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Info & Facts
Location: Fourth floor inside the Hearnes Center
Original Practice/Workout Area: Tiger Style wrestling began their stay at Hearnes Center in 1972. At that time, the team possessed one of the largest mat areas in the nation with one and a half competition circles. Later in the final of 2004, a renovation and extension of the workout area was completed to further enhance practice and training capabilities.
New Practice/Workout Area: Currently includes a 60x104 ft. mat area with three full-sized competition circles, 46 stadium seats and a state-of-the-art cardiovascular workout area. As a whole, Tiger wrestlers now have the ability to practice in one of the largest wrestling facilities in the NCAA.
Post Season Wrestling Events Hosted at the Hearnes Center:
- 1973 Big Eight Championships
- 1991 Big Eight Championships
- 1997 Big 12 Championships
- 2003 Big 12 Championships
- 2007 Big 12 Championships
- 2012 Big 12 Championships
- 2013 NWCA Cliff Keen National Dual Regional
- 2015 MAC Championships
Located on the fourth floor of Hearnes Center, the original wrestling facility was first used in 1972 by then head coach Hap Whitney and his roster of Mizzou wrestlers.
With one-and-a-half competition circles, the facility held one of the largest mat areas in the nation. Three head coaches and 32 years later, the Missouri wrestling team moved into its current home, a state-of-the-art facility, also located on the fourth floor of Hearnes Center.
With the renovated facilities debut in the fall of 2004, the once Mizzou basketball practice gymnasium now is the home of three full-size competition circles (60x104 ft. of mat area), 46 stadium seats and a cardiovascular workout area. Current Tigers wrestling head coach Brian Smith and his team are once again at home in the NCAA's largest facility.
Missouri's old wrestling room which is now a weight room inside Hearnes, combined with a players lounge, three coaches' offices and a video room have given the Tigers a workout area unlike any other in the country.
After several years of hosting duals in the Hearnes Fieldhouse, the Tigers wrestling squad now hosts all events on the main competition floor of Hearnes Center. Over the past 30 plus years, attendance to Missouri's wrestling events has continued to grow, with the largest crowd (4,721) recorded on Feb. 16, 2019, in Missouri's televised dual against Oklahoma State.
Since 1973 the University of Missouri has hosted three Big Eight Championships (1973, 1977 and 1991) and four Big 12 Championships (1997, 2003, 2007, and 2012). After the program's move to the Mid-American Conference, the Tigers hosted the MAC Wrestling Championship in 2015.
