Christian Lomeli

Assistant Coach

Indiana

Division 1

Assistant/Goalkeeper Coach for Indiana University 

Head Coach for Alliance FC 

Jhojan Obando

Assistant Coach

Michigan

Division 1

Obando has been instrumental in producing some of the program's best goalkeepers. In 2019, he coached Andrew Verdi to Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year honors and a school record for lowest goals-against average (0.78, minimum 1,000 minutes). After Verdi went down with an injury late in the season, Obando quickly installed freshman Owen Finnerty between the pipes. Finnerty played every minute of the final seven matches, which included runs to the Big Ten Tournament final and the NCAA Sweet 16. Between the two of them, U-M had 11 shutouts in 2019, most in a single season in school history. Four of the five spots behind Verdi on the school's all-time list for lowest GAA were coached by Obando, including Henry Mashburn (0.81 in 2018), Verdi (1.02 in 2017) and Evan Louro (1.05 in 2015).

With Obando's goalkeepers in net, U-M has set, then tied, the school record for fewest goals allowed in a season, conceding 18 goals in both 2018 and 2019. Four of the top seven defenses in program history -- as judged by goals-against average -- have come in the last five years under Obando's watch (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019). He's mentored 2012 All-Big Ten second-team honoree Adam Grinwis (formerly of Orlando City SC) and fellow program alum Evan Louro (formerly of the New York Red Bulls). 

A native of Colombia, Obando possesses a USSF National C License, as well as an NSCAA Level III goalkeeping certificate. He played in 44 career matches (42 starts) as a goalkeeper at Providence under the guidance of Chaka Daley as a student-athlete, helping the Friars to a 24-14-4 record and recording 13 shutouts. In 2010, Obando helped the Friars to the championship game of the Big East Tournament and was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Additionally, he was part of three Providence teams that made the NCAA Tournament. During the last two seasons, the Friars hosted an NCAA Tournament first-round match for the first times in school history, and advanced to the second round on each occasion. He was one of four goalkeepers invited to the 2012 adidas MLS Player Combine and most recently played for the Des Moines Menace in the Premier Development League.

Donovan Dowling

Assistant Coach

Louisville

Division 1

Donovan Dowling joined the University of Louisville in July of 2018. He serves as the men's soccer assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.

In his role as recruiting coordinator, Dowling has helped lead the charge on nationally ranked recruiting classes in each of his three seasons, including top-10 classes in 2020 (No. 6) and 2021 (No. 9).

Dowling helped Louisville to a 5-8-1 mark during the 2020 season, a year split between the fall and spring semesters due to COVID-19. Battling injuries, UofL went just 1-6-1 during the fall portion of the season, but rebounded in the spring and posted a 4-2-0 record and finished second in the ACC Atlantic Division. The Cardinals capped off the spring season with a 2-1 victory over No. 1 Clemson in the regular season finale. Elijah Amo (Real Salt Lake) and Lamine Conte (New York Red Bulls) were both selected in the MLS SuperDraft in January of 2021, and Jake Gelnovatch inked a professional deal with USL Championship club Memphis 901 FC.

In his second season at Louisville, Dowling helped the Cardinals produce a 10-8-2 record and earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Cardinals earned a pair of NCAA wins, including an upset of No. 14 UC Davis. Dowling helped guide goalkeeper Jake Gelnovatch to eight shutouts, third most in the ACC. Gelnovatch also earned ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career. Cherif Dieye was selected in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft by New York Red Bulls.

In his first season at Louisville, the Cards won their first ever ACC Championship title in 2018, earning the #4 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament before ending the season 11-5-3. The Cards also saw a number of individuals move on to the professional ranks with Tate Schmitt signing a Homegrown contract with Real Salt Lake (MLS), Adam Wilson was selected in the 2nd round of the MLS Draft by Toronto FC, and Geoffrey Dee signed a professional contract with Louisville City FC (USL).
 
Dowling arrived in Louisville following three seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where he assisted in restarting the mens soccer program from scratch in 2015. While at UTGRV, Donovan served as the top assistant coach for three seasons where he was directly involved in numerous phases of the program, including recruiting, scouting, compliance, budgeting, travel, and academics. The Vaqueros showed notable improvement during the first three seasons increasing their win total each year, qualifying for the 2016 & 2017 WAC Tournament, and increasing their RPI each year ending 44th nationally.
 
In addition to his duties at UTRGV, Dowling also coached in the professional ranks as the goalkeeper coach with Rio Grande Valley FC of the USL Championship. In their inaugural season, RGVFC finished second in the USL Western Conference in 2016, qualifying for the USL Playoffs. Dowling worked under current Montreal Impact head coach Wilmer Cabrera in 2016 and under current LA Galaxy II head coach Junior Gonzalez in 2017. Overall, 11 players from RGVFC have signed MLS contracts since 2016.
 
Prior to helping restart the program at UTRGV, Dowling coached at Northeast Texas Community College, where he served as the head coach of the mens and womens soccer programs for two years. He led the mens team to a program-best 17-4-2 record in 2014, with a ranking as high as No. 4 in the nation en route to an NJCAA Tournament berth. For his efforts, Dowling was a finalist for National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) National Coach of the Year. In 2013, the mens team was one of the most improved teams in the NJCAA with a 14-7 record, compared to a 5-14-1 record the season prior to his arrival.
 
From 2011-12, Dowling helped start the first-ever mens soccer program at Fort Hays State University as an assistant coach. In 2011, the inaugural team finished 11-5-2, while receiving votes in the NSCAA Top 25 poll. In 2012, the team did one better, as Dowling helped lead the Tigers to an 11-6-2 record, along with the programs first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament, advancing all the way to the Sweet 16. The Tigers were ranked for the majority of the 2012 season, with a high of No. 9 in the nation.
 
Dowling coached from 2009-11 with the Fort Wayne Fever as the Director of Goalkeeping for the entire club, while also serving as the assistant coach for the 93 and 95 Fever boys teams. Both of his Fever teams were Indiana State Cup Finalists.
 
A goalkeeper, Dowling played collegiately at the NCAA Division I level at IPFW, where, as a two-year starter, he set program records for goals against average and shutouts in a season while earning All-Summit League honors. He played his first two collegiate seasons at Barton County Community College, where he was a Third Team All-American and First Team NSCAA All-Region and All-Conference honoree, leading his team to the No. 2 ranking in the nation while serving as the sophomore captain. A two-year starter, Dowling compiled a 39-4-2 record during his career.
 
A native of Olathe, Kansas, Dowling earned his bachelor of general studies from Indiana University and added a master of science in sports and human performance from Fort Hays State.

Tanner Thompson

Volunteer Assistant Coach

Ohio State

Division 1

I am currently in my second season as Volunteer Assistant Coach for the Ohio State Men's Soccer Program.

Nick Noble

Assistant Coach

West Virginia

Division 1

Third year Assistant Coach/Goalkeeper Coach at West Virginia University

Michael Casper

Assistant Coach

Georgetown

Division 1

Mike Casper joined the coaching staff in the spring of 2019. Casper came to the Hilltop from Northwestern University where he was an assistant coach for one season.  Prior to NU, he was at the University of Notre Dame for three years and served as the head coach at Saint Francis University (Pa.) for eight seasons.
 
Last year, the Wildcats went 6-9-5 overall before falling to top-seeded Indiana in overtime in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. 
 
In three seasons as an assistant at Notre Dame, Casper helped the Fighting Irish reach the NCAA Tournament every year as the team managed a combined record of 34-19-10. Casper also coached five Notre Dame players who went on to be drafted to the MLS.
 
Prior to his arrival at Notre Dame, Casper was the head coach at Saint Francis where he led the Red Flash to the Northeast Conference (NEC) regular-season title in 2014 with a school record 13-6-1 mark.  For his efforts, he was named the league's coach of the year.
 
Over his eight seasons as head coach, Casper led Saint Francis to a 71-61-21 record, including a 36-26-9 mark in NEC play. The 71 total victories and the 36 league wins are the most in school history. The Red Flash was the NEC finalist four times with Casper at the helm.
 
Casper coached 24 All-NEC players, 15 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) all-region performers and an NSCAA All-American during his time as head coach at Saint Francis. Eight of his players went on to the professional ranks.
 
In addition to the success on the field, the Red Flash produced three Academic All-Americans and 10 Academic All-District players during his tenure. The program also received the NSCAA Team Academic Award four times (2011-14).
 
Overall Casper was with the Red Flash for the last 12 seasons. Prior to taking over the head coaching position, he spent four seasons as an assistant coach in charge of the team's goalkeepers.
 
A four-year member of the UMBC men's soccer team, Casper helped lead the Retrievers to a NEC Championship in 1999. During Casper's four-year career at UMBC, the Retrievers posted a record of 54-19-11 going 30-7-3 in NEC play.
 
Following his collegiate career, Casper served as head junior varsity and assistant varsity coach at Timothy Christian High School (N.J.) for two seasons (2001-02). In 2000, Casper served as head coach of the Central Jersey Riptide in the Professional Development League.
 
He holds an A License from the United States Soccer Federation and an advanced regional diploma from the NSCAA.
 
Casper received his master's degree in education leadership from Saint Francis in 2005 and is a 2000 graduate of UMBC with a bachelor's degree in psychology. He and his wife Kerri have a son, Jacob.

Stewart Frank

Volunteer Assistant Coach

Yale

Division 1

New Assistant Coach for the Yale Men's Soccer Team. Started working with the program in October of 2020.

Stewart Flaherty

Assistant Coach

Dartmouth

Division 1

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Calum Mallace

Assistant Coach

Loyola-Chicago (IL)

Division 1

Current assistant coach at Loyola Chicago. Spent 3 and a half years playing college soccer at Marquette University, winning Big East midfielder of the year award in senior season. Was drafted in 2012 by the Montreal Impact. Spent 7 years playing in the MLS and one year in the USL. Spent the last year and a half coaching at Northwestern University. 

Ronnie Bouemboue

Head Men's Soccer Coach

Eastern Illinois

Division 1

Hired as the Eastern Illinois Men's head soccer coach in 2020. Coached four seasons at IUPUI as assistant head coach from 2016-19. Helped coach IUPUI to their first Horizon League Tournament since 2013. 

Volunteer assistant coach at North Carolina State (2015-16).

Assistant coach at Bradley University (2013-14)

United Soccer Coaches 30 Under 30 Program in 2017-18

Played soccer at North Carolina State University (2005-09)
* Two-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection (2008 & 2009)
* Three-time All-ACC Tournament selection (2006, 2008, 2009)
* Atlantic Coast Conference All-Freshman Team (2005)
* Played in NCAA College Cup in 2005 and 2009
* Ranks in top 15 for season and career assists and points at NC State
* Finalist for Lowe's Senior CLASS Award in 2009
* Invited to MLS Players Combine in 2010
* Earned Bachelor's Degree from North Carolina State in 2008
* Earned Master's Degree from North Carolina State in 2013
* USSF "D" Coaching License and Advanced National Diploma Coaching License
* Native of Brooklyn, New York

Graham Sachtleben

Assistant Coach

Wright State

Division 1

Born in Petersburg, AK and raised in northern Virginia. Sachtleben graduated from Cedarville University with a degree in History & Political Science. Sachtleben served as the goalkeeper coach at Cedarville University for two years and currently serves as an assistant coach at Wright State University . He is currently working as the Director of Goalkeeping at Athletes in Action in Xenia, OH and serves on the coaching staff at the Dayton Dutch Lions (USL 2).  

Ludvig Rhodin

Graduate Assistant Coach

Western Illinois

Division 1

Assistant Coach at Western Illinois University

Bill Boyle

Head Coach

Niagara

Division 1

Bill Boyle enters his fifth season as the head coach of Niagara men's soccer in 2020. Boyle was hired in January 2016 after assistant coaching stints at Michigan State University, Colgate University and, most recently, the University at Albany.

Last season, Niagara improved to a 5-12-1 record and went 3-6-1 in conference play. The five wins in a year set a new best for Boyle as the Purple Eagles' head coach, and tied his high set during the 2016 season. The five wins were the most for the squad in a single season since 2014.

2018 saw the Purple Eagles go 2-14-2 overall with a 1-9-0 mark against MAAC opponents. Five players were named to the MAAC All-Academic Team at season's end.

In 2017, the Purple Eagles went 1-8-1 against MAAC teams and 2-14-2 overall. For the second straight season under Boyle, the Purple Eagles landed a player on the MAAC's All-Rookie Team, freshman back Matthew Krucko-Moeller. Nine Purple Eagles players were named to the 2017 MAAC All-Academic Team, the most since 2012 and tied for the second-most ever in program history.

In his first season leading the Purple Eagles, Boyle guided the team to a 3-6-1 record in the MAAC (4-11-2 overall). Niagara earned its first-ever win over the Quinnipiac Bobcats on Sept. 25, 2016, a 1-0 overtime victory. The team was led by 2016 MAAC All-Rookie Team midfielder Mackenzie Roach. Boyle's team also excelled in the classroom. Seven of 12 eligible players were named to the 2016 MAAC All-Academic Team, and senior back Konrad Zydowicz was honored as a CoSIDA Academic All-District Team member.

Prior to Niagara, Boyle spent five seasons coaching collegiate soccer in New York state. In his second season at UAlbany in 2015, Boyle helped the Great Danes to their first-ever America East regular-season title en route to being named the America East's Coaching Staff of the Year. UAlbany also had three student-athletes named to the conference's first-team, one to the second team selection, one to the rookie team, two to the all-academic team and had the striker of the year. 
 

This year Boyle led his team in the Spring of 2021 to 5 straight victories in league and a 3rd place finish.  The most consecutive wins since 2003.  Boyle was named Coach of the Year at Niagara.

Noel Orozco

Assistant Coach

George Mason

Division 1

Noel Orozco was hired as the men's soccer director of operations in the summer of 2019. He spent the 2018 season as a volunteer assistant coach at Houston Baptist.
 
Orozco helped Houston Baptist post a 5-8-3 (3-6-1 WAC) record last season. The Huskies placed a program-best seven individuals on the all-conference team. He also oversaw video analysis and scouting reports.
 
Prior to Houston Baptist, Orozco was an assistant coach at Franklin College in 2017. He worked specifically with the goalkeepers and served as the programs liaison with the academic department and recruiting. 
 
Orozco played at St. Bonaventure from 2015-16, playing in 36 matches (33 starts) with one assist. He played at Oklahoma Baptist for two seasons before transferring to St. Bonaventure.
 
The Houston, Texas, native earned his degree in political science from St. Bonaventure in May of 2017.

Chris Keller

Head Coach

Wabash (IN)

Division 3

Begins his 12th season as the Little Giants' head coach in 2023

Three-time North Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year (2014, 2017, 2019)

Named Regional Coach of the Year in 2014-2022

 Wabash team earned a sixth consecutive berth to the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament and seventh in ten years under Keller.

Cristian Aleman was named to the 2021 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III All-America Third Team, becoming the first Wabash player to earn All-America honors since 1998. Forty players have earned All-NCAC honors under Keller, with 11 earning all-district or all-region honors.

Michael Tanchevski was named the 2019 NCAC Defensive Player of the Year, earned All-Region and Scholar All-Region honors, and capped his career by earning an NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship.

Came to Wabash from Allegheny College where he served as an assistant coach.

Graduated from the University of the Southwest where he earned a bachelor's of science degree in psychology in 2005. He also earned a master's of science in curriculum and instruction from Southwest in 2009. Keller and his wife, Kate, live in Crawfordsville with their two children.

Bob Carlson

Head Coach

Carleton (MN)

Division 3

Carlson Record at School/Years: 210-114-35 (.634) / 19 seasons Career Record: Same Tele
The 2015 campaign marked Bob Carlsons 19th season at the helm of the Carleton mens soccer program. The Knights have posted 16 winning seasons under Carlson. In comparison, Carleton posted only eight winning seasons in the 24 years prior to his arrival.
Over the last nine seasons, Carlson has led the Knights to five MIAC regular-season titles (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012) and a trio of second-place finishes. Over that span, his squads own a 120-40-20 record (.722) and possess a .789 win percentage in MIAC matches.
The 2008 team captured the conferences post-season title as well as the programs first-ever trip to the NCAA Championships, where the Knights advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. The Knights made back-to-back NCAA Championship appearances in 2012 and 2013, the most recent trip coming after the Knights claimed the 2013 postseason crown. Bob Carlson was named the 2012 MIAC Coach-of-the-Year, marking the third time he received the honor.
With an overall ledger of 210-114-35 during his first 19 seasons at the helm, Carlson ranks first all-time at Carleton in both career victories and winning percentage (.634) among coaches with more than one season at the school. His tenure has been marked by consistent play and strong finishes in the MIAC, perennially one of the strongest men's soccer conferences in all of NCAA Division III. For the past 19 years his team has also earned NSCAA Team Academic awards, including three years in which the Knights posted the highest team grade point average in all of NCAA Division I, II and III.
A 1986 graduate of St. Olaf College, Carlson was a standout player for the Oles as a team captain, all-conference selection, and four-year letterwinner. He helped St. Olaf capture the 1984 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) crown and an NCAA tournament bid, the first-ever for a MIAC institution. As a coach, Carlson returned to Minnesota in 1991 as an assistant at Gustavus Adolphus College. During his four-year tenure there, the Gusties won two conference championships and earned two NCAA tournament bids.
A native of Illinois, Carlson was an all-area soccer and basketball player at New Trier High School. He is married to Cathy Carlson, Associate Dean of Students at Carleton; the couple has a son, Sam, and a daughter, Emma.
Assistant Coach Joe Hartwell Joe Hartwell joined the Knights prior to the 2011 season after previously spending five years as an assistant at his alma mater Gustavus Adolphus College. He was a NSCAA First-Team All-American central defender for the Gusties in 2004. Hartwell scored five goals and added two assists in addition to anchoring a defense that yielded just four goals in 23 games during that campaign. He has served as a club coach at Dakota REV for several years.

Head Coach Bob Carlson Record at School/Years: 210-114-35 (.634) / 19 seasons Career Record: Same Tele
The 2015 campaign marked Bob Carlsons 19th season at the helm of the Carleton mens soccer program. The Knights have posted 16 winning seasons under Carlson. In comparison, Carleton posted only eight winning seasons in the 24 years prior to his arrival.
Over the last nine seasons, Carlson has led the Knights to five MIAC regular-season titles (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012) and a trio of second-place finishes. Over that span, his squads own a 120-40-20 record (.722) and possess a .789 win percentage in MIAC matches.
The 2008 team captured the conferences post-season title as well as the programs first-ever trip to the NCAA Championships, where the Knights advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. The Knights made back-to-back NCAA Championship appearances in 2012 and 2013, the most recent trip coming after the Knights claimed the 2013 postseason crown. Bob Carlson was named the 2012 MIAC Coach-of-the-Year, marking the third time he received the honor.
With an overall ledger of 210-114-35 during his first 19 seasons at the helm, Carlson ranks first all-time at Carleton in both career victories and winning percentage (.634) among coaches with more than one season at the school. His tenure has been marked by consistent play and strong finishes in the MIAC, perennially one of the strongest men's soccer conferences in all of NCAA Division III. For the past 19 years his team has also earned NSCAA Team Academic awards, including three years in which the Knights posted the highest team grade point average in all of NCAA Division I, II and III.
A 1986 graduate of St. Olaf College, Carlson was a standout player for the Oles as a team captain, all-conference selection, and four-year letterwinner. He helped St. Olaf capture the 1984 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) crown and an NCAA tournament bid, the first-ever for a MIAC institution. As a coach, Carlson returned to Minnesota in 1991 as an assistant at Gustavus Adolphus College. During his four-year tenure there, the Gusties won two conference championships and earned two NCAA tournament bids.
A native of Illinois, Carlson was an all-area soccer and basketball player at New Trier High School. He is married to Cathy Carlson, Associate Dean of Students at Carleton; the couple has a son, Sam, and a daughter, Emma.
Assistant Coach Joe Hartwell Joe Hartwell joined the Knights prior to the 2011 season after previously spending five years as an assistant at his alma mater Gustavus Adolphus College. He was a NSCAA First-Team All-American central defender for the Gusties in 2004. Hartwell scored five goals and added two assists in addition to anchoring a defense that yielded just four goals in 23 games during that campaign. He has served as a club coach at Dakota REV for several years.
Bob Carlson

Justin Oliver

Head Coach

St. Olaf

Division 3

Justin Oliver is in his second season as an assistant coach for the St. Olaf men's soccer program in 2020-21 after joining the staff on Jan. 21, 2019.

In 2019, Oliver was part of a coaching staff that led the Oles to their first appearance in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Playoffs since 2015. After being picked eighth in the MIAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, the Oles went 9-10 overall and 5-5 in the MIAC to post their highest overall and conference win totals since 2015.

St. Olaf also had five student-athletes earn All-MIAC or Honorable Mention All-MIAC honors, which was the highest total for the program since 1993.

A Second Team All-American for the University of St. Thomas in 2017-18, Oliver joined head coach Travis Wall's staff after serving as the head coach at North St. Paul High School in 2018, leading the team to a 14-4-0 record. He also coached at St. Croix Academy from 2015-19.

Oliver transferred to St. Thomas after three years at Division I Eastern Illinois University, where he recorded 10 goals and five assists in 54 appearances. In his one season as a Tommie, Oliver scored 16 goals and added five assists in 23 appearances, leading to United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American honors. He was also a First Team All-Midwest Region pick by the United Soccer Coaches and a First Team All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) selection, as St. Thomas advanced to the national quarterfinals and won MIAC regular-season and playoff titles.

After playing with Kaw Valley FC and Minneapolis City SC following graduation, Oliver went on trial with two-time defending USL champion Louisville City FC. While with Minneapolis City SC, he was twice named to the National Premier Soccer League Team of the Week in 2018.

Oliver was a standout at North St. Paul High School and ranks third all-time in Minnesota with 154 career points on 92 goals (fifth all-time) and 62 assists (sixth all-time). He was a two-time All-Midwest Region and All-State selection and was named Minnesota's Mr. Soccer and Gatorade Player of the Year, as well as an NSCAA All-American. His teams went a combined 66-9-3.

Tj Kostecky

Head Coach

Bard

Division 3

TJ Kostecky arrived at Bard in July of 2019.

He came to Bard after 20 years as the head coach at Div. I LIU-Brooklyn, where he led the Blackbirds to the 2018 NCAA Tournament in his final season there. During his tenure there, he won three Northeast Conference titles, made three NCAA Tournament appearances and was the NEC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.

As successful as his teams have been on the pitch, Kosteckys squads were also devoted in the classroom. His 2003 & 2012 teams posted the highest team grade point average in the nation. The 2008 & 2015 squads was awarded the NEC Team Academic Award for posting the highest GPA among mens soccer teams in the conference. The 2011 & 2013 teams were distinguished by the conference with the NEC Sportsmanship Award.

Kostecky has a proven track record of rebuilding programs, having engineered successful turnarounds at each of his prior coaching stops. Prior to LIU, he took over an Appalachian State program in Boone, N.C., that had suffered four consecutive losing seasons prior to Kosteckys hiring in 1998. In his only season at the school, he led the Mountaineers to a 13-8 mark in 1998, marking the best first-year record for a coach in the programs history of over 40 years. For his efforts, he was named Southern Conference Coach of the Year.

Kostecky arrived in Boone following a successful run as head coach and director of athletics at Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, N.C., from 1994-97. He was handed the reins of a program that had suffered eight straight losing seasons before he led the team to a 46-25-7 record and captured two Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference championships. Kostecky was named CVAC Coach of the Year in 1997 and mentored one All-American and nine all-conference honorees during his tenure.

He began his collegiate coaching career at New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he led the Highlanders from 1988-93. NJIT compiled a 67-37-11 mark in his six years, capturing conference championships in 1991 and 1992 and making four ECAC postseason trips. Kosteckys accomplishments at NJIT came in his native New Jersey, where he starred scholastically at Woodbridge Township High School.

Tactically, Kosteckys attacking practice sessions involve a system called Vision Training that he and business partner Len Bilous developed several years ago. This method helps players make smart, well-informed decisions by improving their field vision.

A featured clinician around the world, Kostecky conducted a coaching seminar in Masku, Finland, in March of 2005 on Vision Training. In early 2005, he released a video under the same name for players and coaches to use. Since its release, it has become one of the most requested coaching video's in the country and abroad.


TJ is currently finishing up a self-help book through Benbella books publishing  that's set to be released in the winter of 2023. The title of the book is "Eyes up! A soccer guru's guide to scoring big in the game of life". 

Throughout his career, Kostecky has been an instrumental figure in facilitating the growth of soccer in America. From 1987-94 he was a coach for New Jerseys Olympic Development Team and was responsible for the training and selection of the states top players for the United States National Team. When he accepted his post at Pfeiffer, he filled a similar role with North Carolinas Olympic Development squad. Several of the players he mentored have played succeeded at the international level, including former U.S. National Team captain Claudio Reyna, and moved onto professional leagues such as Major League Soccer.

Kostecky has also worked with U.S. Mens and Womens National Team members, including Julie Foudy, a captain of the 1999 Womens World Cup Champions. He conducted an instructional clinic for inner city children at the 1998 NCAA Division I Championships in Richmond, Va., for the NCAA Youth Education Through Sports Program and was again a guest clinician for YES at the 1999 and 2000 NCAA Championships.

In 1989, Kostecky founded Soccer Start, a youth soccer program for inner city children. He served as the programs National Chairman until 1993. The program continues to identify and cultivate the abundance of talent in the inner-cities. He was appointed World Cup 94 Committee Chair by then New Jersey Governor Jim Florio and coordinated training site activities in the Metropolitan area for each international team.

A former all-state performer at Woodbridge, he was inducted into the schools Hall of Fame in 1995. He played midfield on the mens soccer team at East Stroudsburg University and received a bachelors degree in health and physical education in 1983. He completed his masters degree at East Stroudsburg in the same field in 1992.

Michael Arango

Head Men's Soccer Coach

Concordia (IL)

Division 3

Building on his team's previous successes, Arango's squad made program history once again in 2021. Under his direction, the Cougars finished 9-7-2 overall, marking the first time the program has ever finished above .500. Arango was also named the 2021 NACC Coach of the year, leading his team to a sixth place NACC finish after being picked tenth in the NACC preseason poll. The team made it's third straight appearance in the NACC tournament. From Oct. 6-20, Arango oversaw a program-record six-game winning streak as the team played their way into the postseason picture. 

The COVID-19 impacted 2020 season was played in the spring of 2021. Arango's team made it's second straight NACC postseason appearance, falling in the opening round of the tournament. The season was highlighted when senior Gerardo Medina was named a CoSIDA Third-Team Academic All-American, the first ever in program history.

With the 2019 season marking Arango's third season leading the Cougars, CUC had its most successful season in program history up till that point. With a 9-9 overall record, the Cougars were a .500 team for the first time in program history, and had the most wins ever for the program dating back to 2001. With a 6-5 record in NACC play, Concordia-Chicago reached its most ever conference wins en route to clinching their first ever berth into the NACC playoffs, since its inception in 2006. On their path to a playoff appearance, the Cougars defeated Edgewood College and Illinois Institute of Technology for the first time in school history under Arango's leadership. At the conclusion of the season, Jose Retana, Juan Valencia and Alexis Gallegos were honored with All-NACC accolades, tying the most recognition in NACC postseason awards in school history.

Arango, who holds a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) A License, has been involved with the Illinois Youth Soccer Association (IYSA) Olympic Development Program as both a head and assistant coach since 2004 and is part of the USYSA Region II staff (ODP). He is certified to teach the USSF National D and E courses and is currently on the IYSA Coaching Education staff. He has also been involved with the Olympic Development Program as part of the Midwest Region staff and IYSA State Staff. He is a certified Grassroots Instructor with US Soccer and teaches the Grassroots and National D Courses.

Arango has been part of two different USSF coaching education trips, going behind the scenes to see what the most successful clubs in the world value and how everything comes together.  He worked with both Spanish and Belgian national programs to understand how they best teach their athletes. (Spain, 2012 and Belgium/Amsterdam 2016)

Locally, Arango coached at Chicago Fire Juniors City, Wilmette Wings, Team Evanston and FC United. He is a graduate of Northeastern Illinois with a BA in elementary education and a Concordia-Chicago graduate with his Masters in Business Administration and Sports Management. 

Zach Serovy

Graduate Assistant Men's Soccer Coach

North Central (IL)

Division 3

First year graduate assistant coach for North Central College.

Former experience at the Collegiate level with Coe College in and youth experience with Iowa Soccer Club.


Playing Experience at the semiprofessional level.

Ryan Lakin

Head Coach

Aurora

Division 3

Ryan Lakin became the Head Coach of the Aurora University mens soccer program in May of 2014. In his time at AU, Lakin has led the Spartans to a 69-46-11 overall record. He was named the 2019 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Spartans to the first conference championship since 2004.

Prior to coming to AU, Lakin spent nine seasons as the Illinois Wesleyan University men's soccer coach. In nine seasons at IWU he had a 67-75-16 overall record. Lakin was a three-time Coach of the Year in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin while at Millikin University (1998, 1999, 2001). After departing Millikin University, Lakin spent seven months coaching in the United Soccer League at the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. He returned to the Chicago area and assisted Directing the FC Barrington and Barrington Recreational Soccer Association for two years.  He returned to the college coaching at Illinois Wesleyan University before coming home to Chicago and Aurora University. 

A 1995 graduate of Illinois State University, Lakin was the men's and women's soccer coach at Millikin from 1998 to 2002. His men's teams compiled a record of 54-29-3 (.645) in five seasons with a league co-championship in 2001. His Big Blue women's teams were 27-60-4 overall (.319) and 4-31 in the CCIW (.114) over the same period.

Lakin played collegiate soccer at Illinois State University and earned Most Improved Player for the 1992 Redbirds team and was a 1993 team captain. He was chosen to the Missouri Valley Conference all-league and all-tournament squads, and was named to the all-Midwest region team.

He was an assistant coach for the Lincoln College men's soccer team in 1994 and was director of coaching for the Bloomington-Normal Soccer Club from 1995 to 1998.

Lakin was assistant director of coaching at Barrington (Ill.) Area Soccer Association and FC Barrington, where he was responsible for the operation and oversight of 2,000 recreational players, 35 travel teams and 15 staff coaches.

He is also part of the Olympic Development coaching staff and an instructor on the coaching education staff for the State of Illinois. With the Illinois Youth Soccer Association and FC Barrington, Lakin co-developed and co-instructed the first pilot program for the development of a recreational coaching license. Lakin holds his USSF A, B, and C licenses and an USSF National Youth License and is a consultant to the National Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Club Standards Project.

Michael Dombrowski

Assistant Men's Soccer Coach

Carthage

Division 3

6th year as assistant coach. 

Josh Logan

Assistant Coach

Trine

Division 3

Josh Logan joined the men's soccer coaching staff in the summer of 2019 and will be in his second season as an assistant coach in the fall.

The Manchester, England native has had an extensive playing experience that included playing for Stalybridge Celtic FC (2012-14) and competed in the FA Youth Cup.  He also competed for Curzon Ashton FC (2014-15) and captained the "under 21" team as a member of the first team.

Beginning in 2015, Logan enrolled at Ancilla College in Indiana and played for current Trine Head Coach David Jacobs.  During his time as a student-athlete at Ancilla, Logan started every game and helped his teams post an overall record of 31-5-1 while also serving as a team captain.  He ended his career as a first-team National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-American honoree and was the "Most Valuable Player" of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XII Tournament.  In addition, Logan earned All-Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) accolades and was named the Ancilla Defensive "MVP."

Logan transferred to Saginaw Valley State (Mich.) University prior to the 2017 season where he helped the Cardinals to a 13-4-2 record and finish as the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Tournament runners up in his final collegiate season.  SVSU also received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament.

Kyle Clancy

Assistant Men's Soccer Coach

Knox

Division 3

Kyle Clancy joined the men's soccer staff in February of 2021. He comes to Knox after serving as a graduate assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for the last two seasons.

Clancy, a two-year captain, competed for UW-Whitewater during the 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018 seasons, helping the team reach the NCAA Tournament as a starter in 2014 and 2015. He was named honorable mention All-Wisconsin State by the United Soccer Coaches in 2018 after posting 12 points on two goals and a team-high eight assists.
 
Clancy competed in 79 matches during his Warhawk career, including 63 as a starter, and totaled 19 points on three goals and 13 assists. He earned Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Scholastic Honor Roll accolades three times and was selected as a National Strength and Conditioning Association All-American in 2018-19 for his commitment to strength and conditioning coupled with his athletic accomplishments.

Clancy has earned three certifications from the United Soccer Coaches, including a Goalkeeping Level 1 Diploma, a Futsal Level 1 Diploma and a Special Topics Diploma: Sports Psychology and Individual Mental Skills.
 
A native of Palatine, Ill., Clancy graduated with a bachelor's in physical education with an emphasis in health, human performance and recreation. He is pursuing a master's in education (professional studies) with an emphasis in higher education athletic administration.

Paul Anderson

Head Coach

Millikin

Division 3

Paul Anderson became the Head Men's Soccer Coach at Millikin in Febraury 2020.
        Anderson came to Millikin after spending the last five season as the full-time assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Washington University in St. Louis mens soccer program.  Anderson has been a part of the Bears program for 12 years.
        In his 12 years working under  Joe Clarke, the Bears accumulated an overall record of 121-62-30. WashU recorded seven seasons with at least 10 wins, including a 14-1-5 effort in 2010. The Bears made five NCAA Tournament appearances, including three-straight from 2010-12, and advanced to the second round in 2010, 2011 and 2015.
          Anderson helped lead the Bears to eight top-four finishes in the University Athletic Association (UAA) in his 12 seasons, including a second-place finish in 2010 and back-to-back UAA titles in 2011 and 2012. He was also part of the UAA Coaching Staff of the Year in 2011.
          Anderson also mentored three student athletes that received All-America honors, 27 All-Region and 62 All-UAA. Off the field, WashU had four Scholar All-Americans, 18 CoSIDA Academic All-District and 167 Academic All-UAA honorees.
          A native of Jarrow, England, Anderson joined the Bears' staff in 2008. He coached for the Lou Fusz Soccer Club in St. Louis for three years, beginning with the U10 team in 2009 and serving as the team's head coach through its U12 season. He earned his National Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) in 2009, and his Advance National Diploma in 2010.  Anderson added his USSF D License in 2019.
          Prior to coming to WashU, Anderson worked with both boys and girls teams U10 to U14 as a coach and trainer for the Universal Sports Group in Simsbury, Conn. In 2007, he was the coach for the U10 girls, and U13 and U16 boys teams for the Swalwell Juniors Football Club in Swalwell, England.
          Anderson earned a degree in coaching science with sport and exercise science from Manchester Metropolitan University in Alsager, England, in 2004. He and his wife, Jennifer, have a daughter, Madeline (6) and a son Ryan (2).

Chris Higgins

Assistant Coach (GK)

Loras

Division 3

Chris Higgins enters his first season on the staff of the Loras College men's soccer program, joining the Duhawks as the assistant coach in 2020.

Higgins joins the Duhawks after three years as the head coach of the Xavier High School girls soccer program in which his team won the Iowa State Soccer Championship in 2019 and he was named the Mississippi Valley Conference Coach of the Year and Private School Coach of the Year. Before leading Xavier, Higgins was a graduate assistant for the womens soccer team at Mount Mercy University from 2016-2018, including a year as the acting head coach in 2017. While in Cedar Rapids, he also coached with the Cedar Rapids Soccer Association, working with the high school boys team.

He is also the girls head coach for the Olympic Development Program in Iowa where he works with premier soccer players and develops a pool of players to compete at the regional and national level.

As a student-athlete at Ashford University, Higgins was an NAIA Academic All-American and the Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2013. He also was an AII First Team All-Conference selection in 2014 in addition to earning AII Goalkeeper of the Year honors. He earned his bachelors degree in physical education with endorsements in coaching and health in 2015 before earning his masters degree in strategic leadership from Mount Mercy in 2018.

Tom Corcoran

Assistant Men's Soccer Coach

Dubuque

Division 3

Assistant Men's Soccer Coach/Adjunct Faculty at the University of Dubuque.

Ian Hatleli

Head Coach

Monmouth (IL)

Division 3

Ian Hatleli was named the 13th head coach of the Monmouth College mens soccer program in May of 2020.
 
The Brownsburg, Ind., native comes to Monmouth after five seasons as an assistant coach at Wabash College where he also directed the recruiting efforts in the Hoosier State. Hatleli also spent two seasons as an assistant at East Central College, an NJCAA Division I program.
 
During his seven-year assistant coaching career, Hatlelis teams have won one conference championship and qualified for the league tournament four other times. He has also been part of two coaching staffs named Staff of the Year by their league. With Hatleli on staff, his teams have produced a pair of Scholar All-Americans and eight athletic all-region selections.
 
Hatleli, a four-year starter and two-time captain for Millikin University, started all 20 games as a freshman and started in 56 of the 62 games in which he appeared during his career. He earned his undergraduate degree in exercise science from Millikin in 2014. Hatleli resides in Kirkwood with his wife, daughter and son.

Erick Lemus

Assistant Coach

Illinois-Springfield

Division 2

Erick Lemus is in his first season as an assistant coach for the University of Illinois Springfield mens soccer program in 2020-21.
 
Lemus was an assistant coach at Marymount University during the 2019 season. He helped that team go 12-7-1 on the year and reach the conference tournament championship game. The Mariners ranked in the upper half of the league by allowing 1.74 goals per game, and goalie Ramon Garcia was named second-team all-conference.
 
Lemus was an assistant coach for the mens and womens soccer teams at the University of Hawaii at Hilo from 2015-18. In 2018, he helped the womens squad accomplish the best record in program history at 10-4-2, and it finished second in the Pacific West Conference. He coached the goalie that year to the second-best GAA record in program history with a 0.60 mark. On the mens side, Lemus developed the programs goalie into setting the program record for saves. In his four seasons coaching at Hawaii at Hilo, his goalies earned five Womens PacWest Defender of the Week awards and three Mens PacWest Defender of the Week honors.
 
Other coaching stops included being the head coach at the high school level at Mary Star of the Sea High School and Waiakea High School, and a club coach for Hawaii Rush and FRAM Soccer Club. He is also currently coaching at Central Illinois United in Springfield, Ill. and is a coach for the Impact Goalkeeper Academy.
 
Lemus is certified with a US Soccer C License, and is currently working on the B license. He attended the International Goalkeeper Coaches Conference in Los Angeles in December 2019.

Matt Tennyson

Assistant Coach

Coe

Division 3

My name is Matt Tennyson and I am the Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL. 


Assistant Coach - Buena Vista University (2018-2021)
Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (2021-present)
National Diploma
USSF D License
GK 1 Diploma

Matt Johnson

Assistant Coach

Wartburg

Division 3

The fall 2020 season will be Matt Johnson's first year with the Wartburg men's soccer program. Matt is joining Wartburg after two years as an Assistant Mens Soccer Coach at Johnson & Wales University-Denver a team who competes in the nationally competitive NCAA Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. While in Denver, he coached a strong boys team for Real Colorado. Johnson, a four-year member and two-year team captain, earned first-team all-conference and third-team all-region as an Attacking Midfielder at University of Minnesota Morris (NCAA Division III), where he earned his bachelors degree in Sports Management.  He spent two seasons at his alma mater as an assistant coach for both the mens and womens soccer programs, three years as the assistant womens soccer coach at Cochise College in Douglas, AZ.  He holds USSF C and NSCAA National coaching licenses.

Blair Stevenson

Assistant Coach

Northern Kentucky

Division 1

Blair Stevenson completed his second season as the top assistant on Stu Riddle's staff in 2018. This past season, he helped the team to a 10-7 record. The 10 wins were the most for the program in the Division I era. The team also achieved a No. 9 ranking in the United Soccer Coaches North Region poll earlier in the season. The North Region included all four teams that advanced to the Final Four of the 2018 NCAA College Cup. 

Freshman Alex Willis was named the Horizon League Freshman of the Year and to the All-Horizon League First Team. He was also selected to the United Soccer Coaches All-North Region Second Team, the Top Drawer Soccer Freshmen Best XI First Team and the College Soccer News All-Freshman First Team. Willis finished the season ranked as the 11th-best freshman by Top Drawer Soccer. Sophomore Alex Grieve earned All-Horizon League Second Team honors, and freshman Stian Jørgensen was named to the All-Horizon League Freshman team.

In 2018, Willis finished fourth in the NCAA in goals scored, Greive tied for fourth in total assists, and the team ranked ninth in the NCAA in scoring offense with 2.18 goals per match. 

The 2018 season also saw Rikard Lindqvist and Jim Barkei earn Horizon League All-Academic Team honors. Additionally, Lindqvist was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District Team and the Google Cloud Academic All-America Third Team, as selected by CoSIDA.

Prior to this past season, the team achieved a 3.48 GPA in the Spring of 2018 semester, which was the highest GPA in program history. 

Head Coach Stu Riddle announced the addition of Stevenson as Assistant Men's Soccer Coach on March 7, 2017. Stevenson joined the Norse as the top assistant after working alongside Riddle at the University at Buffalo.

Stevenson most recently served as the Assistant Coach at Buffalo during the 2016 season. Stevenson helped lead the Bulls to the 2016 Mid-American Conference Championship finals. At Buffalo, the Scotland native was responsible for gameday tactics, scouting, player development, video analysis and college ID camp coordination. Stevenson also helped guide the Bulls to a program-best No. 2 Great Lakes Regional ranking, top-50 NCAA RPI ranking and final record of 12-4-3.

Prior to UB, Stevenson served as Assistant Coach at Syracuse University where he was responsible for planning training sessions and gameday tactics, community relations, youth soccer camp organization and scouting. During his time at Syracuse, the Orange won the 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference title and advanced to the NCAA Men's College Cup after earning the No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Two members of the 2015 squad were drafted in the 2016 MLS First Round - Julian Büscher (11th overall, D.C. United) and Ben Polk (20th overall, Portland Timbers).

"To have a coach on staff that has been part of an ACC winning team and part of a run to the Final Four is fantastic for us," added Riddle. "Blair was instrumental in our success at Buffalo last season and I have no doubt he will be a huge asset to the program."

Stevenson was also the Assistant Coach at Le Moyne College for two seasons where he earned his master's degree in education and helped the Dolphins to a 23-13-0 record. Stevenson played for NCAA Division II program Montana State University Billings from 2009 through 2013. Following his collegiate career, Stevenson also played in the Premier Development League for two seasons with the Ottawa Fury and Toronto Lynx in 2011 and 2012.

Matt Weiss

Associate Head Coach

Ohio Wesleyan

Division 3

Matt Weiss is entering his seventh season as an assistant men's soccer coach at Ohio Wesleyan University this Fall 2020.
 
In his six seasons, OWU has reached the NCAA Tournament 5 times, reaching the Final Four in 2014.  OWU has also played in the NCAC tournament championship 5 times, winning in 2017, and won the NCAC regular season championship in 2014.  Matt is responsible for the defensive unit which has been consistently ranked in the top 20 in the country in shutouts, and goals against average.  In 2019, OWU ranked in the top 3 in the country in goals against average, and goals allowed.

Matt has also helped recruit and develop multiple All-Americans, Conference Players of the Year, and Conference Newcomers of the Year.

Nicolas J Piazza

Assistant Coach

Wisconsin-Superior

Division 3

I began coaching for UW-Superior as a volunteer assistant coach immediately after my senior season at the college. I am now the Associate Head Coach. A large part of my role is handling the vast majority of strength and conditioning with our players, making sure they are in optimal form throughout all parts of the year. I enjoy teaching technical ability and if it can be done in the form of a game or competition then that's how I like it to be done.

Tom Gillette

Head Coach

Lincoln Memorial

Division 2

Director of Athletics Don Grigsby announced the promotion of Tom Gillette to Head Mens Soccer Coach on Friday, April 7, 2023. In his first year, Gillette led the railsplitters to 11-5-3 season in and the second round of the Division II National Tournament for the first time since 2013. Forward Daniel Burko was named SouthEast Region Player of the Year and a First Team All-American.  
 
The coaching staff of Gillette and Parker helped turn around a program that went 2-13-2 (1-9-1 South Atlantic Conference) in 2021 to improve to 10-8-1 (6-5 SAC) and a SAC Tournament Final appearance in 2022. Gillette coached forward Harry Cooke, who was named the SAC Player and Freshman of the Year and Second Team All-America by the D2CCA.

Gillette came to Harrogate following five seasons as an assistant coach apart of Tim Chastonays staff at NCAA Division I Bellarmine of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
 
In the fall 2021 season, Gillette and the Knights finished with a bid to their second straight ASUN Championship while placing three student-athletes on the all-conference teams.
 
In the spring of 2021, Bellarmine's first in Division I and the ASUN Conference, Gillette and the Knights wasted no time in making their mark. Bellarmine secured the top seed from the North Division in the ASUN Championship after going 3-1 in league play while finishing the season ranked No. 9 in the Atlantic Region by the United Soccer Coaches. The memorable inaugural season in D1 included an ASUN Coach of the Year nod for Head Coach Tim Chastonay, four All-Conference acknowledgements and an All-Region laurel (Jonas Skulstad).

The 2019 campaign marked the most successful in program history for Bellarmine, which did not lose a match until the Sweet 16 of the NCAA II Tournament. The Knights went 16-1-5 overall and 10-0-4 in the GLVC. Both win totals set new program records. Along with an undefeated regular season, Bellarmine captured the GLVC Tournament title following a 3-2 victory over McKendree and secured its first-ever NCAA II Tournament berth. The Knights built a 30-game unbeaten streak bridging the 2018 and 2019 seasons and finished the year with a No. 13 national ranking. Tomas Bernedo, Micah Linscott and Eddie Williamson earned All-America accolades from the D2CCA, and Bernedo became the program's first GLVC Offensive Player of the Year.

Bellarmine finished 12-5-2 in 2018. At the time, the Knights tied both the most overall wins and the most conference victories (nine) in program history. Bellarmine finished second in the league and earned the No. 2 seed in the GLVC Tournament, where the Knights advanced to the finals. Jonas Skulstad became the program's first GLVC Defensive Player of the Year honoree.

In 2017, the Knights tied a then-program record with nine GLVC wins. Bellarmine's 11 overall victories were one shy of the program record at the time. The biggest highlight of the season came when Bellarmine defeated second-ranked and Final Four-bound Rockhurst 2-1. Williamson was named GLVC co-Freshman of the Year.

Gillette has served as the Director of Coaching at Oldham Soccer Club. He holds a USSF B license and a Director of Coaching Diploma. He has also coached in the Kentucky Olympic Development program.

Gillette played three seasons (2012-14) at Francis Marion University in South Carolina and captained the team his senior season. During his summers in college, he played for National Premier Soccer League and Premier Development League teams Myrtle Beach Mutiny, Tampa Bay Marauders and Derby City Rovers. He began coaching in South Carolina while in college.

A native of London, England, Gillette attended the University of Nottingham in England and earned a bachelors degree in politics. He earned a masters degree while playing at Francis Marion.

Paul Furey

Head Coach

Shorter

Division 2

Furey brings 30 years of experience as a collegiate head coach.  He is approaching 350 career victories which includes a National Championship in 2014.  Furey has received numerous honors including NSCAA National Coach of the Year two times.  The coach has also founded and directed successful camps and youth programs for the past 20 years at MVNU and Lee.

Andy Kohel

Head Coach

Concordia-Moorhead (MN)

Division 3

Andy Kohel became the seventh head coach in the history of Cobber men's soccer in the spring of 2021.

Kohel brings a wealth of collegiate coaching and playing experience to the Concordia men's soccer team.

Before coming to Concordia, Kohel was the head coach for Johnson & Wales for three years before the school ended all athletic programs in the summer of 2020. Before his stint at Johnson & Wales, Kohel was the top assistant coach for Colorado College one of the premiere programs in Division III.

During his three year at Colorado College, Kohel was responsible for planning training sessions, coaching defenders, video analysis, scouting, player identification and recruiting and coordinating on-campus visits. He helped the Tigers fashion a 41-10-9 record over his three years and had several players earn Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference honors as well as national awards from the United Soccer Coaches.

Kohel started his coaching career at Wis.-Oshkosh where he also starred as a player. Kohel was an assistant coach for Oshkosh for four seasons and helped the team record a 48-18-11 record. During his four years, the Titans won the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship in 2014 and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament in 2013.       

Kohel grew up in Racine, Wis. and went to Racine Horlick High School. He moved on to Wis.-Oshkosh where he was a 4-year starter as a defender for the Titans. During his playing days, Kohel helped Oshkosh compile a 52-16-11 overall record. In his senior season the Titans went 20-1-3 and advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament.

He graduated from Wis.-Oshkosh in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in history.  

Kohel has also been heavily involved in club and Olympic Development Program (ODP) coaching during his time in Colorado and Wisconsin. He is currently a staff coach for the Colorado Rapids club. He has also worked with Colorado Rush and FC Green Bay. Kohel was involved with the Olympic Development Program in Wisconsin and was the head coach of the Wisconsin state 2000 boys team.

Colby Gay

Assistant Coach

SUNY-Cortland

Division 3

Colby Gay hails from Milton, Vermont, and joined the UD staff in July of 2020 after most recently coaching at Nordic Soccer Club in Essex, Vermont. There, he coached the Nordic 2007 Premier boys, who were ranked #1 in Vermont by GotSoccer.


During his first season as the Spartans Assistant Coach, UD would go 6-1-1 in the abbreviated spring 2021 season to claim the American Rivers Conference Championship after COVID-19 pushed the season to the spring. The UD coaching staff would earn American Rivers Conference Staff of the Year, United Soccer Coaches DIII North Region Staff of the Year, and United Soccer Coaches DIII Men's National Staff of the Year.   


Gay was a four-year member of the Castleton University Men's Soccer Program, where he was a captain and a four-year starter at midfield. In 2017, he helped lead Castleton to a North Atlantic Conference Championship and a bid to the NCAA National Tournament.

Michael Piranian

Head Coach

Wilkes

Division 3

Head Men's Soccer Coach at Wilkes University going into his 4th year.

Dallas Jaussi

Assistant Coach

Cal State-Los Angeles

Division 2

n award-winning coach with NCAA Division I experience, Dallas Jaussi returns for his sixth year with the Cal State LA mens soccer coaching staff.

Jaussi continues as the lead assistant for the Golden Eagles, handling recruiting, admissions, all program logistics, and day to day operations. Jaussi is also the lead scout for all Cal State LA opponents, a role he has had since 2018.

He earned a promotion with added responsibilities after helping the Golden Eagles win a national championship in 2021 and he helped lead the program in 2022 when Cal State LA had another outstanding season in defense of its national title.

Jaussi helped the Golden Eagles to a 15-2-3 overall record in 2022 that included a second straight California Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament championship and the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Super Region 4 for a second straight season.

In his first four seasons with the program, Jaussi has helped the Golden Eagles to an overall record of 67-8-12, including a 36-2-7 mark in conference play. In that span, Cal State LA has won one national title, two Super Region 4 titles, two CCAA regular-season titles and three CCAA Tournament crowns.

Jaussi was a key part of the United Soccer Coaches 2021 National Staff of the Year that directed Cal State LA to its first-ever NCAA championship. The coaching staff did a magnificent job navigating through a missed season of competition in 2020 due to COVID and then promptly returning to championship form in 2021.

The Golden Eagles captured all four championships available to them the CCAA regular-season and tournament titles, a second straight NCAA Super Region 4 title and then the NCAA Division II title in Colorado Springs, Colo. Cal State LA finished the season with an 18-2-3 overall record.

Jaussi helped the Golden Eagles to a historic season in 2019. Cal State LA won CCAA and Super Region 4 championships and advanced to the national championship game. The Golden Eagles set a new program record for winning percentage after a sensational 19-1-3 campaign. Cal State LA reached the national title game for the first time since 1981.

In his first year at Cal State LA, Jaussi helped the Golden Eagles continue their high level of success. Cal State LA won its second straight CCAA Tournament title and finished the season with a 15-3-3 overall record. The Golden Eagles reached the second round of the NCAA playoffs.

Before coming to Cal State LA, Jaussi was an assistant coach and director of operations at UC Irvine for three seasons. As an assistant, he would help plan all training sessions as well as coach during those sessions. He would assist with game day tactical strategies, all game day operations and be a point of contest for visiting teams. As director of operations, Jaussi would submit and save all training sessions, lead youth camps, connect with alumni and plan team events.

Jaussi helped coach and develop three All-Big West Conference first team selections, five second-team selections and three All-Freshman team selections. That list included Giovanni Godoy, who was the Big West Offensive Most Valuable Player in 2017.

He is a head coach and college recruitment advisor for California Football Academy and an assistant varsity coach for Newport Harbors girls team.

His college playing career included stops at Colorado State University-Pueblo, where he played for his first two seasons, and then Southern Virginia University, where he led the program in scoring as a sophomore and earned academic honors.

Jaussi was a member of the Madison Dragons FC in 2007-09. He also had trials with the MLS sides Seattle Sounders FC, Portland Timbers and Kitsap Pumas in 2009.

Jaussi earned his Masters degree in coaching and exercise science from Concordia-Irvine and earned his bachelors degree in communications from BYU-Idaho with a minor in psychology.  He also holds a USSF B license.

Forrest Siegel

Assistant Coach

Lake County

Junior College

Assistant coach at College of Lake County. 

Roberto Yepez

Assistant Coach

Lincoln (IL)

NAIA

Coach for Lincoln College Men's Soccer. 

Ignacio Milla

Graduate Assistant

William Woods

NAIA

Ignacio Milla enters his second year as a Graduate Assistant for the men's soccer program.

Prior joining the Owls soccer coaching staff, he was an assistant coach at conference-rival Lyon College. In his year coaching the goalkeepers for the Scots, they broke the school records in total wins (15). With a 15-6-1 record, they earned an automatic bid to the 2019 NAIA National Championship, falling in the first round against Missouri Valley College. They finished the season receiving votes in the NAIA Top 25 Coaches' Poll.

Milla graduated from Lyon College with a double major in business and economics with a minor in physical education. He was a four-year starter for the Scots, earning three AMC All-Conference selections. He was also named NPSL North Player of the Year in 2017 for his season performance at the National Premier Soccer League. 

Milla also coached at the club level at Rochester Youth Soccer Association (MN).

He will be pursuing his Masters in Business Administration in his time at the Owls. 

Daniel Gonzalez

Assistant Coach

Rockford

Division 3

Currently about to enter my first year with St. Norbert College as an assistant. Was previously a Graduate Assistant with Rockford University. Also coached with Rockford Raptors.


Spent two years coaching at Bavarian Soccer Club in Glendale, Wisconsin and was an assistant to the varsity boys and girls teams at Brookfield Central High School. 

Logan Fye

Associate Head Coach

Wisconsin Lutheran

Division 3

Logan Fye is in his seventh season as associate head coach for the Wisconsin Lutheran College men's soccer team after serving for three seasons as a graduate assistant. 

In addition to coaching the Warriors, Fye runs the Warriors Soccer Camps, WLC Futsal and 7v7 Leagues, and is a club coach for Elmbrook United.

Fye was a four-year letterwinner (2009-2012) on the men's soccer team at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. As a midfielder, he was a three-time All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection (2010-2012). Fye was also named to the All-Wisconsin State Team each of those three seasons.

In his senior season, Fye was named First Team All-WIAC and the conference's Co-Offensive Player of the Year after leading the Warhawks with six goals and 14 points. During Fye's collegiate career, UW-Whitewater won three straight WIAC titles (2009-2011) and made the NCAA Tournament each of those years.

Fye graduated from UWW in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. During his time as a student-athlete, he also served as a coach at the Warhawks' summer soccer camp.

Fye played prep soccer for three seasons at Winnebago High School (Illinois). He was named all-sectional, all-conference, and his team won the 2008 Class A state championship.

Residing in Milwaukee with his wife, Emily, Fye holds a USSF National "C" License and USC, formerly NSCAA, Goalkeeping Level 1 and 2 Diplomas. Fye has also played professionally for the Milwaukee Torrent. He earned a Master of Arts degree in leadership and innovation from WLC in 2015.

Scott Suprise

Volunteer Assistant Coach

Wisconsin-Whitewater

Division 3

Scott Suprise enters his 10th season as an Assistant Men's soccer coach at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2024.  
 
A 38-year coaching veteran, Suprise currently serves as the 2011 WI ODB Boys coach and was the Director of Coaching for the Croatian Eagles S.C. for 23 years and most recently at Burlington United S.C.  He was the head coach of the U23 National finalists in 2012 for the Croatian Eagles.  
 
Prior to UW-Whitewater, Suprise was the Head Varsity Coach at Milwaukee Pius XI High School, where he served in the role for 15 years. He led the Popes to a 222-112-30 record and 14 straight winning seasons.
 
A two-time Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Private High School Coach of the Year, Suprise served as a head coach at the WSCA High School All-Star Game four times and is a member of the Wisconsin Soccer Hall of Fame.  
 
Suprise has been a staff coach for the Wisconsin and Maryland Olympic Development Programs for over 30 years.  
 
Suprise holds a USSF C National License, NSCAA Advanced National, National and Goalkeeping 1 Diplomas. He also owns five FA coaching certificates.

Marco Rhein

Head Coach

Ripon

Division 3

Marco Rhein '12 is in his third season as Head Men's Soccer Coach for Ripon College in the 2021 season. He previously served as an assistant coach at Ripon for four seasons, before becoming the 14th Head Coach in program history. 

In his short time as head coach, Rhein has guided two all state and one all conference player to individual successes, the first time either award has been achieved by a Red Hawk Mens Soccer player in over a decade. The 2021 season displayed strong team improvement, including the best conference finish, most wins, and the most goals scored in a season since the 2015 campaign. In 2020, Coach Rhein embarked on a fundraising initiative to enhance Prairie Field (home of Red Hawk soccer) which, thanks to generous alumni and friends of the program, raised nearly $40,000 and led to the installation of new seating and branding upgrades for the facility. 

A student-athlete for the Red Hawks from 2008-12, Rhein competed in 75 total matches for Ripon, leading the team as captain for three seasons and earning Academic All-Conference honors in 2010 and 2011. He served as a captain of Ripon's 2010 Midwest Conference Championship team which finished 8-1 in conference play, en route to clinching hosting rights for the MWC Tournament. He finished his career with eight goals, one assist and 17 points. 

Rhein graduated from Ripon with a major in Biology and a minor in Education, before going on to earn his Master of Science in Educational Leadership from UW-Milwaukee. After obtaining his degree at Ripon College, he taught at both Markesan High School in Markesan, Wis. and Brooklyn Center High School in Brooklyn Center, Minn.

Coach Rhein currently resides in Ripon with his wife, Stephanie, and their dog, Ringo.

Nate Kopunek

Assistant Coach

Bowling Green

Division 1

Nate Kopunek recently wrapped up his second season on the men's soccer coaching staff at Bowling Green State University. Head coach Eric Nichols announced the hiring of Kopunek, who came to BGSU from Georgia Southern University, in May of 2019.


The 2020 season saw the Falcons win the MAC Championship and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Falcons advance to the NCAA Championships for the seventh time in program history, but the first time since 1997. 

BGSU led the league with a school record-tying six total All-MAC selections. The Falcons' total of six All-MAC selections ties the school record. Eric Nichols has been named the MAC Coach of the Year, and six of his players have earned all-league honors. Jacob Erlandson, Achille Robin and Chris Sullivan all were named to the All-MAC First Team, while Zach Buescher, Logan Kowalczyk and Nathan Masters were chosen to the all-conference second team.

The 2019 season saw the Falcons win 13 contests, the highest total in five years and only the second double-digit victory total since 1998. The Brown and Orange kept 11 clean sheets, recording a double-figure shutout total for the first time since that '98 campaign.

BG advanced to the MAC Tournament's championship match for the first time in five years. Along the way, the Falcons downed Northern Illinois at home in the quarterfinal round, then defeated Akron on the Zips' home field in the semifinals. The latter match marked BGSU's first victory over the Zips since 2002, and was the program's first road win since 1997.

The 2019 Falcons more than doubled the win total from the previous season. BG won four total matches vs. MAC foes in a season for the first time since 2003.



BGSU landed a school-record six players on the All-MAC Team in 2019, as Anthony Mwembia and Achille Robin made the first team, while Chris Brennan, Zach Buescher, Charlie Maciejewski and Chris Sullivan all were named to the second team. Mwembia and Robin went on to be named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Region Team as well.

Jordan Grant

Assistant Coach

Belmont

Division 1

Jordan Grant is entering his second season as assistant coach at Belmont, as head coach David Costa announced the addition of Grant to the Bruin staff on July 19, 2019.

In his first season at Belmont, the Bruins finished with a 5-12-2 (1-4-1 SoCon) record and the program's first-ever SoCon Championship semifinal appearance. Belmont shutout its opponents by a combined score of 6-0 in the first two rounds of the tournament before falling in overtime to UNC Greensboro in the semifinal.

Grant, a decorated collegiate player and well-respected in the college and club scenes, came to Belmont after spending the previous two-plus seasons as director of operations at the University of Cincinnati.

Kevin Doyle

Associate Head Coach

Air Force

Division 1

Doyle has spent 7 seasons as a member of the Air Force Academy Soccer staff. During his collegiate career, Doyle was a premier goalkeeper at Creighton and was named Defensive Player of the Year for the Missouri Valley Conference.  

Karsten Hahn

Assistant Coach

North Park (IL)

Division 3

Karsten Hahn played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater from 2003-2004 and transferred to DePaul University in 2005. Hahn joined the North Park University coaching staff in 2013 as a Graduate Assistant coach and is now a full-time Assistant Coach. In his time at North Park, the Vikings have won four CCIW championships, three CCIW Tournament championships, five NCAA tournament appearances, and were the National Runner-up in the 2017 DIII National Championship. In 2017, the NPU coaching staff won the USC Central Region Coaching Staff of the Year award. Hahn has club coaching experience with FC United, Chicago Magic and Chicago Fire. 

Romaric Setodji

Head Coach

Edgewood

Division 3

Romaric Setodji was named the Edgewood College Men's Soccer Head Coach in March of 2019. His first season with the Eagles will be in the fall of 2019. 

With Coach Helmer moving to the Womens Program, it was critical that we found the perfect person to continue to build on the growth of our Mens Program.  Over the last few months, Romaric Setodji became the clear candidate, said Eagles Director of Athletics Al Brisack. His passion for our mission, desire to continue the development of our current soccer players and excitement to continue the journey Coach Helmer has taken the Mens Program on, all stood out.  In addition, Romaric will bring a different lens to our Department with his administrative experiences in athletics and student life.  Many young men will grow through the mentorship of Romaric!  The future is bright for Eagle Soccer!
 
Setodji comes to Edgewood College from the University of Valley Forge where he has served the past three seasons as the Head Womens Soccer Coach. He took over a program that won zero games prior to his arrival and increased the teams wins in each of his seasons at the helm. Last season, Valley Forge won a program-record nine games under Setodjis leadership.
 
I would like to thank Al Brisack and the search committee for entrusting me with the responsibility to lead this program, said Setodji. It is an honor and pleasure to lead this team into the future and build upon the foundation we have put in place.

Setodji mentored several players who received awards during his tenure at Valley Forge, including one NCCAA All-American. In addition, he coached 18 ACAA All-Region Players, and three NCCAA All-Region players, in addition to one ACAA Freshmen of the Year.

While at Valley Forge, Setodji also served as an Assistant Athletic Director, as well as a Campus Director. He also served as an adjunct professor in health and physical education classes.

Setodji has been coaching soccer since 2011, which began with a four-year stint as an Assistant Coach at Geneva College. He also spent one season as the Head Boys Soccer Coach at Wildefield High School in Colorado Springs.

Setodji has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from Geneva College and also holds a Master of Science degree in Exercise Physiology with a concentration in Health and Physical Activity from the University of Pittsburgh

Daniel Gribben

Assistant Coach

Saint Ambrose

NAIA

My name is Daniel Gribben, I am the assistant coach at St Ambrose University, Iowa. I am from Glasgow, Scotland, and have now spent the last five years in the US. I played my freshman year at St Andrews University, North Carolina before transferring to the University of Houston Victoria, Texas.