National Wrestling Coaches Association

“Members of the organization are comprised of the following: active wrestling coaches (youth, high school and college) associates unrelated group associations limited member honorary member institutional member retired coaches wrestling officials each individual member in good standing shall be entitled to attend all member meetings, open meetings of the board and shall have the right to petition the board of directors concerning matters of interest. Each member of the board of directors shall make reasonable effort to solicit the opinions of the members with respect to matters before the board of directors, and call to the attention of the board of directors such issues and concerns raised by the memership. The executive director shall have the power from time to time to survey the opinions of the membership on issues of importance to the organization by formal written questionnaire and to take such actions, with respect to the results of such surveys, as may be reasonable and proper under the circumstances.”

“The organization board of directors are comprised of members voted by the collegiate members; five members voted by the affiliated group; four members voted by the scholastic members; one member voted by the retired coaches; one member selected by the national wrestling media association. In addition to the voted members, the board of directors shall elect no less than one member and no more than nine board members from the community.”

“No formal written policies and procedures.”

“The review is conducted by the organization's business manager prior to the filing of the form 990.”

“Board members are required to alert the board of directors if the person making the proposal is a friend or family member or themselves. The board member should not be present when the bids are presented to the board and should not participate in the discussion or vote. A conflict of interest statement should be included in the minutes to provide further protection for the board member and the association.”

“Mississippi, new hampshire, new jersey, new mexico, new york, north carolina, oregon, pennsylvania, rhode island, south carolina, tennessee, utah, virginia, west virginia, wisconsin”

“Documents are available upon written request to the secretary of the organization.”

“The nwca brings the wrestling coaching community together to advance the sport and ensure that current and future generations have the opportunity to engage in a safe and educationally based wrestling experience. This is primarily done by strengthening existing programs, creating new programs, and providing coaches with progressive educational opportunities.”

“We are committed to developing proficient coaches in the educational environment. Specifically, we are committed to enhancing the coaches' ceo skills and ensuring they operate their program in close alignment with educational values. Since 2010, the nwca had provided 800 full scholarships to deserving head/assistant college coaches to attend/complete our ceo leadership academy. This is our primary strategy to protect our existing college teams and at the same time, ensure that we have a strong pool of well-trained assistant coaches to lead/sustain all of the new programs being established. Further the high school/middle school version of the ceo leadsership academy was launched in the fall 2017. We are also committed to insuring that interscholastic and intercollegiate programs are operated in close alignment with educational values.”

“The nwca hosts a series of premier events each that are intended to showcase amateur wrestling's hero's and champions to a broad audience. The nwca also makes it best efforts to nationally televise and/or webstream its events in an effort to communicate the incredible renaissance of college wrestling to the casual fan. These events include the multi divisional national duals which features upwards to 100 of the top college wrestling teams in every division other than division i. The teams compete for a national dual meet championship in their respective divisions. The pittsburgh classic features many of the top high school seniors from pennsylvania vs an all star team of high school seniors from across the nation. There is an undercard featuring a team of high school seniors from western pennsylvania vs a team of high school seniors from a specific state. Many of the participating high school seniors are among the top recruits in the nation. In some cases, the nwca works closely with college governing bodies such as the ncaa, naia, and junior college to provide support services for the respective national championships. In other instances, the nwca collaborates with other wrestling entities to host premier championships such as the national collegiate women's wrestling championships (ncwwc). Women's wrestling at ncaa affiliated colleges is currently recognized as an "emerging sport" so the nwca works with affiliated organizations such as wrestle like a girl, usa wrestling, national wrestling hall of fame, and usa wrestling to host a national championship until all ncaa minimum requirements are met to qualify for ncaa championship status.”

“The nwca is a membership based organization that primarily serves the scholastic (middle school), high school, and college wrestling coach communities. The nwca currently has approximately 16,000 members that are comprised of wrestling coaches, parents, fans, donors, and business leaders across the nation. Membership activities allow for the production and dissemination of amateur athletic news and the promotion of the national ameateur wrestling athletic activities. The nwca has programming that serves over 350,000 middle school, high school and college student- wrestlers annually. The nwca specializes in developing transformational high school and college coaches who provide an extraordinary wrestling experience to change lives of aspiring student-wrestlers. Through an nwca operating division, wrestlers in business network, we intentionally connect our student wrestlers with opportunities to pursue attend college, trades, military, or a job.”

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