We are proud and honored to welcome Derek Garcia as the new Head Wrestling coach of Charlie’s Combat Club. Coach Derek’s many accolades include:
-Fila Cadet national champion
-ASICS cadet national champion
-ASICS junior national champion
-4-time state champion
-Dave Shultz High School Excellence award winner
-ASICS First team All-American
-ESPN RISE Cover Athlete
-Ranked in the world (juniors)
-Ranked in the nation (seniors)
-Ohio State varsity wrestler, starting as a true freshman
-Part of the Ohio State national championship team
-Coached Ohio State wrestlers
-Coached Ohio high school wrestlers
-Formerly Head coach at Greg Jackson’s MMA Gym
-Traveled/trained/competed overseas in Germany and Bulgaria. Coach Derek’s coaching tree is unique and unmatched:
- His youth wrestling coach for 6 years was Andy Cook, who is currently an Olympic Coach for India.
- His middle school and high school coach Jay Breckenridge was a nominee for National Coach of the Year, and currently in the Coaching Hall-of-Fame
- As a middle schooler, He spent time training with Oklahoma state under Eric Guerrero and Coleman Scott - He Spent time as a freshman and sophomore training at the training center under then Olympic Coach Kevin Jackson.
- He Became the youngest resident athlete wrestler at the Olympic training center as a junior in high school where He would be coached by Zeke Jones who was the Olympic Coach, Brandon Slay who was also Olympic Coach, and Bill Zadick who was his developmental coach and is currently an Olympic Coach. Resident athlete from 2008-2011
- Coach Derek Excelled greatly, convincing the OTC to start an Olympic Developmental Program for athletes coming out of high school. We are so happy to welcome Derek as an official coach and part of the C3 family.