“I grew up right south of Baton Rouge,” said 5x Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Steer Wrestling World Champion Tyler Waguespack. “Everyone around here has always drunk Community Coffee.
“And my dad orders the signature roast by the box load,” he added. “So, if you want to drink coffee at our house, that’s what you drink.”
Tyler said he loves the energy the Community Coffee team brings with their sponsorship. “When we are all out at the finals, they come over to talk to my family, and it never feels like I am working for them because they treat us like friends,” he said of the crew. “They are real and genuine people.”
Before his five world titles, Tyler Waguespack had a job shoeing horses at home in Gonzales, Louisiana. He said he received an invitation to Rodeo Houston in 2013, and after placing in every round and winning around $17,000 that week, he decided to pursue professional rodeo full-time. “After that week in Houston, I was sitting on the couch, and my dad walked in asking if I had horses to shoe,” Waguespack said. “And I told him “No, sir, I’m entered up the next couple of weeks to see how rodeo treats me,” and I haven’t looked back.
“In 2015, when I realized I was far enough into the top 15 to make my first NFR, I called my dad, and when he picked up, I said, “Hey, what are you doing the first ten nights in December?” Waguespack said. “My dad has done everything for me to get me to where I am today.”
According to statistics posted by the PRCA, Waguespack now has five world titles, nine Wrangler National Finals Rodeo appearances, and a whopping 2.29 million dollars in career earnings.
“Growing up, I was always the little dirty kid following my dad around in the practice pen,” Waguespack said. “I enjoyed calf roping, but bulldogging is what I always wanted to be serious about.” He said he attributes his ability to stay calm under pressure to 4x PRCA Steer Wrestling World Champion Ote Berry. “The winning mentality and the winning attitude that he has is what’s helped me when I’m going to different places,” he said of his former mentor. “He is a very situational type of steer wrestler. As crazy as it sounds, there really is a strategy to it when you’re out there.
“I had the opportunity to live with Ote for two years when I was first getting started,” Waguespack said. “He had always been a great friend of the family, and he told me I could come live with him if I wanted to start taking it seriously and learn to really win. “A lot of times, these guys out there don’t like to take the time to talk to people when they get a big name made,” he added. “But Ote, he was always willing to talk to the younger guys no matter what.” At the 2023 WNFR, Waguespack won his fifth world title, earning him one more gold buckle than his mentor. “Every time he would wave to me, he would wave with four fingers. I could only hold up as many fingers as buckles I had,” he said. “But this year, the student has surpassed the teacher, and we took a photo where I am holding five fingers up.”
Waguespack said he has now taken his own aspiring world champion under his wing.
“Cash Robb is a young man that attended Tom Carney’s bulldogging schools, and my dad and I have always helped with those,” Waguespack said. “Cash’s dad, Justin, had called me a couple of times; I finally told him if Cash wanted the best opportunity at success, he could come live at the house and practice with me.“That is a young man who puts forth a lot of effort and has a ton of potential,” he said. “He is one of the only people who can keep up with me in the practice pen.” Waguespack said Robb, the 2023 Steer Wrestling Resistol Rookie of the Year, currently lives and travels to PRCA rodeos with him while completing college classes online.
