Cerritos College Men's Wrestling

Garriott reached the pinnacle of what hes been striving for since he took over the position in 2006. In 2014, Garriott guided the Falcons to their fourth CCCAA State Championship in school history, and advanced 11 wrestlers to the state tournament. In addition, nine earned All-American honors, with four capturing individual state championships. The finished with 167 team points, edging second place Fresno City College (159) points. During the season, the Falcons also won their fourth conference championship and Southern California (2006, 2007, 2010, 2014) under the guidance of Garriott. He followed the 2014 state championship season with a third place in 2015 and had two individual state champions and six more All-Americans. Garriott also led his team to a second place finish in the state championships in both 2007 and 2010. During his tenure, Garriott has coached 12 individual state champions, 20 Southern California champions won four Southern California team championships, while the program ranks second in the state with 61 total state champions. The Falcons have won consecutive Southern California championships (2014-15). Familiar with the Falcons winning tradition, Garriott faced it firsthand while he was a wrestler at El Camino College from 1986-88. In his two seasons with the Warriors, Garriott was a two-time All-American while wrestling at 126 pounds and also earned 1st Team All-South Coast Conference both seasons. He moved on to California State University, Chico, where he was a two-time Division II All-American at 134 pounds and won the conference championship both seasons. His wrestling career continued at the national level, where he was a 1996 Olympic Trials Western Regional Runner-up at 125.5 pounds and was a United States Freestyle place winner. While at West Torrance High School, Garriott was a CIF Champion and placed fourth in the State Meet as a senior. During the first two years of his tenure as the Falcon head wrestling coach, Garriott was also the head wrestling coach at North Torrance High, a position he held from 1991-2008. In his time at North Torrance, Garriott led his team to five CIF championships, six CIF runner-ups and 12 league championships. From 1995-98, he served as an assistant coach at Golden West College, where they won the 1996 South Coast Conference championships. Garriott earned his Bachelors degree in English Literature at Cal State Dominguez Hills in 1994 and earned his Masters degree in Special Education from National University. Garriott and his wife of 23 years, Deanne, have two sons - 11-year-old son, Cael and six-year-old Caden.