Girls Head Coach
Varsity Assistant Coach
Battisto enters his 3rd year coaching for the Titans, and his 7th year coaching.
In the 2022-23 season, Battisto led our Lady Titans to their first dual meet victory in school history, defeating South high School 54 - 30. Battisto later coached Abby Trujillo and Aubree Kooren to medals at the Central Section Masters tournament.
Before Frontier, Battisto was an assistant coach for the South Bakersfield Wrestling team from 2018-2021. Battisto moved to Bakersfield from Santa Cruz, where he was Head Coach of the Harbor High School wrestling team from 2016-2018. He was an assistant coach there starting in 2014. Battisto also coached football at Harbor from 2014-2018.
Before coaching, Battisto served 8 years in the Army that included multiple combat deployments and was awarded a Bronze Star with Valor.
In high school, Coach Battisto wrestled for Illinois powerhouse Glenbard North High School. He excelled in the international styles of wrestling, where he was a 3 time state finalist in Freestyle and a 4 time state finalist in Greco.
Varsity Assistant
Josh Davis enters his 6th year coaching at Frontier High School. Davis has been paramount to Frontier upper weight success. In his tenure at Frontier, Davis has coached two Titan heavyweight wrestlers to D1 wrestling scholarships. Jarrod Snyder, who finished 4th and 3rd at state, and Jake Andrew, who finished 2nd at the unofficial state tournament during the COVID year, would both go on to wrestle at CSUB.
As a competitor, Davis won the California Open in Greco-Roman and was a multiple time finalist in both styles. He was a national finalist in the U.S. Open Masters Division for Greco and placed 3rd in Freestyle.
In college, he placed twice in the State meet at heavyweight while wrestling at Bakersfield College.
In high school, Davis finished in the Round of 12 at state as a senior. He received the CIF Pursuing Victory with Honor award and is in the Frontier Wrestling Hall of Fame. Davis was on the California national team for Fargo and competed in the Greco World Duals for Team Cali. He was also a two time Jr Greco-Roman state finalist.
Davis was also on the Frontier football team for 4 years. He played on both sides of the ball for the Titans. He would help lead his team to a 12-2 record and to a Valley Championship Game. Davis still holds the record for Frontier with Most Tackles by a Defensive Lineman. Davis was also chosen for and competed in the U.S. Army Arena Bowl All-Star Game.
Head Coach
Franciotti enters his 7th year at the helm of the Titans, and his 16th year of coaching high school wrestling. He has coached 76 state qualifiers, 18 state placers, and 3 individual state champions. Franciotti has led the Titans to three Top Ten team state finishes (2017 - 6th, 2018 - 9th, 2019 - 7th).
His daughter, Eva wrestles on the girls team.
In 2018, Franciotti was named Coach of the Year by the Bakersfield Californian in his first year at the helm of the program.
Francotti began his coaching career in the 2008-09 season as an assistant coach to long-time Head Coach Kirk Moore, before leaving to take the Head Coaching position at West High School for two years.
He returned to Frontier in 2010-11, and would be named Co-Head Coach in 2015.
Franciotti wrestled collegiately at Cal State Bakersfield and would go into banking after college, before switching career paths where he would become a high school teacher and a wrestling coach.
Graduating from St. Francis High School, Franciotti would become a 7th place finisher in the state meet as a Senior, despite having only started wrestling as a Freshman.
Girls Assitant Coach
DJ Weimer joins us from BHS, where he both coached and wrestled.
Weimer began coaching with the Driller Wrestling Club in 2014 when his son, DJ, joined the program. Weimer coached at Bakersfield High School from 2019 until 2023.
His daughter attends Frontier, and is in our Girls program.
DJ Weimer, Jr currently wrestles at Palomar College in Southern California.
Co-Head Coach
He enters his 3rd year coaching at Frontier, and his 5th coaching high school.
In 2023, Battisto was named Co-Head Coach.
Battisto also coaches for Elite Force Wrestling Club.
Battisto began his coaching career for the Rebel Wrestling Club in 2017 while competing collegiately at Cal State Bakersfield. He began coaching at South High School in 2019 before coaching at Frontier in 2021.
At CSUB, Battisto was a walk-on who earned a scholarship and started for the ‘Runners for three years at 174 and 184 pounds. He finished 3rd, 4th, and 2nd in the PAC-12 conference.
A Harbor High School graduate in 2014, Battisto was a two-time CCS Champion, two-time state qualifier, and finished in the Round of 12 as a Senior.
Varsity Assistant
Sean Sheets is in his 11th season with the Titans. Sheets coached at Frontier from 2006 to 2015, before rejoining the coaching staff in 2022 as his son, Treyton, joined the team.
Sheets has been a long time coach for Elite Force during his tenure with the Frontier wrestling team.
In college, Sheets wrestled for Fresno State University.
In high school, Sheets was a three time state placer, finishing 7th, 2nd, and 1st at the state meet, wrestling for Centennial High School.
JV Head Coach
Varsity Assistant
Tracy joins his alma mater after completing his collegiate wrestling career at Cal Poly.
In high school, Tracy was a two-time state placer and was the schools first wrestling state champion in 2018.
Tracy will be coaching the inaugural wrestling season at Patriot Elementary in the fall.
“Trent’s character and leadership provide an excellent example for our team. He’s our first state champ. He is someone that we can point at to our team and say ‘Be like Trent.’ We are very excited to work with him this year.” - Bryan Battisto
Varsity Assistant
Landin joins the coaching staff at Frontier where he and his brother, Jose, were former standouts for the Titans. Christian Landin would go onto wrestle at CSUB where injuries would cut his career short.
Christian coached for Elite Force in the Spring, and will be coaching the inaugural wrestling season for Freedom Middle School this fall.
In high school, Landin was a two-time state qualifier and was expected to be a state medalist before COVID would interrupt his Senior campaign.
“Coach Landin is a student of the sport. As a Frontier alumnus, he has first hand experience of what it’s like to have success in our program and we are excited to have him on staff to lead the next generation of Frontier wrestlers.” - Carlo Franciotti
Varsity Assistant
Josh Naus is in his 3rd year coaching for the Titans. Naus began coaching in 2021 when his son, Ethan, joined the team.
Naus also coaches for Elite Force.
In college, Josh Naus wrestled for the University of Nebraska, a perennial national powerhouse.
In high school, Naus was a state champion for Centennial, despite only beginning wrestling his 8th grade year.