Bison Athletic Hall of Fame
A National Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee, Maughan led the Bison to four NCAA Division II national championships in 1988, 1998, 2000 and 2001 as well as six national runner-up finishes ... During the Division II era, he coached 21 wrestlers to 30 NCAA Division II national championships and had 19 wrestlers compete in the Division I championships, including six placewinners ... Maughan also led NDSU to 17 North Central Conference titles, including a span of nine straight from 1982-1990, and coached 88 NCC individual champions ... He has also been inducted into the Pennsylvania High School Wrestling, NAIA Wrestling, NCAA Division II Wrestling, Northern Sun Intercollegiate and Minnesota State-Moorhead Dragon Hall of Fames ... He also successfully guided the Bison into the Division I era ... Since 2006, he has coached five Western Wrestling Conference champions and sent five wrestlers to the NCAA Division I championships ... Maughan, the winningest coach in NDSU history, finished his career with a record of 467-157-13 ... He led the Bison to three undefeated seasons in 1984-85, 1991-92 and 2003-04 ... A native of Canonsburg, Pa., Maughan was a Pennsylvania state champion during his high school career ... He was a two-time NAIA national champion at Minnesota State Moorhead in 1962 and 1963, and also claimed the 1963 NCAA Division I championship at 115 pounds ... Bucky and his wife Leota have two sons, Jack and Bret, who were both two-time All-America wrestlers at North Dakota State.
