Johnny Cobb became the first-ever coach of the new men's and women's wrestling program at Wayland Baptist on January 20, 2010. A two-time Texas High School Coach of the Year while at Amarillo's Tascosa High School, Cobb is a member of the Texas Wrestling Ring of Honor and the Texas chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla.

A native of Amarillo, Cobb was a three-time District Champion at Tascosa High School in the mid-60's, losing only one high school match in three years of competition. He went on to wrestle at Oklahoma State University until injuries put a premature end to his collegiate wrestling career.

One of the founding members of the Panhandle Amateur Wrestling Association, he also founded the first kid's wrestling program in the Panhandle of Texas at the Maverick Boys Club in 1971. His teams won both elementary and junior high team state championships titles and over 50 elementary and junior high individual state titles.

Cobb took over as wrestling coach for both the boy's and girl's programs at his alma mater in 1988. Between 1990 and his retirement in 2008, Cobb's teams won three state championships and finished in the top ten 15 times. Twenty-one Tascosa High wrestlers earned individual state titles under Cobb's tutelage, 28 were national qualifiers, and one, Brandon Slay, won the 2000 Olympic Gold Medal.

Assistant Coach Aaron Meister brings a great deal of collegiate experience to the new Wayland Baptist wrestling programs both as a competitor and as a coach . A former NJCAA National Champion and a two-time NCAA D-II Region Champion, Coach Meister has spent the past three seasons on the coaching staff at Fort Hays State University, first as a graduate assistant, then as a volunteer assistant.

After a stellar high school career at Holton (Kan.) High, Coach Meister went to Labette Community College where he was a national qualifier during his freshman season. He won the 2003 National Championship as a sophomore, earned 1st team Academic All-American honors, and was named LCC Student-Athlete of the Year.

In his two seasons competing for the Tigers of Ft. Hays State, Coach Meister won two Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championships. He placed fourth at the 2004 NCAA D-II National Championships, and capped off his collegiate career in 2006 with a fifth place national finish, was a 1st team Academic All-American honoree, and was named Kansas Senior Wrestler of the Year by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association.

Coach Meister earned a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from FHSU in 2006 and was awarded a Masters of Science in Health and Performance in 2009. Last spring, he received two more BS degrees, one in K-12 Teaching and Coaching, and the other in Secondary Education.

A newlywed, Coach Meister and his wife, Jill, the Graduation Evaluator in the WBU Graduate Offices, moved to Plainview from Hays, Kan.

Buck Watkins comes to Wayland from Armbrust, Penn. where he was a four-year starter at Hempfield Area High School. He went on to wrestle one year at Mercyhurst Northeast College before transferring to Seton Hall University.

Coach Watkins, a three-year starter at Seton Hall, was a camp counselor and instructor at Rob Waller's All-American Wresling Club. The club is one of the largest and best in the state of Pennsylvania.

He is currently working on a Master's of Education at Wayland.