Bill Pickens is credited with starting the wrestling program in Baker School District in 1972. Coach Pickens was head coach at the Middle School from 1972-1980 and again from 2002-2004. He served as assistant coach at Baker HS from 1980-1986 and head coach at Baker HS in 1986, 88-89 and 1990-2001. After retiring, Coach Pickens moved to Prineville in 2004, where he volunteered for 3 seasons in the Crook County High School wrestling program. Bill has devoted a total of 31 years to the wrestling community involved in either coaching or another capacity, being instrumental in the success of numerous District Champions and State placers.Pickens joins Baker's first head wrestling coach (1976), Chuck Holliday, as an honoree.  Bill graduated from Marshall HS in Portland in 1965, earned a BS at Oregon State in 1969 and a Masters Degree at U of O in 1975.