Joe Seay, who won two NCAA wrestling team championships as head coach at Oklahoma State, died Thursday. He was 80.
At OSU, Seay guided the Cowboys to a 114-8-2 record in seven seasons from 1985 to 1992 with five straight Big Eight conference championships from 1987 to 1991 and back-to-back NCAA titles in 1989 and 1990. He also coached four national champions: John Smith (1987, ’88 at 134 pounds), Kendall Cross (’89 at 126 pounds), Pat Smith (’90, ’91, ’92 at 158 pounds) and Chris Barnes (’89, ’90 at 177 pounds).
Seay joined the Cowboys after a dozen seasons at Division II Cal State Bakersfield, where he won seven national titles.