Joel Wilker received his bachelor of arts and masters degrees from California Lutheran University. Mr. Wilker has been at Belding High School since 1994, first as an assistant principal and as a social studies teacher since 1998. At the start of 2011 he became the athletic director while continuing to teach. All the Wilker family is very involved in the schools as Mr. Wilker’s wife Heidi is the athletic trainer for the district and their two children go to school in Belding as well.