Tom Ryan

Tom Ryan is an American former NCAA wrestler who is currently the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes wrestling team.

He is a member of the Hofstra University Athletics Hall of Fame.

Coaching career Ryan coached at Hofstra University from 1995 through 2006, winning 1 ECWA team title and 5 CAA titles in his time as head coach at Hofstra where he coached 65 NCAA qualifiers and produced 11 All-America honorees. During his tenure, he has coached 157 NCAA tournament qualifiers and 75 All-Americans. 6 Wrestlers have won NCAA championships under Ryan, for a total of 13 championships. He has been named Big Ten Coach of the Year 3 Times, in 2015, 2017 and 2018. And twice, he was named NCAA Coach of the Year – 2009 and 2015.

NCAA Champions under Tom Ryan

J Jaggers (2x) Myles Martin Jesse Mendez (2x) Kyle Snyder (3×) Logan Stieber (4×) Nathan Tomasello

Personal life

Family Ryan and his wife Lyn have 2 sons—Jordan and Jake—and a daughter—Mackenzie. His son Jake wrestled for Ryan at Ohio State University where he was a 2-time letter winner and qualified for the NCAA Men's Tournament in 2016.

2004 death of son On February 16, 2004, Ryan's five year old son Teague, the second youngest of four children, suffered a heart attack and died.

2024 traffic accident On April 23, 2024, Ryan was driving a car in suburban Columbus, Ohio when it collided with the back of a semi-truck trailer parked on the shoulder. Ryan lost consciousness following the collision and suffered multiple fractures to his femur and patella in his left leg, as well as a torn bicep and rotator cuff. He spent 12 days at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and four months in physical therapy recovering from his injuries.