Illini Legends, Lists and Lore: Coaching success in wrestling

Former Illinois wrestling coach Mark Johnson, left, seen here being awarded a plaque for his 200th win in 2009, amassed 203 dual victories with the Illini.Seventeen years ago today — Jan. 28, 2001 — Mark Johnson became the winningest Illinois wrestling coach ever, defeating 17th-ranked Penn State, 32-3. It was his 101st dual meet coaching victory at Illinois in nine years, one win more than B.R. "Pat" Patterson compiled during his 18 seasons with the Illini. Johnson won nearly 70 percent of Illinois' Big Ten duals and finished among the conference tournament's top four placers 11 times.

Here is how each of Illinois' 14 head wrestling coaches have fared:

— R.N. Fargo (1911): The university's…