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Coaching Staff:
Pat Smith
Post Office Box 3525
Little Rock, AR 72203
Cell Phone:(501)519-0850
Fax: (501) 375-0446
Email: pat@arkansaswrestlingacademy.com
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Bruce Dickey
Post Office Box 3525
Little Rock, AR 72203
Cell Phone:
(501)517-3344
Fax: (501) 375-0446
Email: bruce@hatcheragency.com |
Greg Hatcher
Post Office Box 3525
Little Rock, AR 72203
Cell Phone:(501) 517-4734
Fax: (501) 375-0446
Email:greg@hatcheragency.com
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Executive
Assistant:
Office Phone:(501)375-3737
Shannon Wooley
Email:shannon@hatcheragency.com
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Pat
Smith
Coach
Smith
made wrestling history when he became the first wrestler to win
four NCAA Division I individual national championships. Competing
for Oklahoma State University, he earned NCAA titles in 1990,
1991, 1992 and 1994. He was a member of Oklahoma State teams that
won the NCAA team titles in 1990 and 1994.
When Smith won the NCAA title as a freshman, he joined his older
brothers Lee Roy and John as anNCAA titlist, making it the first
time that three brothers had won NCAA Division I wrestling titles.
During his career, Smith won four Big 12 Conference titles, only
the third wrestler in Oklahoma State history to win four conference
crowns.
He
ended his college wrestling career with a 121-5-2 record. He set
the Oklahoma State wrestling record for consecutive matches without
a loss with 98 straight. He ranks fourth in winning percentage
(.953), fourth in career falls (46) and sixth in victories (121)
in the storied history of Oklahoma State wrestling.
Smith has received numerous major awards during his career. He
was named the 1994 Amateur Wrestling News Man of the Year. Smith
was also one of just 15 athletes who were named to the 75th NCAA
Anniversary Wrestling Team. He was inducted into the Oklahoma
State Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
He also had a successful freestyle wrestling career, which included
taking second place to three-time Olympian Kenny Monday at the
1996 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Spokane, Wash. He won gold medals
at two U.S. Olympic Festivals. Smith was second in the 1995 U.S.
Nationals, and was a six-time All-American at the U.S. Nationals.
He won a bronze medal at the 1997 World Cup. He also won USA Wrestling
age-group national titles on the Espoir and Junior levels.
He has served as an assistant wrestling coach at Oklahoma State
Univ. for 10 years. He has helped build the Cowboys into one of
the nations best programs, working with head coach John
Smith. He has worked with the middle weight wrestlers on the Cowboy
team, and has personally coached six wrestlers to individual or
multiple NCAA titles. Oklahoma State has won the NCAA Division
I team title the last three years with Smith serving as one of
the coaches (2003-2005).
Smith won three Oklahoma state high school titles for Del City
High School (1987-89), and was twice named Outstanding Wrestler.
A member of one of the nations top wrestling families, four
Smith brothers were NCAA All-Americans for Oklahoma State (Lee
Roy, John, Pat, Mark) and all four were state high school champions.
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Bruce
Dickey
Coach
Hall
of Fame College Wrestling Coach, Bruce Dickey, to Join Bluebird
Staff
Bruce Dickey who coached Coach Hatcher when he was in college at
Alma College has joined the Mighty Bluebird Wrestling Staff after
his move to Arkansas. Dickey coached Alma College to three straight
Conference Championships and had Alma College ranked in the top
20 his last three years. Although Alma College was a Division III
school they consistently wrestled Division I teams and held their
own. He will be a great addition to the staff.
Coach
Bruce Dickey has extensive experience both as a player and as a
coach at all levels of education. He has two Masters Degrees in
Physical Education and Sport as well as a Masters Degree in Educational
Administration, and he has taught all levels of the educational
spectrum: elementary, middle school, high school and college. He
has also been an Athletic Director and Assistant Principal.
As
the Head Wrestling Coach at Alma College Coach Dickey turned around
a team that was last in the conference to 3 time consecutive Conference
Champions. These teams were ranked in the top 20 in the nation and
all inducted into the Alma College Hall of Fame as well as Coach
Dickey. Bruce Dickey also has extensive experience at the collegiate
level as well. He has successfully coached Soccer, Football, Wrestling,
and Baseball at Alma College. Coach Bruce Dickey has run sports
camps all over the country for over 30 years, working with all age
groups. He is known as a "Master" teacher, he has endless
enthusiasm, and he has a tremendous amount of ability to motivate
his student-athletes to pursue excellence.
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Greg
Hatcher
Coach

Greg
Hatcher's wrestling career started at Albion High School where
he graduated in 1979. While at Albion High School Hatcher was
the Captain of the wrestling team and was named the Most Valuable
Wrestler his senior year. Hatcher then attended Alma College in
Alma, Michigan where he wrestled four years and was named a First
Team All MIAA Wrestler at 158 pounds and served as a Captain for
the Alma College Wrestling Team. The Scots wrestling team won
three consecutive MIAA Titles during Hatcher's sophomore through
senior years and were ranked in the Top 20 Nationwide in Division
III wrestling. The last three years of Hatcher's career Alma College
did not lose a wrestling match and all three of those wrestling
teams were inducted into the Alma College Hall of Fame. While
at Alma Hatcher also lettered in soccer and baseball making him
the last athlete at Alma College to play 3 varsity sports for
all four years. Hatcher was inducted into the Alma College Hall
of Fame in 2007 and joins 3 of his wrestling teams and 2 of his
baseball teams also in the Alma College Hall of Fame. 
Kel
Denker
Coach
Wrestling
was a family affair, as Kel's father coached at Central Missouri
State University from the late 60's to 1980, and he and his brother
participated in all the kid's wrestling programs at a very young
age. His brother was Missouri State Champion in 1979. From 1980-84
Kel competed as a Tiger at Warrensburg High School, where he placed
6th in the state as a junior and 3rd as a senior. After two years
of wrestling for Central Missouri State University, injuries sent
him into officiating. With his MSHAA officials license in 1985-90
he officiated many high school duals, tournaments, and several
kids' state wrestling tournaments. Since 1990, he has been working
for Eli Lilly and Company in many different positions taking him
to many different states. Now that wrestling is starting in Arkansas,
he has been able to get back into a sport that he loves by officiating.
The thing he finds most exciting about being a part of wrestling
as it starts in Arkansas is watching kids take a chance at competing
in a sport that teaches life long lessons in determination, confidence,
persistence, and self discipline. While officiating, the excitement
of the crowd as they get behind these kids, takes Kel back 20+
years to great memories as a wrestler. He hopes to give his boys,
Jace (13), Bryce (11), and Alex (9), some of the experiences he
grew up with as he has recently volunteered to coach wrestling
at Bryant High School should they decide to add wrestling as a
high school sport.
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