San Francisco State University Men's Wrestling

ActiveRecruiting form ✓verified 2026-08-16

Coaching & contact verified 2026-08-18

Jason Welch head coach

Official email: jasonwelch@sfsu.edu from official staff page
Other staff: Anthony Mancini (Assistant Coach); Scott Loescher (Assistant Coach); Sam Wendland (Volunteer Assistant Wrestling Coach)

Contacts appear only when printed on an official page. Never guessed.

Questionnaire: Wrestling-specific recruiting questionnaire — open form ↗
Official links: Athletics site ↗Wrestling page ↗Roster ↗
Suggested first step: Complete the ARMS questionnaire, then email head coach Jason Welch at jasonwelch@sfsu.edu — he is the only coach with a published address and is in his ninth season running the program.
Women's wrestling: No

3 crowded weights · 1 lighter weight on the 2025-26 roster (30 listed) · Wrestling competitiveness: Strong

Counted from the 2025-26 roster. We recount when San Francisco State's 2026-27 roster goes up, and the change log shows it.

The Gators sent three to nationals in 2026 for the first time since 2015 — what changed in the training or scheduling that produced that jump?
Coach Welch, you're entering your tenth season — what does the next stage of the program look like, and is the staff staying intact?

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Type: Public
Conference (all sports): California Collegiate Athletic Association · wrestling: Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Undergraduates: 18,639 federal (College Scorecard)
Admission rate: 96% federal (College Scorecard)
Average net price: $12,278 federal · after aid, all costs
Cost of attendance: $26,488 federal · Scorecard 2026-06 release
Completion rate: 50% federal
Student : faculty: 19 to 1
Notable programs: Business, Management and Marketing (911 bachelor's degrees in 2024-25); Visual and Performing Arts incl. film, design and interior design (509); Psychology (417); Biological and Biomedical Sciences (385); Health Professions incl. nursing, public health and communication disorders (369); Computer Science (317)

Conference finishes: 2025: 2 · 2026: 3
Recent dual record: 2025-26: 7-5 overall, 1-2 conference; 2024-25: 5-8 overall
Notable: Johnny Lopez won the 2025 NCAA Division II national title at 141 pounds, beating West Liberty's Khyvon Grace 8-7 — the program's 14th national champion and its first since Naveed Bagheri in 2013. In 2026 Lopez won the Super Regional VI title at 141 (first SF State regional champion since Isaiah Hurtado in 2014) and the Gators sent three wrestlers to nationals — Lopez (141), Basil Othman (157, 3rd at regionals) and Kydyn Lima (174, 3rd) — for the first time since 2015.

Last verified 2026-08-16. Official beats secondary; nothing here is inferred. How we work.

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