With coaching stints in Pawhuska, Cleveland, Broken Arrow, Wagoner and Barnsdall, Shawn Wilson has impacted the lives of wrestlers all over the northeastern region of Oklahoma.

He coached 11 state champions, 47 state placers and 107 state qualifiers. Nine of his wrestlers earned all-state honors and five were high school All-Americans.

His longest coaching stint, at Cleveland High School, produced his highest profile protégé, two-time junior national champion, NCAA champion and two-time All-American for Oklahoma State, J.J. McGrew.

Wilson was honored as the 2015 All-State coach and as the 2016 Oklahoma Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year.