J.R. Lewis enters his fourth season with Wolves wrestling in the fall of 2019.
2018-19 brought the first winning season for NSU wrestling since 2007-08, as the Wolves went 6-5 overall. Northern tallied big conference victories over Augustana and UMary, while Kaden Campbell qualified for the NCAA National Championships.
Lewis and the Wolves added another All-American in 2017-18, as Blake Perryman finished third at 165 pounds from the NCAA National Championships.
In his first season with the program, the Wolves qualified three wrestlers for the NCAA National Championships including seniors Tyler Stenberg, Sean Havlovic, and Joe Gomez. Gomez earned the third All-American honor of his career finishing seventh at 197 pounds.
With the Bears, Lewis coached three regional place winners, as well as the Pilgrim League Wrestler of the Year. He also help lead CGA to their second consecutive winning season for the first time if 15 years.
Lewis began his career at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He spent two seasons as the graduate assistant coach for the Eagles, where he trained five All-Americans and one national finalist.
Aside from the collegiate ranks, Lewis has help multiple club and camp coaching positions. He has worked with the Malecek Wrestling Camp, U.S. Naval Academy, Eagle Wrestling Club, and St. Charles Wrestling Club.
Collegiately, Lewis was a 3-time NWCA Academic All-American and 2-time UW-L Team Captain. He earned first team All-WIAC in his senior campaign, as well as numerous team awards over his four year career.
Lewis received both his bachelor of science in Political Science with a minor in Recreation Management, and his master of science in Physical Education-Teaching from Wisconsin-La Crosse.
