Bormet to be Inducted into Illinois Chapter of the National Wrestling HOF
8/29/2023 2:16:00 PM | Wrestling
STILLWATER, Okla. -- University of Michigan wrestling head coach Sean Bormet has been named to the 2023 induction class of the Illinois Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame (NWHOF), the organization announced Sunday (Aug. 27).
Bormet, who was previously inducted into the Illinois Wrestling Coaches & Officials Association (IWCOA) Hall of Fame in 2008, will be inducted for his 28-year lifetime service to wrestling as a wrestler, coach and successful club owner. The NWHOF Illinois Chapter Honors Banquet is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 22, in Alsip, Ill. For ticket information, visit the NWHOF website.
Named both the Big Ten and NWCA National Coach of the Year in 2022, Bormet has guided the Wolverines to a 48-13 dual-meet record over his five seasons at the helm of the Michigan program, captured the 2022 Big Ten championship and boasted three top-five finishes at the NCAA Championships (2019, '21, '22).
U-M has claimed two NCAA championships in Nick Suriano (125 pounds, 2022) and Mason Parris (Hwt, 2023) and 16 NCAA All-Americans -- plus four NWCA All-Americans during the COVID-canceled 2019-20 season. Parris was also named the 2023 Hodge Trophy winner as the nation's top college wrestler.
He led Michigan to one of the most successful seasons in the 100-year history of the program in 2021-22 when the Wolverines posted a 12-1 dual-meet record and the program's first Big Ten championship since 1973 before claiming runner-up honors at the NCAA Championships.
Since returning to his alma mater in 2011 -- he served seven seasons as Joe McFarland's top assistant coach -- Bormet has helped mentor 21 different Wolverine All-Americans to 36 All-America total citations. Michigan has earned top-10 team finishes at each of the last seven NCAA Championships, including four straight top-five finishes (2018-22).
Bormet is a three-time winner of the Terry McCann Award as the USA Wrestling Freestyle Coach of the Year (2006, '08, '10) and serves on USA Wrestling's Executive Coaches Council. He was also named the 2004 USA Wrestling Developmental Coach of the Year for his coaching achievements with age-group wrestlers and programs while the owner and founder of the Overtime School of Wrestling in Naperville, Ill. From 2001-11, he molded Overtime into the nation's premiere wrestling club, producing numerous champions and All-Americans at all age levels.
As a Wolverine student-athlete (1991-94), Bormet was a two-time NCAA All-American at 158 pounds, placing second as a senior (1994) and third as a junior (1993) and a two-time Big Ten champion (1993, '94). Bormet posted a 125-21 career record, including a 33-2 mark as a senior, and ranks 13th among Michigan's all-time winningest wrestlers. He accumulated 44 career falls to list fifth on the program's all-time pins list. A two-time team captain, Bormet was twice named the Wolverines' Cliff Keen Award winner as the team's most outstanding wrestler.
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