RC CENTRAL
COBBLER COACHES

Head Coach - Lance Pearson
Assistants - Dave Gorsuch, Lars Jacobsen & Scott Hadorn
Volunteers - John Buxton, Chad Gibson & CJ Clark

Dakota Middle School "NUGGETS" - Kyle Yamada & Casey Salazar

North Middle School "EAGLES" - Lee Sheppard & Dave Sommers

South Middle School "REBELS" - Frosty Paris & Austin Jundt

PAST COBBLER WRESTLING
COACHES AND RECORDS

Coach Homer Englund (2 Years) No Records
Introduced Wrestling to South Dakota at the High School Level

Coach Tom Long (11 Years) 77-32-2
21 State Champs & 49 Other State Placers

Year - Dual Record - State Team Place
1958 -  No Records
1959 -  2-8           
1960 -  4-5-1  2^nd
1961 -  8-3     2^nd
1962 -  3-4-1  2^nd
1963 -  9-1  1^st Team Champs
1964 -  10-2  1^st Team Champs
1965 -  8-4  1^st Team Champs
1966 -  8-3  2^nd  
1967 -  11-1  3^rd
1968 -  14-1  2^nd

Coach Dave Ploof (24 Years) 147-111-3
20 State Champs & 64 Other State Placers

Year - Dual Record - State Team Place
1969 -  11-6  3^rd
1970 -  2-15       
1971 -  11-6  3^rd
1972 -  14-3  2^nd
1973 -  11-7  4^th
1974 -  4-7         
1975 -  3-9         
1976 -  2-1  3^rd  
1977 -  9-0  1^st Team Champs
1978 -  9-0  1^st Team Champs
1979 -  8-5  6^th  
1980 -  8-3  10^th
1981 -  5-4         
1982 -  6-1  7^th  

1983 -  7-0  6^th   
Interim Coach Rollie Larson, Ploof out ill.

1984 -  6-1  1^st Team Champs
1985 -   5-2   4^th
1986 -  3-3-1     
1987 -  2-10-1   
1988 -  5-5        
1989 -  9-1  4^th 
1990 -  8-1-1  3^rd
1991 -  5-8       
1992 -  2-7       
1993  -  1-6      

Coach Dan Mahoney (9 Years) 54-55
5 State Champs & 25 Other State Placers

Year - Dual Record - State Team Place
1994 -  4-3
1995 -  9-2
1996 -  4-9
1997 -  4-9
1998 -  4-6  7^th
1999 -  9-5
2000 -  5-6
2001 -  6-9
2002 -  9-6

Coach Lance Pearson (10 Years-Current) 128-47
4 State Champs, 6 Runner-ups & 50 Other State Placers

Year - Dual Record - State Team Place
2003 -  10-6
2004 -  10-5
2005 -  12-5
2006 -  14-3
2007 -  10-4  7^th
2008 -  10-5  6^th
2009 -  19-4  4^th
2010 -  12-7
2011 -  15-2  3^rd
2012 -  16-6  3^rd Place Team & Reg "4A" – Champs

 

 "Once A Cobbler, Always A Cobbler"

If you feel any Records have been overlooked or have more to add, please contact,
Head Coach - Lance Pearson
Email - lance.pearson@k12.sd.us