The Leader Next Door

E 31: Derek Moore - 2007 Division One Wrestling National Champion (141 lb.) and current head wrestling coach at Cal. Baptist University


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Derek Moore is certainly an accomplished wrestler.  He was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler with UC Davis at the NCAA Division I Championships in 2007 when he won the 141-pound national title. He is the current head wrestling coach at California Baptist University which recently joined the Big 12.


Over his career, Moore won two Pac-10 championships at his weight class. He was also crowned the Pac-10 Wrestler of the Year and UC Davis Male Athlete of the Year in 2007.

Prior to CBU, Moore spent four seasons as an assistant coach at Sacred Heart University. He also served six years in the United States Army as a field artillery officer after college. During that time, he spent four years training at the Olympic Training Center with the Army's World Class Athlete Program. As a soldier-athlete, he represented the Army in World and Olympic competition and qualified for the 2012 freestyle Olympic trials at 60 kilograms.

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The Leader Next DoorBy James Shields