Coaches

Wyatt Wilkie

  • Wrestled at Sequoyah high School and The University of the Cumberlands
  • Member of the 1996 and 1999 State Championship teams
  • 1996 State Champion, 1997 State Runner-up, 1998 State Champion, 1999 State 3rd Place
  • 2X  NAIA All-American
  • 2X NHSCA All-American
  • Wife Mary Son Westin
  • Email:  wyatt.wilkie@cherokee.k12.ga.us

Kevin Higgins

  • NCAA - National Champion
  • 2X Georgia State Coach of the Year
  • Former Team Georgia Cadet/Junior Head Coach
  • B.S. in Biology from Baldwin Wallace College (OH)
  • M.A. in Health Studies from The University of Alabama
  • Ed.S. in Educational Leadership from Lincoln Memorial University
  • Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Samford University
  • Wife Rhonda, Daughter Lindsay and Son Wyatt
  • Email:  kevin.higgins@cherokee.k12.ga.us

Seth Deering

  • 2X Ohio State Qualifier, 1X State Runner-up
  • Wrestled in College at West Point and Adams State
  • Graduated From Mercyhurst College on a football scholarship
  • Wife Kristin, Son Kael and Daughter Brylee
  • Email:  seth.derring@cherokee.k12.ga.us

Tyrom Brown

  • Wrestled at Sequoyah high school and was a member of the 1999 State Championship team and the 2001 State Runner up team.
  • 2001 State qualifier and a member of the 2001 Cherokee all-county team.
  • Trained with Olympians as well as with wrestlers from around the country in his university’s wrestling club.
  • Scored a reversal and a takedown against the legendary Wyatt Wilke in a preseason tournament.
  • Coaches Wrestling and cross Country at Creekview since 2005.
  • Holds a B.A. in Spanish from Lee University and is working on his MBA from Phoenix University.
  • Married his wife Deby in 2003 and together they have one daughter Joann, and a son, Thomas.
  • Email:  tyrom.brown@cherokee.k12.ga.us

John Judkins

  • Wrestled at Pickens High School
  • Former Assistant Coach Sequoyah High School
  • Former Head Coach Pickens High School
  • Email:  john.judkins@cherokee.k12.ga.us