COACHING STAFF

Zeke Andrade
Assistant Wrestling Coach

Zeke Andrade begins his fourth season as an assistant coach for Wolves wrestling in the fall of 2022. Andrade joined the Wolves after one season as the graduate assistant coach at Dakota Wesleyan University, where he worked primarily with the 125-pound weight class.

In 2021-22, Northern State tallied a 10-3 record overall and 6-3 mark in the Northern Sun. The Wolves took third in the NSIC Srandings and finished fourth as a team at the NCAA Super Region V Tournament. Two Wolves earned all-conference honors, while three qualified for the NCAA Championships. 197-pounder Cole Huss led the team from the Championships, taking fourth and earning the first All-American honors of his career.

Northern won their first NSIC Championship since 2002, going a perfect 5-0 in league action in the shortened 2021 season. The Wolves saw two student-athletes named to the NSIC All-Conference second team in Caden Moore and Kolton Roth. Both Moore and Roth finished as the Super Region 5 runner-up, with Moore advancing to the NCAA National Championships.

He competed collegiately for South Dakota State University at 125, 141, and 149-pounds from 2013-18. A 3-year starter for the Jacks, Andrade earned Western Wrestling Conference wrestler of the week honors in 2014. Andrade was a member of the 2018 squad that finished the year ranked 12th in the nation, and was named to the Big 12 All-Academic first team.

The Sacramento, California native is a 2018 graduate of South Dakota State University with a bachelor’s degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences. He is in the process of pursuing a master’s degree from Dakota Wesleyan University.