Hometown: Miami, Fla.
Alma Mater: Oregon State University
A former national champion wrestler, Isaiah Crosby joined the Concordia Wrestling staff in July 2024. In April 2026, he was elevated to Head Wrestling Coach. Crosby spent the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons as the program's top assistant.
Prior to his two seasons as Concordia’s lead assistant, Crosby served as Associate Head Wrestling Coach at Iowa Western Community College. Over the past two years, Crosby has worked closely with All-Americans Creighton Baughman and Hagen Heistand while aiding in the program qualifying a combined 17 wrestlers for the NAIA National Championships. The 2025-26 team placed second in both the GPAC in the regular season and in the postseason tournament and claimed 20th at the national tournament. The results led to a GPAC Coach of the Year award for Josh Watts.
Crosby’s successful transition to the coaching profession followed an impressive career as a student-athlete. He won two NJCAA national championships (157 / 165 pounds) at Iowa Western before transferring to Oregon State University, where he competed for three seasons (2021-24) for Head Coach Chris Pendleton. Crosby placed third at the Pac 12 Championships in 2023 and was part of a conference championship team that season.
As a prep wrestler, Crosby won back-to-back state championships at South Dade High School in Florida. He posted a record of 31-1 as a high school senior.
Isaiah is married to Sarah Crosby. He is the son of Mary and Alfanzo Crosby and has nine siblings. Isaiah earned a bachelor's degree from Oregon State in Human Development and Family Sciences. He also acquired an associate’s degree from Iowa Western.
Issiah Burks
Athletics
Hometown: Hemet, Calif.
Alma Mater: Concordia University, Nebraska
A Concordia alum, Issiah Burks spent the 2018-19 through 2022-23 seasons as a member of the Bulldog Wrestling program. Since graduation, Burks has assisted on the coaching staff. In two seasons working with Watts, Burks has helped Concordia to back-to-back NAIA top 20 finishes.
In his crowning collegiate athletics achievement, Burks won the 165-pound GPAC title in 2023 and advanced to the NAIA national tournament. In previous years, Burks also recorded GPAC place finishes of fifth in 2020, fifth in 2021 and fourth in 2022. Upon the completion of his collegiate career, Burks ranked fifth in program history for career wins (77).
The Hemet, Calif., native went on to earn his Master of Business Administration from Concordia. He is married to Concordia Women's Soccer alum Kassidy (Johnson) Burks.