Thiel College Athletics

Jeff Linn returns for his ninth season as an assistant coach with the Tomcat wrestling team. He will assist head coach Craig Thurber with recruiting and daily activities of the Tomcats.

Linn is a 2002 graduate of Thiel College with a B.A. in history along with an elementary education certification. He is a two-time NCAA national qualifier ('99, '02) and earned All-American honors at the 2002 national meet with a seventh place finish in the 141 pound weight class. Linn was also the Midwest Regional Wrestling champion in 2002, earning him an invitation to the national championship meet.

In Linn's three-year career at Thiel, he earned three letters, compiled a 75-13 overall record and was a three-time Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) champion ('99, '00, '02). Linn is one of only two wrestlers in Thiel history to go undefeated during a regular season (1999).

In 1999, Linn was selected among wrestlers from Division I, II, and III to travel abroad and wrestle against the Bulgarian national team and an Italian club team. Linn wrestled at the 63 kilogram weight class and was one of three American wrestlers to come back to the states with a winning record (3-1). His only loss came to an Olympic alternate from the Bulgarian team.

A 1997 graduate of Chartiers Valley High School in Pittsburgh, Pa., Linn is an alumni of Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity.

Linn is the Assistant Director of Admissions and the athletics liason at Thiel. He is married to Kateri M. Linn who is an academic/career counselor in the Center for Learning and Advising at Thiel.