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- He's pretty demanding.
He asks you to give your all.
- He spends a lot of time working with me and stuff,
and he had a lot of time invested.
- He's taught me a lot of about wrestling
and he taught me a lot about life.
- He makes me wanna go to practice,
it's not like I'm going and hating my coach.
- He's not just a coach,
he jokes around and stuff,
and he's close with their families,
and he's really close with them.
- Still have a love of wrestling to this day
because of him.
- He knows a lot about the sport
almost everything there is to know,
he was a really good wrestler.
- Four time state qualifier
my freshman year I got second,
my sophomore year I got fourth,
and then my junior and senior year I won state titles.
- What makes Vance a successful coach is
he used to wrestle, obviously,
but he just, he's been there before,
he's had to cut weight,
he knows what everyone goes through.
He knows sometimes you fail.
But you gotta get back in the room and keep workin' hard,
and that makes winning so much more fun.
- He's a successful coach because
he really relates well to kids,
he understands what they're going through,
both on and off the mat,
and he does a good job of communicating that with kids,
and not being over their head,
and he also makes it just a lot of fun to be in wrestling,
and to be on the team and part of the team.
- I like to joke around a little bit before practice,
and after practice, and I think the kids realize that.
And I think they kinda enjoy it,
rather than just be a hardbutt on 'em all the time.
I think you can get just as much, many results out of
just talkin' to 'em, and treat 'em as an individual
as you can yellin' at 'em.
Granted, every once and while
they need to have their hinds chewed.
- I think he's successful
'cause he's been doin' it a long time, first off.
I mean, I dunno, twenty-some years, at least,
and his experience as a competitor, too,
but I think he's able to build relationships,
not just as a coach and athlete,
but he can joke around with the guys,
kind of build a friendly relationship.
- Being able to have a relationship with the coach
definitely helps you become more successful.
- He's not a teacher,
a lot of coaches are teachers,
he's not a teacher,
so it's kind of a less formal relationship
between the athlete and coach, so he can joke around,
and talk about things,
outside of wrestling or school, a lot easier.
So I think how he can bond with his athletes
makes him a successful coach.
- I think one of the reasons my dad's a good coach,
is because he cares for everyone like one of his sons.
- He's a really good coach and,
obviously, it shows 'cause he's won a lot of duel meets,
and he's got a lot of state place winners
and other things.
- (slurs) as a coach so far.
We've qualified for the regional duels
probably eight or so, eight times, some where in there.
State duels we have qualified three.
I don't know how many state qualifiers I have coached.
Forty, fifty, state qualifiers.
Five or six state champions.
Probably twenty-some state place winners.
Hopefully we have, keep on having success,
and be successful like we have been
over the course of our, since probably been coaching here,
for twenty plus years.