Greco-Roman is a specialized sport in wrestling, especially in the United States where the folkstyle wrestling is very different than this upper-body international style.    For the United States to improve and excel in Greco-Roman, high quality coaching is necessary for the Junior and Cadet level wrestlers. Often, the young athletes are getting their instruction not just from talented local coaches, but also from athletes and coaches who are at the cutting edge of Senior-level Greco-Roman wrestling    Jake Clark, who is ranked No. 2 in the USA at 84 kg/185 lbs,. coached an athlete named Steve Courtney from Okinawa, Japan in the tournament. Clark is stationed in Okinawa with the U.S. Marines, and flew in to assist coaching the wrestler here in the Junior Nationals. Also helping coach Courtney in his first-round match was Dan Hicks, currently the head coach of the U.S. Marines    Hicks has four of his U.S. Marines athletes who returned to their home state to help coach their Greco-Roman team. Hicks said that it is a great recruiting tool for his Marine Corps wrestling team, and is also a way to give back to the sport and teach high-quality Greco-Roman.    One of the highest achievements in sports is winning an Olympic medal, something that is rare among U.S. Greco-Roman athletes. Two-time Olympian and 1992 Olympic bronze medalist Rodney Smith is one of the coaches for Team Connecticut. He works with young wrestlers on a club level there, and is working with the other wrestlers in the state.    John Matthews, an Olympian in Greco-Roman and many time U.S. World Team member, is involved with Arizona's coach staff. He was named USA Wrestling Developmental Coach of the Year in the past because of his outstanding work with the young athletes, especially in Greco-Roman    Olympic Coaches such as Andy Seras, Dan Chandler and Rob Hermann are working the corners, passing on the same kind of coaching that they provide for our best Olympic hopefuls.    Seras, who was a U.S. Olympic coach in Greco-Roman at the 2004 Athens Games, is working with Team New Jersey. Seras is helping the state, even though he lives and works in Connecticut. Ironically, the head coach of the New Jersey Greco-Roman team is college student Kevin Fox, a New Jersey native who wrestles for Seras at his Div. I team at Sacred Heart Univ.     Chandler works for Minnesota USA Wrestling, and has been coaching Minnesota age-group athletes for many years. Chandler's expertise in Greco-Roman, working with coaches across the state, that Minnesota has become a national powerhouse in Greco-Roman at all levels.    Hermann is assisting with the Louisiana wrestlers, and is an active coach nationally with the Gator WC, which was created in Louisiana. For many years, Hermann has coached the U.S. Navy wrestlers on the Senior level.    Hermann isn't the only one working with the Louisiana wrestlers. Two members of the USOEC Greco-Roman team in Northern Michigan are also helping with the athletes, U.S. World Team member and U.S. Nationals champion Harry Lester, as well as Willie Madison, who grew up in Louisiana. Lester is coaching here before getting ready to compete at the World University Games and the Senior World Championships later in the year.    There was even an Olympic freestyle coach working with athletes on the mats today. Jim Humphrey, who coached the 1988 Olympic freestyle team, is assisting with the staff of Team Indiana. Humphrey's son Reese is one of the top athletes in the nation this year. He said that he was coaching Greco-Roman as well as freestyle to help the athletes in his state.    This group of Greco-Roman specialists also includes U.S. World Team coaches such Joe DeMeo, who is coaching with New York. DeMeo has produced numerous Olympians and World Team members on the Senior level in the past. He showed his amazing abilities with younger athletes last year in Fargo, putting numerous wrestlers from his club and his state into the gold-medal finals and All-American rounds.     Among the coaches working with the athletes who have reached high levels of success in Greco-Roman as athletes are Brian Keck with Ohio, Eric Wetzel with Illinois, Ike Ramaswamy with New York, Gary Mayabb of Missouri and others.    There is a certain commeraderie among Greco-Roman wrestlers, who take pride in being a part of a specialized sport here in the United States. Those who are successful in Greco-Roman are taking the time to help the next generation of Greco-Roman warriors for the United States.