How to Become

Coaching isn’t about teaching a person how to win, it’s teaching a person how to become.

My son finished his first wrestling season as a freshman wrestling varsity. It’s a new school and a new program. The team had a few upperclassman so most of the varsity was made up of freshman. I wondered how my son would do in a new sport at a new school with new coaches in a new program.

The coaches did a great job, teaching my son how to wrestle and compete at a high level. They taught him discipline, hard work, and gave him a solid foundation on which to build his wrestling skills. More importantly, they taught him how to become a good man. They taught him about respect, loyalty, unity, trustworthiness, and how to be true to yourself.

My son is a good young man who almost always does what he has asked to do. Throughout the season, he became even more respectful and obedient. I noticed him being kinder to his brothers and involving them more. He became more committed to his faith, and I think he was asked to do there. He set goals for his life beyond high school that demonstrated a maturity I had not seen before. These coaches taught my son how to be a good wrestler, but more importantly, they taught him how to be a great man.

These coaches taught my son how to become.

-Brandon Klippel