 Dziedzic won three College Division NCAA championships at Slippery Rock in 1970–72, as well as three (PSAC) Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference titles and a University Division title as a junior.The only two losses on his collegiate record were to champions Mike Grant of Oklahoma in the 1970 national semifinals and to Carl Adams of Iowa State University in the 1972 finals.While serving as an assistant coach at Michigan State University, 1972–78, Dziedzic reached the heights in freestyle wrestling, in the 163-pound weight class rated at the time as the toughest in the country and in the world.