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Rometo Macias

  • Class
  • Induction
    1982
  • Sport(s)
    Wrestling, Athletic Coach
Macias inaugurated the MSU wrestling program in 1950 and coached for 38 years until his retirement in 1988. The Davenport, Iowa native led MSU to three national titles (NAIA championships in 1958 and 1959 and a NCAA College Division title in 1965), eight Northern Intercollegiate Conference championships, and one North Central Conference title.

He had 93 of his wrestlers attain all-America status, 19 were national individual champions, 62 captured NIC individual championships and 12 won NCC individual titles. He also served two stints as MSU's golf coach (four NCC team titles and one NIC title, two-time NCC Golf Coach of the Year) and was an assistant coach with the MSU football program.

The 1948 University of Iowa graduate has been inducted into seven Halls of Fame: MSU, NCC, NIC, NAIA, Amateur Wrestling, Minnesota Wrestling Coaches and the NCAA Division II Wrestling Association. Rummy lives in Singer Island with his wife, Ruth, and is still involved with wrestling as he serves as the coach at Cardinal Newman High School.
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