Valley, California
One week at the National Sports Festival in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Elite World Championships, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Gold Medal Winner)

1979: Elite Greco-Roman Staff
Two week training camp, Squaw Valley, California
One week at the National Sports Festival in Colorado Springs, Colorado (Gold Medal Winner)

1980: Elite Greco-Roman Staff
Two week training camp, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Elite World Championships, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Silver Medal Winner)

1981: Elite Greco-Roman Staff
One week at National Sports Festival, Syracuse, New York
Two weeks training camps, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Elite World Championships, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Gold Medal Winner)

1982: Attendance at the National Greco-Roman Championships, Cincinnati, Ohio

Appointments:

1984: NJCAA Greco-Roman Coach to Junior Pan Am Games in Quito, Ecuador1972-1983: Traveled to numerous Elite, Junior World, and Open tournaments/trials
(Montana, Colorado, Tennessee, New York, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Minnesota, California, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Kansas)
Hosted several exchange teams in Dallas (Mexico, Japan, New Zealand)
Hosted USA Pan Am team en route to Mexico for week-long workouts

1986: Elected to Texas Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame