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Chris Keller

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.


Chris Keller’s Coaching Record


Head Coach, Wabash College Little Giants (99-68-20 overall, 43-33-12 NCAC)


2012 — 4-14 overall — 2-7 NCAC (8th place); One All-NCAC player


2013 — 4-11-2 overall — 2-6-1 NCAC (T-7th place); Two All-NCAC players


2014 — 13-3-3 overall — 6-2-1 NCAC (3rd place); Regional Coach of the Year; NCAC Coach of the Year; Six All-NCAC players; NCAC Newcomer of the Year; NCAC Tournament berth.


2015 — 11-5-2 overall — 3-4-2 NCAC (6th place); Two All-District players; Five All-NCAC players.


2016 — 11-6-2 overall — 6-2-1 NCAC (3rd place); Two All-Region players; Five All-NCAC players; NCAC Tournament berth.


2017 — 11-6-1 overall — 5-2-1 NCAC (3rd place); Two All-Region players; Four All-NCAC players; NCAC Tournament berth; NCAC Coach of the Year.


2018 — 12-4-3 overall — 5-2-2 NCAC (3rd place); Two All-Region players; Four All-NCAC players; NCAC Tournament berth.


2019 — 10-6-3 overall — 5-2-2 NCAC (3rd place); NCAC Tournament berth; NCAC Coach of the Year.


2020 (Spring 2021) — 0-2-1 overall


2021 — 11-6-2 overall — 4-3-2 NCAC (4th place); One All-American; Two All-Region players; One Scholar All-Region Player; Four All-NCAC players; NCAC Tournament berth.


2022 — 12-6-1 overall — 5-3 NCAC (4th place); One All-Region player; Five All-NCAC players; NCAC Tournament berth.

Jesse Olivas

Olivas joined the Wabash College soccer program as an assistant coach in 2021.


He came to Wabash after serving 14 seasons at La Sierra University in Riverside, California. Olivas joined the Golden Eagles as an assistant coach in 2008. He was named the head men's coach in 2009. In 2016 has was named an assistant coach for the women's program in addition to his duties as the men's head coach.


Olivas led La Sierra to a 12-7 season in 2017, recording the most single-season victories in program history. He worked as an assistant men's and women's soccer coach at the University of the Southwest before taking the position at La Sierra.


Olivas graduated from the University of the Southwest in 2005 where he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology.

Jay Klein

Klein joined the Wabash College soccer coaching staff in August 2023.


He played collegiately at DePauw University as a three-year starter for the Tigers. Klein scored 16 goals and gave out six assists in 58 appearances. He started in 43 matches for DePauw over his career. Klein was a team captain as a senior, scoring 11 goals to lead the conference, along with three assists. He earned First Team All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors and was a First Team All-Region selection by the United Soccer Coaches. Klein earned the Phil Eskew Award as the DePauw Male Athlete of the Year and was a finalist for the Don Hunsinger Award as the NCAC Male Athlete of the Year. Klein graduated from DePauw in 2020 as a communications major.


Klein played in 12 games for the Dayton Dutch Lions in the USL 2 league and was team captain and starting left back/winger for the New Jersey Teamsters FC of the NISA and started as a defender for the Cincinnati Swerve MLIS semi-pro indoor team. Klein also worked for Ubuntu Cape Town FC in South Africa, where he coached the U16-U18 boys and trained with the professional team while they competed in the South Africa national first division (NFD).