Jake Sutter began his tenure with the Cougars as the SIUE Associate Athletic Director / Sales and Partnerships in August of 2023.
He joins the SIUE Athletics family after working for the past three years at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, most recently serving as the Assistant AD for Advancement and Partnerships. He also had served in a part-time role starting in late 2020.
In his role with the Cougars, Sutter will serve as a member of the athletics leadership team. Sutter will take the lead on building and maintaining relationships with Cougar season ticket holders, searching for new partnerships that will positively impact Cougar athletics, and overseeing all merchandising and apparel initiatives for the department.
At UW-Parkside, Sutter was the athletics liaison for the Office of Advancement and Alumni Relations. His efforts were geared toward improving and highlighting the department's fundraising, alumni relations and corporate partnerships. He played a key role in the growth of the RangerVision 2020 campaign, the game day experience for groups and season ticket holders, the Ranger Impact Fund and the Parkside Corporate Partners Program.
A 2017 graduate of Carthage, Sutter served as a graduate assistant in athletic administration at Carthage. After completing his master's degree at Carthage, he worked as the Marketing and Championships Assistant for the Mid-American Conference in Cleveland, Ohio.
