Our coaching staff
TONY ERSLAND
TITLE: Head Coach
EMAIL: BoilermakerRTC@gmail.com
PHONE: (765) 494-3219
During his 20+ years as a Division I wrestling coach, Tony Ersland has played an integral role in developing student-athletes that are accomplished on the mat and nationally recognized. He has had more than 100 wrestlers qualify for the NCAA Championships, with 30 earning All-America honors and four finishing at the top of the podium. Two of his pupils, Jordan Burroughs and Jake Herbert, earned the highest honor a collegiate grappler can receive in the Dan Hodge Award. Ersland continued to develop Burroughs on the international stage as he claimed the 2011 and 2013 World titles at 74 kg. In 2012, Burroughs claimed Olympic gold in London.
Ersland came to Purdue after serving as an assistant coach at Nebraska for eight seasons. While on staff, the Huskers tallied a 102-41-2 dual record, recorded seven top-20 team finishes at the NCAA Championships and grapplers earned 17 All-America honors.
JAKE SUEFLOHN
TITLE: Assistant Coach
EMAIL: jsuefloh@purdue.edu
PHONE: (765) 494-3203
After three seasons as a volunteer assistant coach with Purdue wrestling, Jake Sueflohn was elevated to assistant coach in June 2019.
Purdue head wrestling 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 place winner.
Brian Anderson
TITLE: Assistant Coach
EMAIL: ande1968@purdue.edu
PHONE: (765) 494-3852
Brian Anderson joined the staff in April 2025 and is responsible for scouting and developing talent, assisting in recruiting, and managing the Boilermaker Regional Training Center. He also helps manage fundraising, sponsorships, NIL initiatives, budgeting, and oversees alumni relations.
Anderson was the head wrestling coach at Wabash College from 2004-2023. Over nearly two decades, he built the Little Giants into one of the nation's premier Division III wrestling programs, producing eight individual national champions, 36 All-Americans and 84 Academic All-Americans. His teams captured six Midwest regional titles and earned four national team trophies during his tenure.
Collin Purinton
TITLE: Assistant Coach
EMAIL: BoilermakerRTC@gmail.com
PHONE:
Collin Purinton joined the staff as an assistant coach in October 2026 after spending the 2023-26 seasons at North Dakota Stat and the University of Sioux Falls.
Before entering the collegiate coaching ranks, Purinton spent three seasons coaching at the high school level while training at the Nebraska Wrestling Training Center in Lincoln. During his senior-level career, he placed third at the 2022 U.S. Open Championships and sixth in 2023.
A native of Banks, Oregon, Purinton wrestled at Nebraska from 2015-20, compiling a 52-35 career record. He was a 2020 NWCA Second Team All-American and NCAA Championships qualifier, while earning Nebraska Scholar-Athlete honors four times and Academic All-Big Ten recognition in 2020.