Bob Jarrett

Western High School’s most successful coach in any sport directed the Panthers highly-acclaimed wrestling program for 22 years,
sandwiched around two seasons at Clinton Central.

In total, Bob Jarrett coached the sport from 1970-1993, then came out of retirement and led Eastern High School to the 2009-10 IHSAA
sectional crown.

At Western, Jarrett’s teams won 17 Mid-Indiana Conference championships, 13 sectionals, six regionals and one semistate. He sent
wrestlers to the state finals for 54 appearances where three athletes claimed state titles. Jarrett was elected to the Indiana High School
Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1993.

A 1965 Western graduate, Jarrett lettered four seasons in football as a linebacker and tailback and was all-conference three times. He also
lettered in basketball two seasons – just prior to wrestling becoming a varsity sports at Western.