Illinois Wesleyan University

Illinois Wesleyan University Athletics
1312 Park Street Bloomington, IL 61702

Division 3 Illinois Midwest

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Kyle Schauls

Kyle Schauls, a former goalkeeper at Division III Wartburg College and assistant coach at Division I Western Michigan, was named the men’s head soccer coach at Illinois Wesleyan University on July 7, 2014.

In his nine seasons his teams have compiled an overall record of 68-66-9 (.507) with a mark of 34-31-1 (.523) in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.

Schauls led the Titans to the second consecutive CCIW Tournament appearance of his career in 2017. The Titans had their best record thus far under Schauls at 11-6-1 that same season.

In 2013 Schauls was an assistant coach at the University of Rochester with a team that finished 15-3-2, went 10-0-1 at home, won the University Athletic Association championship and lost 1-0 to Montclair State in the round of 16 of the NCAA Division III tournament.

From 2010 to 2012 Schauls was an assistant at Western Michigan, where teams were a combined 27-26-7 and were regular contenders at the top of the Mid-American Conference. The WMU 2012 team posted an 11-6-2 record, spent 12 straight weeks in the top 10 of the NSCAA Great Lakes Regional rankings, and received votes for the national top 25 for three weeks during the season.

Schauls worked closely with the Bronco goalkeeping unit, which posted a .91 GAA on the season, the Broncos’ lowest mark since 1989. His other responsibilities included overseeing the areas of compliance, recruiting, travel, academics, equipment, video analysis, camps, community outreach, and scouting.

In 2011, WMU made its second straight appearance in the Mid-American Conference championship game as the Broncos ousted defending national champion Akron in the semifinals. WMU also posted a signature regular-season win over in-state rival Michigan, beating the Wolverines for the first time ever in Ann Arbor.

Schauls’ previous coaching experience includes four seasons (2007-10) as the varsity assistant at West High School in Waterloo, Iowa, where he participated in all phases of coaching and specialized in goalkeeper instruction and training. West High produced an all-conference goalkeeper in both 2008 and 2009, and Schauls was a member of the 2009 Mississippi Valley Conference Coaching Staff of the Year. He has also coached at the No. 1 Soccer Camps in Fulton, Mo., and Kenosha, Wis. Additionally, he founded the Cedar Valley Goalkeeper Camp for youth goalies in Waterloo, Iowa.

At Wartburg, Schauls was a goalkeeper and a member of three consecutive NCAA Division III Tournament qualifying teams. He was also an Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference selection in his senior season.

Schauls earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Wartburg in 2010 and a master’s degree in sport management from Western Michigan in 2012. He has earned both the National Coaching Diploma and National Goalkeeping Diploma from the NSCAA.

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Chad Jones

Chad Jones enters his first season as an assistant under Kyle Schauls in 2023, marking his second stint with the Titans.

Jones, a 1994 graduate and four-year letterman at College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin member institution Millikin University, comes to IWU with extensive coaching experiences across all NCAA divisions.

Jones served as the head men’s soccer coach at his alma mater from 2011-2019, where he was named the CCIW Coach of the Year in 2014. He later transitioned to the Senior Admissions Counselor from 2019-2021 at Millikin. In 2021, Jones began working as a teaching assistant and behavioral specialist at Montessori Academy for Peace in Decatur.

Following his graduation from Millikin, Jones coached the men’s and women’s varsity soccer programs at Douglas MacArthur High School for five years before returning to Millikin for one year as an assistant coach where he helped the Big Blue to their first-ever CCIW Championship in 2001.

Jones spent six years as the Director of Soccer at Midstate Soccer Club and Academy before taking an assistant coaching position at Eastern Illinois University from 2002-2007. He has served as the Executive Director of Soccer at the Springfield Area Soccer Association and continues his role as an Olympic Development Staff Coach, where he assists in the state team selection process and is responsible for player evaluations. Jones also yielded year-long stints as the head men’s soccer coach at the University of Illinois-Springfield (NCAA Division II), and an assistant coach at Illinois Wesleyan where he was the goalkeepers coach.