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Scott Chenoweth

Scott Chenoweth

In his ninth year as Central Oklahoma's head assistant coach is Scott Chenoweth, a former Division I All-American and highly-successful high school head coach.

Chenoweth has helped lead the Bronchos to two NCAA Division II national championships, five consecutive Super Regional IV titles and an 96-11 dual record during his tenure.

Central finished with a 13-5 dual record and ninth-place national tournament finish in Scott's first season (2017-18) and went 12-4 with a 16th-place national finish in 2018-19.

He helped UCO to a 12-2 dual record in 2019-20, with the Bronchos winning the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association title and finishing runner-up in the Super Regional IV Tournament while qualifying six individuals for the NCAA Division II Championships. The national tournament ended up being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

UCO went 5-0 in a shortened 2020-21 dual season as teams continued dealing with the coronavirus. The Bronchos captured the Super Region IV Tournament crown in qualifying seven individuals for the national tournament and returned with a sixth-place finish behind Heath Gray's national championship.

Chenoweth helped lead Central to a banner campaign in 2021-22. The Bronchos recorded just the fourth unbeaten season in school history in finishing 13-0 while winning the prestigious Midwest Classic title, the NWCA Division II National Duals crown (the first since 2003), a second straight MIAA title and a second consecutive Super Regional IV championship.

UCO went on to a runner-up finish in the NCAA Division II Championships for its highest finish since winning the title in 2007. The Bronchos finished with six All-Americans -- the most since 2013 -- and crowned two champions in Gray and Dalton Abney.

Chenoweth helped guide UCO back to the mountain top in 2022-23 to cap another outstanding all-around season. The Bronchos finished 13-1 in duals, losing only in the NWCA Division II National Duals finals, while setting a tournament scoring record in capturing the rugged Midwest Classic for a second straight year.

Central also claimed the MIAA and Super Regional IV titles for the third consecutive time and qualified its entire 10-man squad for the national tournament. A school-record nine of those earned All-America honors, with Abney and heavyweight Shawn Streck claiming individual titles.

The Bronchos extended those streaks in 2023-24 with Chenoweth again playing a key role. UCO went a perfect 15-0 in duals, highlighted by a 37-3 rout of Augustana in the finals of the NWCA Division II National Duals.

Central captured the MIAA and Super Regional IV championships for the fourth straight season and sent eight individuals to the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships in Wichita, Kan. Seven of those earned All-America honors, with Gabe Johnson and Streck claiming individual titles as the Bronchos won the national crown for 17th time in program history.

Chenoweth helped guide the team to another highly-successful season in 2024-25, with UCO going 13-1 in duals while claiming the MIAA and Super Regional IV titles for the fifth consecutive year. The Bronchos qualified six individuals for the national tournament and returned with three All-Americans, led by Johnson's national championship, and finished fifth in the team race.

Scott enjoyed unprecedented success as head coach at perennial powerhouse Perry High School during a 16-year tenure from 1995-2011.  He guided the Maroons to 12 state championships and 11 dual state titles in that span while coaching 42 individual state champions.
 
Chenoweth served as USA Junior World Freestyle team coach in 2008 and 2010 and was a National Coach of the Year finalist in 2010.  He was inducted into the Oklahoma Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for Lifetime Service to Wrestling in 2011.
 
Chenoweth left coaching 2011, but continued as an administrator in Perry until 2017.

Scott was a three-time state champion at Perry in addition to winning a Junior National Freestyle national title.  He went on to have great success at the University of Nebraska, finishing as a three-time All-American for the Huskers.
 
Scott is married (Sage) and has two children (Sebastian and Savannah).
 
 
 
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