University of the Ozarks Men's Wrestling

Nathan Rankin enters his first year as the head coach after being named to the position May of 2025.  At Ozarks First season as Head Coach at Ozarks (2025-26) SLIAC Coach of the Year (2026) Led program to the 2026 SLIAC Championship Five of his wrestlers were individual SLIAC Champions Collegiate Wrestling Career  University of the Ozarks Collegiate Coaching Career  Head Assistant Coach at University of the Ozarks (2023-25) Assisted with two NCAA III National Championship qualifier  Coached 11 conference champions Seven scholar All-Americans during his tenure Helped the team to a 2023-24 and 2024-25 SLIAC Championship Attended the NWCA Leadership Academy Wrestling Accomplishments All-American Two-time Academic All-American  Two-time National Qualifier No. 1 ranked NCAA III wrestler (125)  Most program wins in a career (110) Four-time All-Region  Three-time Conference Champion Pete Wilson Champion, Luther Open Champion, Citrus Invite Champion, Little Rock Open Champion, Star City Classic Champion  Four-time U of O Male Athlete of the Year ASC Cross Country All-Conference ASC Track All-Conference Education Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Ozarks (2023) Hometown Plano, Texas

Demetri Teddlie enters his first year as the assistant coach after being named to the position July of 2025.  At Ozarks First season as Assistant Coach at Ozarks (2025-26) Member of the SLIAC Coaching Staff of the Year (2026) Helped program to the 2026 SLIAC Championship Five wrestlers were individual SLIAC Champions Collegiate Wrestling Career  University of the Ozarks King University Wrestling Accomplishments Qualified for the 2025 national championships (157) Posted the most wins at the national championship in program history Nationally ranked during 2024-2025 season, ended the year ranked No. 10  Won the individual St. Louis Intercollegiate Conference title while helping the program win conference championship Owned 26 wins  Earned All-Conference First Team SLIAC Wrestler of the Week   Placed fourth at the Pete Willson Advanced to the finals of the NCAA III regional where he beat the No. 4 and No. 8 nationally-ranked wrestlers Qualified for National Championships at King University Won 56 matches at King University National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-American College Sports Communicators Academic Academic All-District Education Bachelor's degree in health science (summa cum laude) from Ozarks (2025) Hometown Shreveport, La.