Baker University Men's Wrestling

Garcia will be the third head coach in program history succeeding Jimmy May and Pete Di Pol. Garcia served as an assistant wrestling coach for the Swedes for three years before taking over as head coach during the 2014 season. In 2014, the Swedes finished 20th at the NAIA National Championships, where Colby Crank was the 149-pound national runner-up. Seven total individuals qualified for the national championships, the highest number in program history. This past season, Garcia led Bethany to a second place finish in the Kansas Cup competition inside Bakers Collins Center and he helped lead 149-pound wrestler Victor Hughes to an All-America honor, the second in program history. Garcia came to Bethany from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where he served as a student assistant wrestling coach. While at UNO, Garcia coached the 2011 squad to a NCAA Division II National Championship. Prior to coaching, Garcia was a member of the UNO wrestling team, winning individual national championships in 2006 and 2008, runner-up in 2010, and finishing third in 2009. His team won National Championships in 2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010. He was a four-time All-American and Academic All-American, graduating in 2010 with a 147-18 record, the fourth-highest number of all-time career wins at UNO since 1966. His 48 wins as a senior ranked as the second-highest number in school history, and Garcia set new UNO records of 84 career pins and 31 single-season pins. Garcia was a three-time high school state champion and four-time state place finisher at Hutchinson High School, where he wrestled for his father, Mike. Garcia will join the Baker family with his wife Kym and three children, Milayna, Elyza and Adryn.