Wrestling team has produced 9 individual NCAA DI Champions beginning in 1980. Stephen Neal (156, 1996-99) is the all-time winningest wrestler at CSU Bakersfield, with a record of 156-10 (the most wins of any CSUB wrestler), the most pins with 71 total, only 1 of 5 Roadrunner Wrestlers to be a 4-time All-American, as well as being a 2-time Division-I Champion in 1998 & 1999. CSUB alum Mike Mendoza served as the head coach until 2016. Current head coach Manny Rivera began his first year in the 2016–17 season. He is a former All-American at the University of Minnesota and was a member of their National Championship team. The wrestling team practices on campus in the John B. Antonino Sports Center (specifically for wrestling) and competes at the Icardo Center also on campus. For the past two years they have also held an annual match on the Main Soccer Field dubbing it the "Feud on the Field". Former Roadrunner wrestler and former UFC Champion Tito Ortiz set multiple UFC Light Heavyweight records. The Cal State Bakersfield men's wrestling team appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament thirty times, with their highest finish being 3rd place in the 1995–96 school year. Prior to Division I, the Roadrunners wrestling team won eight Division II titles, including five consecutive from 1979 to 1983. Championships Appearances The CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners competed in the NCAA Tournament across 7 active sports (5 men's and 2 women's) 38 times at the Division I level. Baseball (1): 2015 Men's basketball (1): 2016 Men's soccer (1): 2011 Softball (1): 2016 Men's swimming and diving (1): 2014 Women's volleyball (2): 2014, 2017 Wrestling (31): 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Team CSU Bakersfield has never won a national championship at the NCAA Division I level. CSUB won 30 national championships and received the Sears Directors Cup in 1998 at the NCAA Division II level. Men's basketball: 1993, 1994, 1997 Men's swimming and diving: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 Wrestling: 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987 Men's soccer: 1997 Softball: 1988, 1989, 1990 Women's volleyball: 1989 Women's tennis: 1977 (AIAW) Individual CSU Bakersfield had 9 Roadrunners win NCAA individual championships at the Division I level. At