Baughman served as the United States Air Force Academy’s Head Wrestling Coach from 1976 to 1984 and 1989 to 2006.

[citation needed] Baughman elected to go with coaches Port Robertson and Tommy Evans at OU.

[4] He also won the Big 8 Championship twice, was second once and received both the Most Falls Trophy and Outstanding Wrestler Award his senior season (1963).

After retiring from USAF active duty, he served as Director of Operations and Assistant General Manager for the 1986 World Cycling Championships, wrote the book Wrestling On and Off the Mat (ISBN 978-0961844608) and did speaking engagements and Clinics.

Peterson speaks with reverence about the time Baughman stood up to the AAU when the 'committee' questioned how well John and his brother Ben would do at the Olympics in 1972.

[citation needed] Baughman is one of 33 native Oklahomans who have been inducted as Distinguished Members of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.

A gentleman and Air Force officer off the mat, he ran marathons without extra training just to test himself and his mental toughness.

Baughman is included in another Mike Chapman book, The Toughest Men in Sports (ISBN 978-0967608013), and was the model for the man at the base of the Air Force Monument in downtown Oklahoma City.