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Purler Wrestling Coaches

Meet Our Coaching Staff

Read our coaches’ bios below, or click on a city name to see instructors from that location.

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Nick Purler

Nick Purler
AJ Carter

AJ Carter
Trevor Feagans

Trevor Feagans
Tanner Irwin

Tanner Irwin
Ty Loethen

Ty Loethen
Chad Lunn

Chad Lunn
Ty Purler

Ty Purler
Jeremiah Reed

Jeremiah Reed
Jarrett Reisenbichler

Jarrett Reisenbichler
Tanner Sparks

Tanner Sparks
Shannon Kline

Shannon Kline
Jacob brune

Jacob Brune
Nick Purler

Nick Purler

College Wrestling

  • 1994 NCAA All-American / Oklahoma State University
  • 1994 Big 12 Champion
  • Member of 3 Division I National Championships teams
  • Member of the 1994 Dual Team National Champions / OSU Cowboys
  • Nick’s impressive winning % earned him a spot on Oklahoma States’ All-Time top 20 list for over a decade
  • Espoir National finalist
  • University Nationals finalist
  • 1993 Olympic Sports Festival Champion
  • US Open freestyle All-American
  • Member of the 1994 ALL-STAR TEAM

High School Wrestling

  • 3X MO high school state champion
  • Nick lost only 2 matches in his high school career
  • 2X Junior National Champion
  • Upon graduation, Nick was ranked #1 in the Nation for his weight class
  • 1988 Member of the Asics DREAM TEAM
  • Voted as Outstanding Wrestler of the “Dapper Dan” Dream Team Classic
  • Cadet Pan American Games bronze medalist

Coaching

  • Head Coach of the 4X Tulsa National Champions…Purler Wrestling Academy

Other

  • Member of the Missouri Wrestling Association Hall of Fame
  • Member of the Missouri Wrestling Hall of Fame

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AJ Carter

AJ Carter

College Wrestling

  • 3x National Qualifier at Missouri Baptist
  • Regional Runner-Up

High School Wrestling

  • Parkway West High
  • 2x MO Class 4 State Qualifier
  • MO Class 4 District Champ

Coaching

  • Hazelwood West Assistant Coach 2016-2019
  • Hazelwood West Head Coach 2019-2022
  • Purler Wrestling Academy Coach 2016-Present
Trevor Feagans

Trevor Feagans

College Wrestling

  • Wrestled D1 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
    (SIUE)
  • 3 Year D1 Letterwinner
  • Wins over multiple nationally ranked opponents
  • Ranked as high as #20 in the country by FloWrestling senior year

High School Wrestling

  • Career Record of 178-13
  • 4-Time MO State Medalist (2nd, 5th, 2nd, 2nd)
  • 4-Time MO District Champion
  • 3-Time Central Ozark Conference Champion
  • 2013 USAW Junior National Folkstyle All-American (5th at Junior 138)

Coaching

  • Purler Wrestling coach since 2014

Other

  • 2-Time MO Academic All-State
  • Graduated college with a 3.2 GPA
  • Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Tanner Irwin

Tanner Irwin

College Wrestling

  • Wrestled at Williams Baptist University & Grand View University
  • 3x NAIA National Qualifier
  • 3x All-Conference
  • Ranked as high as 4th
  • Team placed 4th, 3rd, and 1st during career

High School Wrestling

  • 115 Career wins
  • MO Class 4 State Medalist (4th)
  • Wrestled w/ Purler Wrestling Academy 7th grade through 12th grade

Coaching

  • Purler Wrestling Coach since 2019

Other

  • Bachelor of Science Degree
Ty Loethen

Ty Loethen

College Wrestling

  • Wrestled at Northern Illinois University before transferring to University of Central Missouri.
  • 2014 NCAA DII All-American (8th)

High School Wrestling

  • Career Record of 139-7
  • 3-Time MO State Medalist (2nd as freshman, 3rd as sophomore, 1st as a senior)

Coaching

  • Purler Wrestling Coach since 2018

Other

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business from University of Central Missouri
Chad Lunn

Chad Lunn

Chad has trained with us since he was a youth athlete. Chad earned our hardest worker/most dedicated award we had each year four years in a row. Unfortunately due to concussions, Chad was not able to compete much of his high school career. Chad began coaching in our SIUE satellite room which he now runs along with another satellite location in Illinois. Chad wrote our entire camp syllabus for all levels of our camps, helped set up Private Team Camps, Dream Season Camps, and helps run our website and camp registrations for all of our camps.

Ty Purler

Ty Purler

  • MO Class 4 State Medalist
  • Nat’l Ranked top 15 in HS
  • Over 15 years of experience in the Purler Wrestling system
Jeremiah Reed

Jeremiah Reed

College Wrestling

  • Wrestled NAIA at Hannibal-LeGrange University
  • Two time NAIA National Qualifier
  • Won over 100 college matches
  • Male Athlete of the Year for Hannibal-LeGrange his senior year

High School Wrestling

  • Two time state qualifier
  • Holds record for most tech falls in season at Francis Howell North

Coaching

  • Purler Wrestling coach since 2015
  • Francis Howell North High School volunteer assistant coach since 2015
Jarrett Reisenbichler

Jarrett Reisenbichler

College Wrestling

  • Wrestled at 125 lbs at McKendree University

High School Wrestling

  • Career record of 150-9
  • 4-time MO Class 4 State Medalist (4th, 2nd, 3rd, & 3rd)
  • 2014 NHSCA VA Beach Runner-Up
  • 2015 NHSCA VA Beach Champ

Coaching

  • Assistant coach at Jackson High School 2018-2020
  • Assistant coach at Cape Central High School 2020-present

Other

  • Degree in elementary education
  • Currently teaching 5th grade
Tanner Sparks

Tanner Sparks

College Wrestling

  • Maryville University
  • Super Regional IV 5th
  • Midwest Classic Placer
  • 25 Match Winner Award (one season)
  • 4-Year Starter

High School Wrestling

  • MO Class 2 State Champ
  • FloNationals All-American
  • 138-18 Combined High School Record
  • MO Freestyle State Champ

Other

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
Shannon Kline

Shannon Kline

  • 15+ years of coaching experience
  • Has helped Lead 100+ Athletes to individual State Titles including both youth and High school athletes
  • 4 consecutive Arkansas Team State Titles between 2017-2021
  • Masters Degree in Educational Leadership
  • Successful high school wrestling career at Neosho High School winning 2 district championships and racking up 120+ wins before a season ending injury his senior year
Jacob brune

Jacob Brune

Bio coming soon

Purler Wrestling Combative Sports Athletic Center
Purler Wrestling Combative Sports Athletic Center
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Michael Dye
Michael Dye
August 22, 2023
My son was there for a two-week camp this summer. Came back a leg riding machine with a monster power half. Got second place in his first tournament since getting back. Pinned his way into the finals. He is a completely different wrestler. He loved it. It was a great experience and he learned a lot.
Jeremy Aspen
Jeremy Aspen
August 12, 2023
My daughter had a great week at the camp. She says it’s a must do again. All should go.
Lou Galindo
Lou Galindo
July 20, 2023
My son and his team mate had a blast at this camp. They learned valuable wrestling skills to elevate their skills. According to them, the food was great and the coaches were very nice. NEGATIVES: According to the boys, there was bullying taking place, excessive cursing and unnecessary horse play. OVERALL: Great camp, there needs to be solely a camp for 12U to keep those teenagers separated from the littles.There needs to be more indoor entertainment for the kids such as Foosball, ping pong, etc. The kids were bored sitting around waiting for someone to rent spikeball. I would definitely not recommend the 14 day camp and 28 day camp for 12U unless these issues were corrected. The 5 day camps are great for the little ones.
jennifer peachee
jennifer peachee
June 19, 2023
Though camp. Not for weak. Not a lot of frills. My son has been 2x so far. 3nd time he took 2 more boys with him. 1 will return the other wasn’t quite ready for this level camp. He’ll sit out next year and practice closer to home.
Priscilla Trujillo
Priscilla Trujillo
June 9, 2023
The girls camp was amazing. My kids traveled from Georgia and loved it. They loved all the intense training and walked away with a plethora of new skills. Personal shout out to Chad and Nick for promptly handling any concerns we had. They made us feel at ease being out of state and that we left our girls in great hands.
Jeremiah Adomaitis
Jeremiah Adomaitis
May 22, 2023
Nicely set up
Kayla Marie
Kayla Marie
May 13, 2023
Great place!

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