David Darst started his wrestling career in 1977 as a wrestler at Point Pleasant Junior High until 1979, where he then moved up to Point Pleasant High School to finish out his 1980 and 81 seasons. David graduated from Glenville State College in 1986 with a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education. While there, he was a two time all conference football player, as well as a four time all conference, and All-American track athlete. He later received his Master's Degree in Leadership Studies from Marshall University. After college, David returned to Pt. Pleasant and in 1990 along with Jack Cullen helped initiate the Mason County Youth Wrestling League. This league was established to introduce elementary students to the sport of wrestling. Over 300 kids from 6 different schools came out find thus the beginning of the transformation of Point Pleasant Wrestling. David was a high school assistant coach at PPHS for 11 years as well as the head wrestling coach at Pt. Pleasant Middle school for 15 years. During this time, he served many roles: Youth League Director, Tournament Director for Mason County Open, Jason Eades Duals, and Regional director for both AAA & AA tournaments, as well as hosting numerous individual and dual tournaments at Point Pleasant. During his time as the PPMS head coach, David amassed 12 WSAZ Team Championships, four Tri-State Middle School Championships, and one Wood County Conference Championship being the only non-Wood County winner ever, with an astonishing dual match career record of 421-23. While at Point Pleasant, David coached over 20 different WSAZ individual champions and numerous Junior State Champions. He also had a hand in coaching 12 of our 14 high school state chnmpions as either their middle school coach or high school assistant. At present, he is the Head Football Conch at PPHS. David and his wife, Brenda are the parents of two children, a son Anthony and a daughter Alissa and son-in-law Gabriel Roush.