Jason Welch is the head wrestling coach at San Francisco State University. Before arriving at SFSU, Welch was an assistant coach at his alma mater Northwestern University. As an athlete Welch was a 3 x NCAA Division I All-American, winning the Big 10 Championship and making the NCAA finals during his senior year. Jason won the famed 49th Midlands tournament hosted by Northwestern and led his squad to its highest team place at the tournament with a second-place finish.
Welch attended Las Lomas High School, where he made four state finals and three state championships, Welch amassed 119 consecutive victories and an overall win-loss record of 194-7. He was awarded the Dan Hodge Trophy, given to the best-all around high school senior in the country.
In this episode we talked with Jason about coaching at the Division II level, California wrestling culture, surfing, recruiting, and why we think wrestling at San Francisco would make for an amazing experience college experience.
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