A high school standout on two state championship teams for Blackwell High School, Wayne Constant attended Oklahoma State University on a wrestling scholarship. An injury during his sophomore year in 1958 forced him to leave school, but he couldn't leave his love for wrestling behind. Ten years later, he returned to the sport, beginning his coaching career as an assistant at Broken Arrow High School while earning a bachelor's degree in Trades and Industrial Education from OSU. After five years, he moved to Skiatook High School where he distinguished himself as head coach of both the high school and junior high teams. In 20 years as head coach at Skiatook, he fashioned a high school record of 187-103-6. His teams finished as state runners-up in 1984, 1985 and 1986 until finally, in 1987, Skiatook crowned six individual champions"”David Sims, Sammy Francis, Jay Lorton, Clint Cox, Billy Barrow and Clint Gruenwald"”to win the state team title. During his career he coached 16 individual state champions and 49 others who finished in the top four. His teams won four regional championships and finished as runners-up seven times. He was the 1987 3A Coach of the Year and winner of the first-ever "Onions Martin Award" given by the Oklahoma Officials Association. In 1990, he coached the All-State wrestling team, and in 1994 he won the Partners for Excellence Award from the Oklahoma School Public Relations Association and was named Skiatook's Teacher of the Year. For his lifetime of service to the sport of wrestling in the state, Wayne Constant is honored by the Oklahoma Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.