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Jesse Vasquez driving through a takedown

JV GOLD — EST. RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA

Vasquez

Champion wrestler. Elite coach. Founder building the next generation. Four straight California state titles — the first in Southern California history — and nine seasons at the top of American wrestling.

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National Wrestling Hall of Fame Honoree4× California State ChampionPac‑12 ChampionNCAA Division I StarterMexico National Team

#GREATER_LATER

The deep water
is the point.

Every chapter of Jesse’s story runs the same arc: deep water, disciplined choice, community, proof. Three high schools and four straight state titles. A Pac-12 crown in the desert. A program cut out from under him — and a fight he chose to take on rather than fade out of. The adversity was never the obstacle. It was the training.

Jesse Vasquez pointing to his temple after a state finals win

CIF STATE FINALS — 2019

The record

4×

California state champion — four straight, three schools

1st

Southern California wrestler ever to four-peat

’24

Pac‑12 champion at 141 lbs, NCAA Championships

No. 23

peak national ranking at 141 lbs, 2025–26

CIF California state records; Deep Waters club records, May 11 – June 14, 2026

The ecosystem

Three doors into the same standard — a club, a nonprofit, and a mat with one athlete on it.

Jesse Vasquez wrestling for Arizona State against Stanford

01 — THE CLUB

Deep Waters Wrestling

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athletes in the first summer

An elite training environment in Riverside built on technique, discipline, and family. Elite enough for champions. Welcoming enough for a new kid on day one.

The Deep Waters Story
Jesse Vasquez at the NCAA Championships quarterfinals

02 — THE MISSION

Future Champions

Soon

the room nobody can take away

The nonprofit in formation — championship-level wrestling, affordable childcare, and year-round camps, planned to open to every kid regardless of what their family can pay.

Coming Soon
Jesse Vasquez in the California Baptist singlet

03 — THE STANDARD

Train With Jesse

1:1

focused, private coaching

Focused coaching. Honest feedback. A plan built around your athlete — from a coach who has lived every level of the sport.

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Jesse Vasquez from behind, arms raised, VASQUEZ across his back

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