I have not met a coach yet who has decided to become certified just so they can coach their own son and no one elses. I have also not met a coach who becomes certified only so they can get in free at District and State tournaments (wouldn't it be easier and cheaper just to pay?) I do know of several who were introduced to wrestling by their son or daughter showing an interest at a young age and later decided that they could help out the club by coaching. I know my husband was one of these individuals. When my oldest son was 6 years old, his friend asked if he would be interested in going with him to wrestling practice. He went that first year and loved it. My husband and I started to go to the tournaments and pretty soon, he started to help out a little at practice (mainly in weighing kids, helping keep control, ect.) After a few years, our head coach at that time was needing someone to help out at tournaments and asked my husband. He accepted and attended the certification to get his bronze card. That same year, he started to coach at tournaments not only our son but all of the other kids as well. 8 years later, my husband is still coaching at kids wrestling tournaments. Yes, we have two young kids still in the program but he does not just coach them. He works with all of the kids in the club and loves every minute of it.
I still say that there are a lot of clubs around Kansas that fight to find people who are dedicated to spending every Saturday and plenty of weekday nights in a gym for no pay. Yes there can be bad coaches but you will find them in every sport and in every age group. To make it tougher to be a coach in the kids wrestling program will only be a detriment to many small clubs around the state who already struggle to find coaches. If they can not find dedicated individuals willing to volunteer, they will no longer have a club. If they do not have a club, there would be a huge decline in the number of kids in that area in wrestling. This would then make the junior high and high school programs suffer. It may even make them suffer to the point where the administration decides that it would be simplier if there was only basketball.