Inducted into the College Dual Meet Hall of Fame in 2012 as a coach.

Head coach at Washington State University from 1974 to 1994

Record

202 wins, 15 losses (.931 winning percentage)
6 national dual-meet championships

Year	Win-loss	National Dual-Meet Ranking
1974	8 - 1	9
1975	7 - 3	–
1976	7 - 1	8
1977	8 - 1	8
1978	11 - 0	2
1979	10 - 1	7
1980	9 - 2	10
1981	11 - 0	1
1982	11 - 0	2
1983	14 - 0	1
1984	12 - 0	1
1985	8 - 0	1
1986	10 - 1	5
1987	10 - 1	–
1988	7 - 1	6
1989	8 - 1	8
1990	9 - 1	7
1991	10 - 0	1
1992	11 - 0	1
1993	8 - 1	–
1994	13 - 0	17

Links

My blog post on Chaplin’s induction
Washington State University Athletic Hall of Fame
USTFCCCA Hall of Fame
Paul Merca: Retrospective on the WSU-UW duals and Chaplin
Eugene Register-Guard, April 11, 1986: Can a big dual be a big deal?