Ethan Hauck entered coaching in 1980 as one of the youngest head coaches in the area and left his career in 2016 as one of the ‘oldest’ (most seasoned) coaches. Ethan has 36 years as a Head Coach and over 40 years committed to the sport of wrestling—that began when Ethan was a freshman at Trenton Missouri where eventually wrestled under the direction of Coach Ron Hurst. He was a varsity letterman and team captain in High School – already showing leadership skills. He wrestled in college at Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State) and was a varsity letter winner and part of a winning conference championship. Due to an injury his collegiate years ended sooner than he would have liked but did not end the passion he had for wrestling. Majoring in literature with a master’s degree in Sport Science, he began his career as head wrestling coach of Moberly high school at the age of 22. He met his wife Barb at Northeast Missouri State and later had two children Lindsay and Zane (wife Kelly) and has one adorable granddaughter Emersyn.

Coach Hauck’s accomplishments and contributions associated with Missouri wrestling are lengthy.

Career STATs:

Over-all Record 402-144-2 with only one losing season in 36 years, coaching at Moberly (80-82), Brookfield (82-, Raytown South, Lee’s Summit, and Lee’s Summit West

16 Academic All-State Teams, 182 State Qualifiers, 104 medal winners, 30 Finalists

15 State Champions, 20 Academic All-Americans, 18 All-Stars

Top six at State – all 5 high schools he coached

Personal Professional Recognitions

1989 Scholastic Coach Magazine Award for Contributions to the sport of wrestling

District Coach of the year 4 high schools.

Conference Coach of the year 10 x 3 different high schools.

4 times as one of the coaches of the Team Missouri in the East/West competition with Kansas.

1996 State Coach of the Year

2004 Inducted Cardinal Wrestling Hall of Fame (Raytown South)

2016 - Raytown South christens wrestling room Hauck-Hall Wrestling room.

2018 – Inducted into Missouri Wrestling Association Hall of Fame

The reality is this list is not exhaustive in the contributions that Coach Hauck has made to the sport of wrestling. He has been a pioneer, innovator, leader, mentor, and friend to so many. Missouri wrestling is in a much better place to his activity of Ethan Hauck, and the wrestling community is fortunate to have a person like him.

Ethan currently enjoys his ‘retirement’ by trading wrestling adventures with other challenging endeavors like kayaking, scuba diving, fishing, hunting, traveling, cooking, being with friends, family, mission trips and producing wines at Silver Fox Wines and Vines. Still a busy guy!