Jake Sueflohn

After three seasons as a volunteer assistant coach with Purdue wrestling, Jake Sueflohn (pronounced SOO-flown) was elevated to assistant coach in June 2019. He enters his 10th season with the Boilermakers in 2025-26.

In his six years as a full-time staff member, Sueflohn has made huge strides with some of the Boilermakers’ top middle and upper weights. He was especially instrumental in the development of Joey Blaze, who in 2025 became Purdue’s youngest NCAA finalist since at least 1950.

Sueflohn has helped produce two national runners-up, nine All-Americans, 55 NCAA qualifiers and 50 Big Ten placewinners in his nine years at Purdue.

Purdue head coach Tony Ersland sought Sueflohn to join the Boilermakers’ staff in July 2016, just as he recruited the Watertown, Wisconsin, native to Nebraska coming out of high school. Wrestling for the Huskers, Sueflohn was a four-time NCAA qualifier and four-time Big Ten Championships placewinner.

In his time at Nebraska, Sueflohn amassed a career record of 109-32 (.773) wrestling all but one season at 149 pounds. He was twice the Huskers' team leader in major decisions, racking up 35 in his career.

Sueflohn qualified for the NCAA Championships at 149 pounds in 2013, 2014 and 2016 after qualifying at 141 as a true freshman in 2012. At the Big Ten Championships, he appeared in the 149-pound finals in back-to-back seasons, finishing as the runner-up as a sophomore in 2013 and a junior in 2014. Sueflohn placed three times at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, highlighted by a runner-up finish in 2013. That same season he also brought home the Reno Tournament of Champions title at 149 pounds.

Sueflohn was honored numerous times for his accomplishments on and off the mat. Sueflohn received the Nebraska Granite Award, which was bestowed for his toughness, the Most Dedicated Award and the Tom Osborne Citizenship Award. For his work in the classroom, Sueflohn earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll four different semesters and was an Academic All-Big Ten selection in 2014.

His career continued after college, competing in several senior men's freestyle events and posting a third-place finish at the 2018 Marine Corps U.S. Open. He advanced to the semifinals with a win over Evan Wick, currently the No. 3 ranked wrestler at 74 kg in the U.S., and then topped Wick again on the consolation side along with an 11-0 tech fall over Quinton Godley in the third-place bout. 

Ersland recruited Sueflohn out of Arrowhead High School where he was a two-time Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association champion while going 100-1 during his final two seasons. Sueflohn tallied a high school record of 188-10 (.950). He also earned All-America honors in 2011 with a third-place finish at 145 pounds at the ASICS/Vaughn Junior Freestyle National Championships.

Sueflohn received his Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism, with concentrations in communications, psychology and sociology, from Nebraska in August 2016.