4A/5A Junior High/Middle School Coaches Meeting: Minutes

The 4A/5A Junior High/Middle School Coaches meeting was held Feb. 12, 2009, in the South Presidential Suite at the McKay Events Center. 

In attendance were

• American Fork: Cole Kelley

• Box Elder: Brent Hubbard

• Box Elder: Chard Hardy

• Canyon View: Sonn Berrett

• Canyon View: Russ Mardis

• Cedar City: Chris Hone

• Jordan Junior Wrestling: Bill Kilpack

• Juab: Casy Winn

• Mapleton: Craig LaMont

• Mapleton: Paul Roundy 

• Mt. Crest: Dusty Lowe

• Mt. Crest: Jeff Wengreen

• Mt. Logan: Doug Littlefield

• Nebo School District: Everett Kelepolo

• North Sevier: Pat Robbins

• Northside: Shandell Smoot

• Pleasant Grove: Ryan Levin

• Salina: Brady Edwards

• Skyview: Bryan Sidwell

• Snow Canyon: David Whitehead

4A/5A Junior High State Championships

• Voted unanimously to be held at Roy High School again in 2010 at the coaches meeting at the 2009 tournament

General Guidelines

• These are not "rules," because there is no Board and other governing association

• Guidelines were just agreed upon by coaches in attendance at meetings

• Do we want to create a formal organization?

  • Liability is a key factor

    • Do coaches/programs have insurance and/or liability coverage?

    • If not, the school may say that you cannot use their facility

  • AAU Wrestling Utah and USA Wrestling-Utah can both provide this protection, although both would require membership cards for the athletes and coaches

  • Individualized insurance can handle liability for $3–$6 per athlete, but this does not provide secondary insurance for the athlete and athlete's family

    • AAU Wrestling Utah and USA Wrestling-Utah provide secondary insurance coverage

      • AAU Wrestling Utah for $14 or $16 per card

      • USA Wrestling-Utah for $35 per card

  • Different schools and school districts treat wrestling differently

    • Setting up by-laws and a governing organization can make things established, so it's not controlled by the dominant teams at that time in the state

    • Sanctioning tournaments through the governing body would create standardization

    • Participating in non-sanctioned tournaments would undermine the governing body

  • Enforcing rules

    • Organizing would help them be enforced equally

    • Would help people know what to expect at each tournament in terms of weight classes, age divisions, etc.

  • We've outgrown the "gentleman's agreement" structure that has been in place

  • Originally thought that this would be a 4A/5A organization, due to distance in travel, etc., but there is enough cross-participation that it was determined that it should be a statewide organization

• Insurance

  • Want to look at AAU Wrestling Utah, Individualized Policies and USA Wrestling-Utah

  • Want to look at the options available with each

    • AAU and USA Wrestling: Liability and Accident

  • Address the organization, the insurance and the structure

• Committee Formed

  • Aimed at creating a structure for the organization

  • Members nominated

    • Sonn Berrett

    • Benji Carrier

    • Brent Hubbard

    • Bill Kilpack

    • Craig LaMont

    • Ryan Levin

    • Johnny Loveless

    • Dusty Lowe

    • Bruam Sidwell

    • Michael Stephenson

    • John Webb

    • David Whitehead