North Park University Men's Soccer

Kris Grahn enters his eighth season at the helm of North Park Men's Soccer in 2026 after guiding the Vikings to an NCAA Qualifying season in 2024 and a College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Tournament Championship appearance in 2025. In his first season leading the Vikings, Grahn guided his team to a 2019 league title and a CCIW Tournament championship before being named the CCIW Co-Coach of the Year. Grahn followed that performance up in 2021 with a NCAA Quarterfinals finish, as well as another league title. He has led the Vikings to NCAA Tournament appearances in each of his five seasons. Beginning his Viking coaching career as a graduate assistant in 2011, he transitioned to a full-time position in 2013, helping guide North Park to back-to-back conference titles in 2017 and 2018. Grahn also helped assist the program's highest-finishing team in 2017, finalizing the season as the NCAA Division III National Runner-Up with a record of 20-2-2. The decorated season included a league title, CCIW tournament championship, seven All-CCIW selections (including Newcomer and Player of the Year), four All-Region picks, and a First Team All-American selection. One of the most decorated soccer players in North Park history, Grahn was a member of the 2010 CCIW championship team, garnering Player of the Year honors that same season. Grahn scored the game-winning goal in both the conference final and in North Park's first-ever NCAA playoff win. During his illustrious career, he was named a CCIW First Team selection and All-Region selection in each of his four years. Additionally, Grahn was as a D3soccer.com All-American in 2010 and a NSCAA All-American in 2011.  Grahn appears in numerous categories within the Viking men's soccer record books. He is first in career assists (25) and career points (95), tied for second all-time in career goals scored (35), and marked back-to-back of nine assists in 2009 and 2010, a single-season eighth-best. Coaching Career, Season-by-Season Season Record (CCIW) CCIW Finish Postseason Finish / Awards 2019 16-5-2 (6-1-1) 1st CCIW & Tourney Champs, NCAA Sweet 16, CCIW C.O.Y. 2020 - - No official season played due to COVID 2021 16-6-0 (8-0-0) 1st CCIW & Tourney Champs, NCAA Elite 8 2022 15-3-3 (5-1-2) 3rd R2 NCAA Tourney 2023 10-5-3 (5-2-1) 3rd R1 CCIW Tourney 2024 13-3-5 (5-1-2) 2nd R1 NCAA Tourney 2025 10-7-2 (3-4-1) 4th CCIW Championship match Career 80-29-15 (32-10-6) 

2nd year Graduate Assistant Coach/Goalkeeper Coach at North Park University for both Men and Womens soccer.  Played two years at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois before transferring to Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois. 2016 Graduate of J Sterling Morton East HighSchool in Cicero, Illinois. Class of 2016 Chicago Fire Academy. 2017-2018 Las Vegas Lights USL Championship training roster. 2019-2020 USL2 FC United. 2020-2022 Chicago Mustangs MASL Indoor Soccer. 2022-2023 Chicago House AC NISA/MWPL.

Karsten Hahn completed his 13th year as an assistant coach for the North Park University men's soccer team in 2024 and enters his 14th season on staff in 2025. As a coach, Hahn has been a part of five CCIW championships, three CCIW Tournament championships, a sectional championship, and was a coach on the 2017 team that finished as the nation's runner-up. He has helped the Vikings reach the NCAA Tournament four times in the past five seasons. Hahn played soccer at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater from 2003-2004 and earned Second Team All-Conference honors. He then transferred to DePaul University in 2005 and was a member of their men's soccer program. Hahn began club coaching in 2007 with Chicago Fire Juniors before joining FC United and then Chicago Magic PSG. Currently, he is a member of the Chicago Fire Juniors City coaching staff and works with their top-level high school boys' teams.