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East Tennessee State University Coaching Staff

Name:Don Elia
School:East Tennessee State University
Years Coaching: 43
Achievements:
Coaching Summary as a Head Coach
College Divisions: NCAA D III, NAIA, NCAA D II and NCWA D I


Currently #10 on the "All-Time","All Divisions" "most wins list" by a college coach.(493). Currently #3 among all active coaches.

Coached 9 years @ Maryville College 1969 - 1977
31 years @ Carson-Newman College 1979-2009
Third Year in NCWA and as Coach at ETSU

Fifteen Years NAIA
Nine Years NCAA D III
Sixteen Years NCAA D II
Coached 25 National Champions
Coached 83 "All-Americans"
NAIA Hall of Fame March 2, 2000
National Wrestling Hall of Fame,
Stillwater, Oklahoma, October 2007

Coaching Experience:
Coaching Summary "All-Inclusive" assignments



Two years Hackettstown High School; 1964-1965 and 1965-66.
Assistant Coach Maryville College Three years !967 - 1968.
Head Coach Maryville College !969 - 1977.
Coach @ The McCallie School one year 1977 - 1978.
Head Coach Carson-Newman College 1978 - 2009.
Head Coach ETSU 2010 -