Westside Coaches

Jordan Ottow

Coaching Experience

  • Assistant Coach Monroe High School
  • Assistant Coach Snohomish High School
  • Bad Draw Head Coach

Wrestling Experience

  • 4x WA State Placer
  • Multiple time Freestyle/Greco WA State Champion
  • 5x Washington National Team Member
  • 1993 5 Place Cadet World Team Trial
  • 1994 Runner-up Cadet Greco Nationals
  • 1997 Runner-up Junior Greco Nationals
  • 2x All American at Southern Oregon University
  • National Finalist at Southern Oregon

Coaching Experience

  • Assistant Coach Gannon University, 2007-2014
    • Coached 15 All-Americans
    • 24 National Qualifiers
    • 31 Academic All-Americans at Gannon
  • Coach Redmond High School. Redmond, WA 2016-Present
    • 15 state place winners
    • 31 State qualifiers
    • 2017 King Co. team champions
    • 2018, 2020 team runner-up

Wrestling Experience

  • Member of the Gannon University Wrestling Team (Erie, Pa) 1996-2001
  • Three-time NCAA Division II East Region champion (1998, 1999, 2001), qualifying for the NCAA Division II National Championships each time.
  • Two-time All-American, eighth in 1999 and 3rd in 2001
  • Two-time Academic All-American (1999 and 2001)
  • Two-time team captain (1999 and 2001)
  • Inducted into Gannon University Athletic Hall of Fame, 2014
  • Member of US Army All-Army Wrestling Team 2003, 2005
  • 2005 Military World Game qualifier (unable to compete)

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Derek Garcia

Coaching Experience

  • Coached Ohio State wrestlers
  • Coached Ohio high school wrestlers
  • Coach Derek has been mentored by many great coaches:
    • Jay Breckenridge, nominee for National Coach of the Year and Coaching Hall-of-Fame
    • Trained with Oklahoma state under Eric Guerrero and Coleman Scott
    • Trained with Olympic Coaches, Kevin Jackson, Zeke Jones, Brandon Slay and Bill Zadick
    • Helped start an Olympic Developmental Program for athletes coming out of high school

Wrestling Experience

  • Fila Cadet National Champion
  • ASICS Cadet National Champion
  • ASICS Junior National Champion
  • 4-time WA State Champion
  • Dave Shultz High School Excellence Award Winner
  • ASICS First Team All-American
  • ESPN RISE Cover Athlete
  • Ranked in the world (Juniors)
  • Ranked in the nation (Seniors)
  • Ohio State varsity wrestler, starting as a true freshman
  • Part of the Ohio State National Championship team