Only coaches with a floor pass and their displayed wrestling leader membership card are allowed access to the staging area and the competition area on the arena floor (Novice and Senior) and exhibition halls (Bantam and Intermediate).
Any wrestler or coach found loitering on the competition area will result in an unsportsmanlike conduct against the team and one team point will be deducted from the team’s Bantam, Intermediate, Novice and Senior team scores.
Absolutely no videotaping is allowed on the competition floor by coaches. Coaches taking photographs must be one of the two (2) coaches sitting in the coach’s chairs during the bout.
The head coach or their designee of each club with state qualifiers is responsible for picking up the club packet either Thursday evening or Friday morning during weigh-ins.
Clubs must email [email protected] by 3 pm, Wednesday, March 11th to make the following designations:
1) Who is picking up the team packet (the head coach or their designee).
2) How many additional coach’s floor passes your club will purchase, if any.
3) Who, from your club, will be issued a coach’s floor pass.
Only the head coach or the designated representative of each club can designate who can receive a coach’s floor pass to gain access to the competition floor.
Important:
- Each coach designated to receive a coach’s floor pass MUST show their current USAW wrestling leader membership card to IKWF state tournament personnel.
- COACHES WHO DO NOT HAVE A HARD CARD OR PRINTED VERSION OF THEIR WRESTLING LEADER MEMBERSHIP TO SHOW STATE TOURNAMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE ISSUED A FLOOR PASS.
- Coach’s wrestling leader membership will be scanned to confirm they are allowed a floor pass by their club leader.
- Coach’s floor pass will be affixed to the coach’s wrist by state tournament personnel.
- Coaches are required to display their current USAW Wrestling Leader Membership card, as described in the IKWF bylaws, at all times while they are in the staging area or on the competition floor (this includes Session IV and the championship bouts).
Coach’s Floor Passes
There are no free passes for the 2026 State Championships. The number of floor passes each club receives is based upon the number of qualifiers your club has in the state tournament. Floor passes cost $10 each. The club will be invoiced through USAW membership system. No payments will be handled at the State Tournament.
| 1 or 2 qualifiers | Clubs can receive up to 3 floor passes. |
| 3 to 7 qualifiers | Clubs can receive up to 6 floor passes. |
| 8 to 12 qualifiers | Clubs can receive up to 10 floor passes. |
| 13 to 17 qualifiers | Clubs can receive up to 12 floor passes. |
| 18 to 22 qualifiers | Clubs can receive up to 16 floor passes. |
| 23 or more qualifiers | Clubs can receive up to 18 floor passes. |