Cody Shoemaker enters his third season as Mizzou Wrestling's Director of Operations after four years at Michigan State, where he assisted the Spartans' wrestling program with internal operations and served as the team's videographer and manager.
As director of operations, Shoemaker assists the team and the staff with everything off the mat, including scheduling, travel, marketing and promotions, finance and supervision of the team's managers. He will also help continue to build and operate the Missouri Wrestling Regional Training Center, which is a nonprofit organization that offers opportunities and funding to wrestlers who want to compete at the international and national level.
Shoemaker graduated Magna Cum Laude from Northwood University in Midland, Michigan, with a bachelor's degree in Marketing, and has a master's degree in Management, Strategy and Leadership from Michigan State.
Shoemaker also served a two-year mission trip for his church to Sao Paulo, Brazil, prior to his time at Michigan State. He is originally from Dover, Pennsylvania. Shoemaker is married to wife, Eliana and has two sons, Kade and Kole, and a daughter, Avery.
