From: Coaching Development [email protected]
Subject: Growing Wrestling: Decorum/Professional Dress for Coaches
Date: March 21, 2017 at 10:01 AM
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Growing Wrestling:
Decorum/Professional
Dress for Coaches
by Dennis A. Johnson, EdD
We as wrestling coaches, especially as head
coaches would be well-served to emulate the
behaviors of a business CEO. Essentially a high
school program is a business and the head coach
is the CEO. The NWCA offers a leadership
academy every summer for NCAA wrestling
coaches to learn CEO behaviors. This program is
now in development and will also soon be available
to high school coaches in some states. One area
of emphasis is for coaches to dress in a
professional manner and carry themselves as a
professional.
As a rookie high school head coach in the late
1970’s attending a coach’s clinic at Clarion State
College (now Clarion University), I heard Leo
Johnson of Baldwinsville Academy (NY Hall of
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Growing Wrestling:
Decorum/Professio
nal Dress for
Coaches
Dennis A. Johnson,
Ed.D
Associate
Professor-
Jamestown
Community College
(SUNY)
Former wrestling
coach & author of
Wrestling Drills for
the Mat and Mind
DennisJohnson@m
Johnson of Baldwinsville Academy (NY Hall of
Fame Coach) comment on this topic. It had a huge
impact on my philosophy then and remains
impactful in today’s society. His thoughts were that
our athletes worked hard and they deserved to be
honored as they competed. He indicated that we
as coaches should get dressed up and put on a
shirt and tie for our dual meets.
The NWCA is continually attempting to revive
college-wrestling programs throughout the country
so that our high school wrestlers will have a place
to continue their careers on the mat.
Administrators in charge of these college programs
take notice when coaches are sitting in their office
in ragged jeans while chewing snuff and spitting
into a cup. These behaviors and other such
behaviors (e.g., using profanity) are not good for
college and they certainly have no place in high
school coaching.
John Wooden in his TED Talk on the difference
between success and winning makes the point that
it is not what we tell our athletes to do in terms of
behavior, but rather what they see us do as
coaches (1). So, let’s put on a tie, carry ourselves
as professionals, and serve as great role models
for our wrestlers.
This is my take on the decorum/professional dress
for coaches-may it also be the main take-a-way for
our readers!
Check out the NWCA Wrestling Coaches Resource
Manual (Scholastic Edition) for more ideas on how
to dress and grow our great sport!
DennisJohnson@m
ail.sunyjcc.edu
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References:
1. John Wooden
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