1. Tell us what your background in wrestling is as a coach and as a competitor.
HS: Columbia City
Collegiate: Anderson (Hoosier-Buckeye Collegiate Conference Champion/NAIA qualifier)
University of Indianapolis
Coaching: Craig MS (Lawrence Twp. 3 yrs)
Knox HS/MS (1 yr)
North Newton HS (3 yrs as volunteer)
Boone Grove HS (2 yrs)
Ben Franklin MS/Valparaiso HS (2 yrs volunteer)
Valparaiso HS (2 yrs)
20 year IHSWCA Member and current Crown Point Regional Rep
2. Why did you decide to run for office in the coaches association?
To work with the Coaches throughout the state to help improve and advance wrestling in Indiana
3. What does the IHSWCA do well?
Clinics/Team State/Attempts to communicate desires to the IHSAA
4. What can the IHSWCA improve on?
Continue to grow membership
5. What do you think you can bring to the association as the VP and eventually president?
Desire to grow the Association and to try to communicate our desires to and work with the
IHSAA to incorporate them
6. Who was most influential in your life both as an athlete and coach?
My Father and Coach Don Armstrong (Columbia City)
7. How would you go about recruiting more coaches to be members of the association?
Email AD's, so they can pass it to their coach and then follow up with them, to encourage
Coaches to include their MS Coaches as well
8. What makes Indiana high school wrestling so great?
The State Tournament Series, the number of schools represented throughout and schools
of all sizes
9. What other experiences outside of wrestling do you believe would help you in this position?
I believe in negotiating in the business world will help prepare me in trying to negotiate and work
with the IHSAA on our proposals
10. What issue(s) do you feel the coaches association should address?
Wrestle-backs/ possibly modification of the scoring in the tournament
11. How would you improve communication between the IHSWCA and wrestling coaches?
Mass email and/or postings on IndianaMat.com
12. How does the IHSWCA become an association that is well respected by the IHSAA?
By continued growth (membership); open forum with members and the IHSAA
13. In what direction do you see the IHSWCA Team State going?
I would like to see it remain
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