Hall of Fame
Vaughan Hitchcock earned seven varsity letters as a Cougar, three in football and four in wrestling. On the gridiron he was a starter at fullback and guard. On the mat, he captured the 191-pound Pacific Coast Conference wrestling title as both a junior and a senior. He was voted Washington State’s Athlete of the Year in 1956. Hitchcock served as head wrestling coach at Cal Poly (1962-85), compiling a 355-112-4 wrestling dual meet record. Under his tutelage, Cal Poly wrestlers won 20 individual national championships and his teams won eight national titles. A two-time national coach of the year, Hitchcock was the team leader and freestyle coach of Team USA at the 1973 World Championships. He was the team leader and Greco-Roman coach of the 1976 U.S. Olympic Team. Hitchcock is a member of the Helms Amateur Wrestling Hall of Fame, the NCAA Division II Wrestling Hall of Fame, the California Wrestling Hall of Fame and the California Chapter of the National Hall of Fame.
