Craig Turnbull
Coach Turnbull has served as the head wrestling coach at West Virginia University for 36 years. He is the winningest coach In West Virginia University history, having built one of the strongest and most dominating wrestling programs in the United States. His teams have compiled an impressive record of 265 dual meet wins, ranking him the 7th winningest active coach In Division I wrestling. He produced 42 Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) champions, 26 All-Americans, 7 NCAA finalists , and 3 wrestlers who won five NCAA Division I titles. Since winning the NCAA Division I Rookie Coach of the Year award, Turnbull's squads have consistently placed in the top 25 nationally. In 1990, Turnbull was selected as the Eastern Wrestling League's Coach of the Year as West Virginia University captured its first Eastern Mat Poll number-one ranking. Turnbull was also selected to coach the National Wrestling Coaches Association's All -Star Classic In 1992. He has been named the EWL's Coach of the Year three times and has won five Eastern Dual Meet Championships from 1990 to 2003. Turnbull is a member of the Wesleyville-Iroquois-Lawrence Park Hall of Fame, the Metro Erie Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame and the Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame. He was a board member of the National Wrestling Coaches Association. Coach Turnbull and his wife, Sue, have two children and reside In Morgantown, West Virginia.
Awards:
Year
2014
|
Award
Lifetime Service to Wrestling
|
Chapter/Region
West Virginia
|
All American Awards:
Season
1973
|
School
Clarion
|
Tournament
Division II
|
Weight
118
|
Place
6
|
All Coaching Dual Records:
Season
2011
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
15
|
Wins
9
|
Losses
6
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
60
|
Season
2010
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
13
|
Wins
3
|
Losses
10
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
23.08
|
Season
2009
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
14
|
Wins
8
|
Losses
4
|
Ties
2
|
Win PCT.
57.14
|
Season
2008
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
13
|
Wins
8
|
Losses
5
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
61.54
|
Season
2007
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
10
|
Wins
5
|
Losses
5
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
50
|
Season
2006
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
12
|
Wins
6
|
Losses
6
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
50
|
Season
2005
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
12
|
Wins
5
|
Losses
6
|
Ties
1
|
Win PCT.
41.67
|
Season
2004
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
14
|
Wins
9
|
Losses
5
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
64.29
|
Season
2003
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
12
|
Wins
9
|
Losses
3
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
75
|
Season
2002
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
14
|
Wins
12
|
Losses
2
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
85.71
|
Season
2001
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
13
|
Wins
4
|
Losses
9
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
30.77
|
Season
2000
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
11
|
Wins
6
|
Losses
4
|
Ties
1
|
Win PCT.
54.55
|
Season
1999
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
11
|
Wins
7
|
Losses
4
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
63.64
|
Season
1998
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
15
|
Wins
11
|
Losses
3
|
Ties
1
|
Win PCT.
73.33
|
Season
1997
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
10
|
Wins
4
|
Losses
6
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
40
|
Season
1996
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
13
|
Wins
7
|
Losses
5
|
Ties
1
|
Win PCT.
53.85
|
Season
1995
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
10
|
Wins
4
|
Losses
6
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
40
|
Season
1994
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
10
|
Wins
6
|
Losses
4
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
60
|
Season
1993
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
12
|
Wins
7
|
Losses
5
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
58.33
|
Season
1992
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
13
|
Wins
7
|
Losses
6
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
53.85
|
Season
1991
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
16
|
Wins
11
|
Losses
5
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
68.75
|
Season
1990
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
15
|
Wins
14
|
Losses
1
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
93.33
|
Season
1989
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
14
|
Wins
7
|
Losses
7
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
50
|
Season
1988
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
17
|
Wins
10
|
Losses
7
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
58.82
|
Season
1987
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
16
|
Wins
10
|
Losses
6
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
62.5
|
Season
1986
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
19
|
Wins
12
|
Losses
7
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
63.16
|
Season
1985
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
16
|
Wins
13
|
Losses
3
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
81.25
|
Season
1984
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
16
|
Wins
8
|
Losses
8
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
50
|
Season
1983
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
15
|
Wins
6
|
Losses
9
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
40
|
Season
1982
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
18
|
Wins
10
|
Losses
8
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
55.56
|
Season
1981
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
22
|
Wins
12
|
Losses
10
|
Ties
0
|
Win PCT.
54.55
|
Season
1980
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
17
|
Wins
6
|
Losses
10
|
Ties
1
|
Win PCT.
35.29
|
Season
1979
|
School
West Virginia
|
Division
Division I
|
Duals
15
|
Wins
9
|
Losses
4
|
Ties
2
|
Win PCT.
60
|
Season
Career
|
Duals
463
|
Wins
265
|
Losses
189
|
Ties
9
|
Win PCT.
57.24
|
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