Year Inducted: 2002
Nominated By: Christopher James (asst. coach)
Sports Competed In: Wrestling
Athlete, Coach or Contributor: Coach
High School:
Attended Pueblo Centennial H.S., graduating in 1975…Participated in football and wrestling for the Bulldogs and was the Senior Class President.
College:
University of Southern Colorado in Pueblo, CO. and Lesley College Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Coaching Career:
Spent his entire coaching career at Pueblo South High School.
● Wrestling: 1987-2017 (37 years total and 30 years as Head Coach)
Achievements:
● Wrestling Record Career: 184-82-2 Win Percent .694%
● Individual State Champions Career: (18).
● State Runner ups Career: (19).
● State Placers Career: (102).
● State Qualifiers Career: (207).
● Won eight (8) Regional Titles: 1990, 97, 99, 2003, 05, 09, 12, 14.
● Three (3) Colorado State Wrestling Championships 4A: 1996-97, 2003-04, 2004-05 (**First Pueblo Team to win Back-to-Back State Wrestling titles in Pueblo).
● Three (3) Colorado State Wrestling Runner-ups: 1998-99 (5A), 2005-06 (4A), 2011-12 (4A).
● Team finished in top 10 at State Tournament fifteen (15) times.
● Wrestlers who wrestled in Division I: Robert Odell- Cal State Bakersfield; Matt Garcia- Air Force Prep/Arizona State; EK Waldhaus-Wyoming/Oklahoma; JR Roman- Oklahoma; John Grando- Columbia University; Mark Beaudry- Michigan University; Division II *Timothy Urenda- CSU-P (All graduated from their respective schools).
● Coached the Colorado Freestyle/Greco National Team (1995, 1996).
● Voted five (5) Times Colorado High School Coaches Ass. “Coach of the Year” (1997, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2015).
● Selected three (3) times to coach Colorado All-State Team (1997, 2004, 2012).
● Honored in 2006 in Branson, Missouri as a finalist by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association (NHSACA).
● Colorado Wrestling Hall of Fame “Coach of the Year” All Classifications (2004).
● Inducted into the Greater Pueblo Sports Association (2002).
● Inducted into the “National Wrestling Hall of Fame” Stillwater, Oklahoma in 2015 (Colorado Chapter).
● Inducted into the Pueblo South High School Hall of Fame (2017).
● Inducted into the Pueblo Centennial High School Hall of Fame (2018).
Occupation:
Teacher/Coach in School District #60 at Pueblo South High School.
Personal:
Retired in 2017 lives in Pueblo West, Colorado with his wife Janet Sisneros. Still involved with wrestling; he provides Regional and State Champions with customized brackets.
