Joe Renfro
Head Wrestling Coach

After his ninth year as head coach for the Cards, Coach Joe Renfro has produced 42 All-Americans; one two-time National Champ, 5 individual National Champs, 6 runner-ups, 4 placing 3^rd, 6 placing 4^th, 6 placing 5^th, 5 placing 6^th, 3 placing 7^th, and 39 Academic All-Americans. The Cards ended up with a 7^th place finish in 03’ (first year), a 6^th place finish in 04’ (second year), a National Title in 05’ (third year), a 3^rd place finish in 06’ (fourth year), a National Runner-Up finish in 07’ (fifth year), a 3^rd place finish in 08 (sixth year), 5th place in 2008 and a 2nd place finish this past season..  Renfro was voted the West Central District Wrestling Coach of the Year in 03’, 05’, 06’ and '10.  He was also presented with the NJCAA Coaches Association ‘Coach of the Year’ Award in 2005. Coach Renfro also received the Bob Bubb Coaching Excellence Awards for the 2007-08 season. In 2010, Coach Renfro also received the NJCAA Wrestling "Man of the Year" award.

Coach Renfro wrestled for the Redbirds from 95-97, where he himself earned two All-American titles and an academic All-American honor.  From there, he went to the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where he again gained national recognition as an All-American.  He was the assistant coach for the Lopers from 99’-00’, before coming back home to help the legendary Coach Jody Thompson from 00’-02’.  After taking on the head coach position in 2003, Renfro has helped the Cardinals to a 64-12-2 dual record.  He and his wife Elisabeth have three children, Lincoln, Isabella and Jace.

JoeR@labette.edu
200 S. 14th
Parsons, KS 67357
(620) 421-6700 ext. 1026

Dennis Siegmann
Assistant Wrestling Coach

Coach Siegmann is in his first year as an assistant coach with the Cardinal wrestling program. He is a Pennsylvania native, having wrestled and graduated from Bloomsburg University. He relocated to Bristol, Connecticut to teach and coach at Bristol Central High School. In 23 years as head coach he led the Rams to 11 league and two state Class L championships as well as a mythical State Open Championship in 1985 when his squad had an unprecedented six individual state champions out of 12 weight classes. Posting a record of 348-109-12, Siegmann coached three All- Americans, 11 State Open champions and 31 individual state Class L champions.

He has been inducted into the New England Wrestling Hall of Fame, the Bristol Connecticut Sports Hall of Fame, and the Connecticut High School Coaches Hall of Fame. He is a recipient of numerous Coach of the Year honors, Siegmann retired from coaching after the 1999 season to become principal of Bristol Central High School until 2009, when he moved to Kansas. His wife Angela is a native of Independence, KS. He is also an adjunct geography instructor at LCC.