Earl Fuller

For more than six decades, Earl Fuller has been a member of the Rochester Institute of Technology community and served it well. Fuller coached wrestling for 46 seasons and served as golf mentor for 15 years, including fall and spring. The Waynesburg, PA native has been an inspiration to hundreds of athletes over the past 50 years. Fuller had 201 wins in wrestling and 158 in golf. He guided the RIT linksmen to 23 winning campaigns. He is responsible for seven former wrestlers winning RIT Athlete of the Year recognition and has seen several former grapplers inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame. Fuller has produced 15 RIT Invitational, nine state and 18 ICAC champions. Additionally, six of his grapplers have won the 4-I Tournament and 17 carried off top honors in the Niagara District AAU competition. In 1953-54 he guided the grapplers to a perfect 10-0 record. He is a member of the National Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame and was president-elect to the New York State College Wrestling Coaches Association. In golf, he sent a RIT representative to 10 NCAA Championships. And his teams have responded by always finishing in the top 10. He boasted seven All-American linksmen and four undefeated campaigns.

Awards:

Year
1996
Award
Lifetime Service to Wrestling
Chapter/Region
New York - Upstate

All Coaching Dual Records:

Season
1994
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
9
Wins
0
Losses
9
Ties
0
Win PCT.
0
Season
1993
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
5
Wins
0
Losses
5
Ties
0
Win PCT.
0
Season
1992
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
9
Wins
0
Losses
9
Ties
0
Win PCT.
0
Season
1991
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
13
Wins
3
Losses
10
Ties
0
Win PCT.
23.08
Season
1990
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
13
Wins
2
Losses
10
Ties
1
Win PCT.
15.38
Season
1989
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
9
Wins
2
Losses
7
Ties
0
Win PCT.
22.22
Season
1988
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
9
Wins
3
Losses
6
Ties
0
Win PCT.
33.33
Season
1987
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
10
Wins
0
Losses
10
Ties
0
Win PCT.
0
Season
1986
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
10
Wins
1
Losses
9
Ties
0
Win PCT.
10
Season
1985
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
12
Wins
3
Losses
9
Ties
0
Win PCT.
25
Season
1984
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
11
Wins
1
Losses
10
Ties
0
Win PCT.
9.09
Season
1983
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
12
Wins
1
Losses
11
Ties
0
Win PCT.
8.33
Season
1982
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
11
Wins
2
Losses
9
Ties
0
Win PCT.
18.18
Season
1981
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
12
Wins
5
Losses
7
Ties
0
Win PCT.
41.67
Season
1980
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
14
Wins
9
Losses
5
Ties
0
Win PCT.
64.29
Season
1979
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
12
Wins
3
Losses
9
Ties
0
Win PCT.
25
Season
1978
School
RIT
Division
Division III
Duals
14
Wins
7
Losses
7
Ties
0
Win PCT.
50
Season
1977
School
RIT
Division
Duals
11
Wins
6
Losses
5
Ties
0
Win PCT.
54.55
Season
1976
School
RIT
Division
Duals
14
Wins
6
Losses
8
Ties
0
Win PCT.
42.86
Season
1975
School
RIT
Division
Duals
11
Wins
4
Losses
7
Ties
0
Win PCT.
36.36
Season
1974
School
RIT
Division
Duals
12
Wins
3
Losses
9
Ties
0
Win PCT.
25
Season
1973
School
RIT
Division
Duals
13
Wins
5
Losses
8
Ties
0
Win PCT.
38.46
Season
1972
School
RIT
Division
Duals
15
Wins
7
Losses
8
Ties
0
Win PCT.
46.67
Season
1971
School
RIT
Division
Duals
12
Wins
5
Losses
7
Ties
0
Win PCT.
41.67
Season
1970
School
RIT
Division
Duals
11
Wins
5
Losses
6
Ties
0
Win PCT.
45.45
Season
1969
School
RIT
Division
Division II
Duals
11
Wins
2
Losses
9
Ties
0
Win PCT.
18.18
Season
1968
School
RIT
Division
Division II
Duals
13
Wins
3
Losses
10
Ties
0
Win PCT.
23.08
Season
1967
School
RIT
Division
Division II
Duals
12
Wins
1
Losses
11
Ties
0
Win PCT.
8.33
Season
1966
School
RIT
Division
Division II
Duals
13
Wins
3
Losses
9
Ties
1
Win PCT.
23.08
Season
1965
School
RIT
Division
Division II
Duals
14
Wins
7
Losses
7
Ties
0
Win PCT.
50
Season
1964
School
RIT
Division
Division II
Duals
11
Wins
2
Losses
9
Ties
0
Win PCT.
18.18
Season
1963
School
RIT
Division
Division II
Duals
11
Wins
4
Losses
7
Ties
0
Win PCT.
36.36
Season
1962
School
RIT
Division
Duals
13
Wins
4
Losses
9
Ties
0
Win PCT.
30.77
Season
1961
School
RIT
Division
Duals
10
Wins
5
Losses
4
Ties
1
Win PCT.
50
Season
1960
School
RIT
Division
Duals
11
Wins
10
Losses
1
Ties
0
Win PCT.
90.91
Season
1959
School
RIT
Division
Duals
14
Wins
11
Losses
3
Ties
0
Win PCT.
78.57
Season
1958
School
RIT
Division
Duals
13
Wins
12
Losses
1
Ties
0
Win PCT.
92.31
Season
1957
School
RIT
Division
Duals
12
Wins
3
Losses
8
Ties
1
Win PCT.
25
Season
1956
School
RIT
Division
Duals
12
Wins
8
Losses
3
Ties
1
Win PCT.
66.67
Season
1955
School
RIT
Division
Duals
10
Wins
5
Losses
3
Ties
2
Win PCT.
50
Season
1954
School
RIT
Division
Duals
10
Wins
10
Losses
0
Ties
0
Win PCT.
100
Season
1953
School
RIT
Division
Duals
10
Wins
7
Losses
3
Ties
0
Win PCT.
70
Season
1952
School
RIT
Division
Duals
11
Wins
7
Losses
4
Ties
0
Win PCT.
63.64
Season
1951
School
RIT
Division
Duals
12
Wins
5
Losses
7
Ties
0
Win PCT.
41.67
Season
1950
School
RIT
Division
Duals
11
Wins
6
Losses
5
Ties
0
Win PCT.
54.55
Season
1949
School
RIT
Division
Duals
7
Wins
3
Losses
3
Ties
1
Win PCT.
42.86
Season
Career
Duals
525
Wins
201
Losses
316
Ties
8
Win PCT.
38.29

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