Some friends (actually met through very close friends) are moving to Seneca area. Their son is a wrestler (last year he was at Mauldin), and went to a wrestling S&C offseason session, and the Seneca coach came in and told the team he was leaving the program. My friend moving to Seneca calls the AD, and said he would coach, but give the money ($4k I believe) to a teacher and they do the administrative stuff. He did this at Mauldin a while back as well. Actually this will be his 3rd time doing this; first was in Wisconson. He is actually pretty well connected through the community, and is well liked; best I can tell. He has reached out to some big time past wrestlers for some help as well. I was taken aback, but he asked if I could help him out some, and I told him I would be an observer (make sure he is not too hard on his son), and even willing to work with kids teaching basic moves. Seneca was not a good wrestling program, and he is hoping to give them a good foundation.
My kids went to Walhalla, but I guess I will be a Bobcat wrestling fan next year. It has been a while since I have been to a HS wrestling match, but looking forward to it now.
@nmerritt11 - Not sure if you know him, or not? His name is Erik Hare, and his son's name is Dane. He qualified for state at Mauldin, but got injured before it started is the story if memory serves.