Start to Finish: Building a Championship Program

with Nick Mitchell,
Grand View University Head Coach,
205-12 Dual Record as a Head Coach;
Has won 13 out of the last 14 NAIA National Championships;
12 NWCA National Dual Titles;
6x NWCA National Coach of the Year;
9x NAIA National Coach of the Year;
2020 USA Wrestling Coach of the Year;
7 CRT Championships;
9 Heart of America Conference Championship Titles;
157 All-Americans;
45 NAIA Individual National Champions (NAIA record);
Wartburg College Assistant Coach from 2001 to 2008;
4x NCAA D-III Championships (2003, 2004, 2006, 2008);
wrestled for Wartburg College;
3x D-III All-American;
member of the 1999 D-III NCAA Championship team;
2001 Wartburg College Athletic Hall of Fame

Nick Mitchell was the first ever coach at Grand View University, and in four years he took the program from a start up to winning a national championship; through 2025, he has won 13 of the last 14 National Championships! In this video, you will gain a unique perspective on building a championship program from one of the nation's best young coaches.

Coach Mitchell focuses on goal setting as a great tool for building a successful program. He describes how to create a foundation and vision for your program. While his goals are for a college programs, many of them can be applied at the high school level.

Mitchell includes advice on:

• Using newer innovations and social media and how coaches need to grow in order to continue to keep their programs on top.
• Finding great assistants.
• How your athletes can represent your program.
• Fundraising.
• Coaching your coaches.
• Continued development of your programs philosophy and expectations.
• Defining success for your program.
• And much more!

Coaches developing and improving their programs will take many great ideas from this presentation. Parents also benefit from this as in what types of things to look for in sending your wrestler to a program that you can feel good about and trust.

64 minutes. 2013.