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 Chris Kouns

Title: Head Coach

Phone: (614) 236-6953

Email: ckouns2@capital.edu 

Chris Kouns enters his second year as the head women's soccer coach at Capital University. He was hired at Capital in the spring of 2011.

In his first season at the helm, Kouns guided the Crusaders to the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament championship and the school's first-ever victory in the NCAA Division III Tournament. After closing out the regular season on a six-match unbeaten streak, Capital ran the table in the OAC Tournament, highlighted by the team's first win over Otterbein since 2007 in the semifinals. The team defeated John Carroll 4-2 in the championship game before knocking off Alma (Mich.) by a 1-0 score in the first round of the NCAAs. Kouns coached four All-OAC honorees, one CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District VII selection and one Academic All-OAC pick. The team was also picked as a recipient of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Team Academic award.

In addition, the Crusaders earned three of the conference's four player of the year selections in 2011. Senior Tara Zimmer collected OAC Midfielder of the Year honors after finishing ninth in the nation with 14 assists and 19th in the NCAA in assists per game. Sophomore Maggie Donnellan garnered OAC Goalkeeper of the Year accolades, placing 11th in the nation in goalie minutes played with 1,993 and recording eight shutouts for the year. Senior Kaylee Phillips was named OAC Forward of the Year after finishing in the top five in the league in goals, assists, points and game-winning goals.

Prior to Capital, Kouns served as a women’s soccer head coach or assistant coach at six NCAA Division I schools and an NAIA institution. From 2008 to 2010, Kouns was the Associate Head Coach at the University of Cincinnati. He helped lead the Bearcats to their first ever Big East Conference Tournament appearance in 2008.

Kouns served as the head coach at Jacksonville University in Florida from 2004 to 2008. He led the Dolphins to the 2006 Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament championship and the NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Tournament. In addition, his squad received three consecutive NSCAA Team Academic awards. Kouns coached one of the program's all-time best players in Keri Zwikker, a four-time All-Atlantic Sun first team selection and ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American. A holder of multiple Jacksonville records, Zwikker also earned the A-Sun Freshman of the Year award and NSCAA Scholar Academic All-American third team accolades.

From 2003 to 2004, Kouns was an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania. He coached a pair of All-Ivy League First Team student-athletes, including Katy Cross, a 2004 GTE-CoSida Academic All-America. Before his stint at Penn, Kouns was an assistant coach for three seasons at Georgia State University, and two years as an assistant at Samford University.

Kouns first women’s soccer head coaching position was at NAIA Union College from 1999 to 2000. At Union, Kouns led the Bulldogs to the 1999 Mid-South Conference Tournament championship and an appearance in the NAIA National Tournament while posting a 15-9 record.

A successful women’s soccer head coach on the high school level, Kouns led Fayette County High School in Georgia to an 85-29-3 record from 1993 to 1999. His team never finished lower than fifth in the state while earning five state final four appearances.

Along with his collegiate and high school coaching, Kouns was a head coach in 2009 for the Ohio U.S. Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program. In 2010, he was a coaching education instructor for the Ohio South State Soccer Association.

Kouns graduated from Mars Hill College in North Carolina in 1992 with a bachelor’s in history and psychology. He was a four-time letterwinner for the Lions on the NAIA and NCAA Division II levels. As a senior in 1992, Kouns was an NAIA Academic All-America, and a GTE-CoSIDA All-America finalist.

Assistant Coach:  Ian Pena

Ian Pena has 21 years of coaching experience at the club, high school, Olympic Development Program and collegiate level.  He currently serves as the Director of Coaching and Player Development for the Freedom Soccer Club of Columbus, a position which earned him Ohio South Youth Soccer Girl's Coach of the Year honors in 2006.

Ian is heavily involved with the US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program currently serving as a coaching staff member for the Ohio South Olympic Development Program and a member of the Region II ODP Regional staff.  In addition to his coaching involvement at the state level Ian also acts as an Ohio South Youth Soccer Coaching License Instructor.  In this position he is responsible for helping educate and instruct coaches from the youth level to the USSF D level.

As a player Ian was named All Carolina Conference and All District at St. Andrews College (NC).  Following his playing career he joined the St. Andrews coaching staff as an assistant coach in 1994 and 1995.  He also played soccer at the International level in Trinidad & Tobago with the Calendonia AIA Football Club.

Ian currently holds a USSF A coaching license and a M.A. ED. Adapted Physical Education degree.

Assistant Coach: Jeremiah Gallegos

Jeremiah Gallegos began his tenure as an assistant coach for the Capital women's soccer team in November 2011.

A native of Dana Point, Calif., Gallegos most recently worked as an assistant coach at the College of Marin (Calif.), where he took on several duties in recruiting, traveling and academic performance. He also served as head coach of Mill Valley Soccer Club for four years and worked as a camp coach at UC-Berkeley in 2009.

“I know that Jeremiah is going to be a great addition to the staff,” Kouns said. “He comes to us with glowing reviews from his previous coaches, and I know the players will certainly benefit from working with him in the coming year."

Gallegos was a four-year standout for the University of Cincinnati men’s soccer team from 2000-05. He was named the team’s Most Valuable Player in both 2002 and 2004, and scored the team’s Freshman of the Year award in 2001.

Following graduation, Gallegos was selected by the Los Angeles Galaxy in the Major League Soccer supplemental draft in 2005.

Gallegos earned a bachelor of business administration in marketing from Cincinnati in 2005. He is currently working on a master’s in sport management from Ashland University.

Assistant Coach: Andrea Kaminski

Kaminski was a four year letter winner at the University of Cincinnati where she competed in the Big East Conference, one of the nation’s premier women’s soccer conferences. At UC she logged over 6,713 minutes in goal for the Bearcats completing her career as the all-time saves leader in school history. She led the Big East Conference in saves in 2006 & 2009 and was named Big East Goal Keeper of the Week on five different occasions. She was also named the team MVP in 2007 as well as the team captain for the Bearcats in 2008 & 2009.

In addition to her collegiate playing experience Andrea also competed in the W-League, for the West Virginia Illusion, and is a staff coach for the Soccer Plus Goal Keeping School. Soccer Plus Goal Keeping School was founded by former US Women’s National Team Coach, and World Champion, Tony DiCicco, and is widely recognized as one of the top Goal Keeping schools in the nation.

Kaminski is currently living in Columbus and is a Special Education teacher at Columbus Humanities Arts and Technology Academy.

Assistant Coach: Joey Snyder