Wrestling Coaching Staff
Head Coach
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A veteran wrestling coach from Nevada and Missouri, Jimmy May joined the Baker staff in 2008 to develop Wildcats' wrestling program, which began competition in the fall of 2009. In the program's first two seasons, the Wildcats compiled an 11-0 in dual record, finished second in the Kansas Cup, third in the Central Region and 16th in the NAIA National Championships, which qualified them for the prestigious NWCA Cliff Keen National Dual Championships.
May served the Clark County (Nevada) School District from 1977 to 2008 as athletic director, dean, teacher and coach. He coached in the Nevada high school system for 31 years, along with a two-year stint as an assistant wrestling coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. As a head wrestling coach at Eldorado High School, May's teams won 18 (4A) Regional Championships and 10 (4A) Nevada State Championships. He coached 63 individual state champions and 19 high school All-Americans. His historic run of state championships has been highlighted as the "Dynasty in the Desert," and the wrestling facility at Eldorado High School is named in his honor. He received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Wrestling Coaches Association. In 2009 Coach May was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame (Nevada Chapter) and Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.
May is a cum laude graduate from the University of Central Missouri and earned his master's degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. May was a two-time MIAA Champion and a member of the University of Central Missouri Wrestling Hall of Fame. Coach May is the father of three children, April, Danny and Heidi.
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Coach Roath begins his second season as head assistant wrestling coach. He graduated from Dana College in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. During his time at Dana, Roath was a two-time NAIA national qualifier. Prior to Dana, Roath was a Kansas state champion and two-time state placer at Washington High School in Kansas City.
The past three years Roath served as the assistant coach at Washington High School and St. James Academy. He works with the East Kansas Kids Club. Coach Roath recently received his Master of Divinity degree at Saint School of Theology in Kansas City, Mo. “His positive energy and work ethic has been invaluable,” says head coach Jimmy May.
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Levi Calhoun graduated from Baker University in May 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. During his time at Baker, Calhoun competed on the wrestling mat as well as the football field. Levi was a four-year starter for the Baker University football team and was a two-time first-team all-HAAC selection. During the two-year history of the Baker University wrestling program, Calhoun was a two-time NAIA national qualifier, finishing his career with a fourth-place finish at the NAIA National Tournament to earn All-America status. Prior to Baker, Calhoun was a state runner-up his senior year at Westmoore High School in Oklahoma City.
