My drive to coach began in high school my senior year (1999-2000). Due to an injury with an arm cast, I could not compete. Coaching was a natural transition that taught me the reward of volunteering effort for someone else.
All four of my years at Ohio University I promoted an intramural wrestling tournament, which I founded in 2000. It is amazing what you can accomplish with Kinkos and some duct tape. It grew from a small number freshman year to over 150 competitors my senior year. The tournament has since dissolved without my organizing it on campus.
I do not risk students' health through dehydration. I advocated training and competing at their "most normal weight" every day. I also participate in 100% of all jogging, sprinting and strengthening exercises that I coach. I evolved my 10-week plan for the start of each season. Individual match video-reviews begin in week-10 with individualized education to avoid errors and train further.
