A packed arena at the 2025 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

Wrestlers do business with wrestlers.

WIBN connects current and former wrestlers so they can do business together, hire each other, advance professionally, and support the sport that shaped them.

A national nonprofit, built with the NWCA, so that when a wrestler finishes competing they are not starting from zero. They are stepping into a network.

WIBN members at a chapter dinner

Members do business with members.

The main benefit of membership is the WIBN Member Directory: current and former wrestlers across all chapters, with built-in messaging.

  • Work with other wrestlers
  • Hire other wrestlers
  • Refer business
  • Local chapter events
  • National directory
  • Discounted WIBN events
Why join
Two young professionals at a WIBN event

Lined up for what's next.

When a wrestler is done competing, they should already have a next step. We connect them with opportunities and with former wrestlers established in their careers.

  • Full-time careers
  • Military opportunities
  • Skilled trades
  • College and postgraduate
  • Professional advancement
  • Mentors who wrestled
Your Next Match
A speaker addressing a WIBN chapter banquet

The network pays it forward.

As WIBN grows, it invests back into the sport that built it.

  • Youth and grassroots programs
  • Help for programs and people in need
  • Leadership and mentorship
  • Supporting the NWCA mission
See the impact
25

Local chapters, plus a National group. From Arizona to Western New York.

16,000+

High school and college coaches reached through NWCA communications.

1,200

College wrestlers registered for the most recent Virtual Career Fair.

Find your chapter

25 local chapters and a National group. Every chapter meets in person and plugs into one national member directory.

Your next match starts with a free profile.

Become visible to organizations looking for wrestlers. No WIBN membership required.

Companies hire wrestlers.

With the NWCA, WIBN works with the coaches who know these athletes best to find, vet, and place wrestling-developed talent.

Partner with WIBN
84 LumberBrewer-GarrettClearDefense Pest ControlThe Hershey CompanyUnited States Marine CorpsNorthwestern MutualPaycomPODSelect MedicalTalent LaunchAmentumDixon ValveEast PennOld Dominion Freight LineU.S. Steel

Headgears to Handshakes

The WIBN speaker series. Wrestlers who built businesses and careers on what the mat taught them.

Open the library

Business Through Friendships

Jim Stewart · 18 min · Dec 2025

Your network is already out there.