Donny Burton

Inducted: April 12th, 2025

Competed for Airline High School from which he graduated in 1977 before competing for Oklahoma State University.  After OSU he attended Louisiana State University.

Coaching Career:

1978-80: Bossier High School.

1980-2000: Airline High School.

1998-2005: Northwest Louisiana Warriors Club.

2008-14: Cavalry Baptist Academy.

Since 1973 Donny Burton has been a fixture in Northwest Louisiana wrestling.  In 1978 he led the bossier Wildcats to a Division I runner-up title.  From 1978 he coached 10 state champions and eight runners-up.  In 2011 he won the Shreveport Regional Sports Authority Dedication Award.  In 2020 he was honored with an LHSAA Sports Legend Award and in 2021 he was inducted into the Shreveport-Bossier City Sports Authority Wrestling Hall of Fame.