I would have to say Coach David Nigg at Wichita South. He coached me and now I have spent the last two years as an assistant under him. I am making my move up to the big leagues of head coaching next year and I can only hope that I can motivate those kids 1/2 of what he does. I remember feeling like I could run through a brick wall under that guy. Have that grey headed old man (he was gray at 20 by the way and is not as old as he looks), had to of made the difference in so many matches over his 30 year tenure as the head coach.

however, I believe Coach Shelton of Valley Center is another great coach the brings the most out of his wrestlers. Those kids love him to death and would jump through hoops of fire covered in gasoline for him.

I don't believe there is a #1 most inspirational coach. There are many.
Jody Thompson and Joe Renfro of L.C.C, Cody Bickley of FHSU, Eric Prichard at Wichita N.W., Billy Ross of Derby, Wayne Jackson of Ark City, Segovia of Garden City, and the list goes on and on. It's a special group of people who really care about wrestling. Hell they earn about .50 cents an hour coaching, so it's not for the money.

Good luck this week-end to all of you.

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