Dominican University (IL) Men's Soccer

A hall of fame coach, Erick Baumann enters his 31st season as the head coach of the Dominican University (formerly Rosary College) men’s soccer program. Throughout his highly decorated career, Baumann has won 12 conference and four region coach of the year honors while amassing a 463-119-50 overall record while leading his program to a total of 22 conference tournament championships and 19 national tournaments.  Baumann’s .772 career winning percentage ranks him amongst the top 20 winningest soccer coaches in NCAA history and currently sits third in active DIII coaching wins. In 2009, Baumann guided the Stars to the school’s first and only appearance in a national semifinal, narrowly falling to the Calvin College Knights, 1-0. Along the way, Baumann’s Stars collected a 19-2-3 overall record, going a perfect 11-0-0 to capture the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference regular season and tournament championships. Baumann has recruited and coached over 50 All-Region honorees during his tenure as the Stars’ head coach including 11 All-Americans and seven Scholar All-Americans. Most recently, Dylan Alic was named to the United Soccer Coaches Division III All-American Team and the Scholar All-American Team in 2023 and in 2024. Baumann was a unanimous selection for the university’s inaugural hall of fame class in 2011. He is the university’s all-time leader in wins in any sport and has captured more conference championships and national tournament berths than any other coach in the department’s history. He has worked to build a robust alumni group for the men’s soccer team. That alumni group was instrumental in the construction of the program’s West Campus Field, a state of the art artificial playing surface widely considered one of the best in the Chicagoland area. In addition to his success as a soccer coach, Baumann served as the director of athletics at Dominican University for more than 15 years. He led the department through a number of strategic plans that saw eight of Dominican’s 12 intercollegiate programs post record win totals during his tenure. As a collegiate soccer player, Baumann captained the then Rosary Rebels men’s soccer team from 1990-1993. During his senior season, Baumann was named the team’s most valuable player and landed on the NAIA All-District Team for District 20.

Mike Chwistek is back in 2025 with the Stars men's soccer program after spending time as the head men's and women's soccer coach at Rockford University.  While on coach Baumann's staff in 2019, he was involved in multiple facets of the program with the Stars, including recruiting and helping implement training sessions. In the 2019 season with Chwistek, the Stars went 16-3-3, including an undefeated 10-0-1 mark in NACC play, and won both the NACC regular season and tournament titles.  The Stars then qualified for the NCAA National Tournament, losing in the first round. Prior to his time at Dominican in 2019, Chwistek spent three years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Judson University. The Eagles went 23-16-3 over that span, including earning a berth in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) Tournament. Chwistek's coaching career comes with a plethora of coaching experience at the club, ODP, junior college, NAIA and NCAA DIII levels.

Jonathan Arzeta returns to coach Baumann’s staff for the 2025 season.  Arzeta, an Elk Grove High School graduate, was a standout student-athlete during his playing days under Baumann.  While competing for the Stars, Arzeta earned All-American honors while also staking his claim to the national statistical championship, leading all NCAA Division III men's soccer players in both total assists and assists per game.  He also helped the Stars garner the national honor as a team for assists per game.  Arzeta focuses on strength and conditioning training with an emphasis on overall sports performance.  In addition to his role at Dominican, he also coaches with the Addison United Soccer Club where he works alongside the coaching staff to support athlete development through physical preparation and soccer specific training.

Quintin Eisner, a product of Sheboygan North in Wisconsin, joined Baumann’s coaching staff in July 2021.  As a player, Eisner transferred into Dominican University for his last two years of eligibility.  During that period, he helped the program to a combined 31-9-4 record for a combined .750 winning percentage, winning one NACC Regular Season Championship, two NACC Tournament Championships, and two appearances in the NCAA National Tournament.  During Quintin's time on staff, the program has had a combined .705 winning percentage and appeared in two NCAA National Tournaments. On staff, along with his coaching duties, Eisner coordinates the program’s advanced scouting reports and video analysis.