Purdue University Northwest Men's Soccer

Hayes led the Peregrines to their first-ever NAIA National Tournament appearance, after falling to Davenport in the opening round. Hayes also led Purdue Calumet to their best season since the reinstatement of the program in 2012, going 12-5-2 overall and 8-3-1 in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference play. The Peregrines ranked third in the CCAC in goals per game (2.33) and goals allowed (1.22), while also ranking fourth in assists per game (1.56) and points per game (6.22). Hayes comes to Purdue Northwest via Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference member Roosevelt University, where he served as the Lakers top assistant for the last three seasons. While at Roosevelt, Hayes helped the Lakers who reintroduced mens soccer in 2012 win 27 games in three years, including two CCAC playoff appearances and a fourth-place CCAC finish in 2014. Using a strong recruiting class from primarily the Chicagoland area, the Lakers high-powered offense ranked second in all of the NAIA in goals per game (3.95), shots on goal (11.4) and stood first nationally in total assists (79) and assists per game (4.16) by the close of the 2014 season. In addition to his duties at Roosevelt, Hayes serves as the Executive Director and Director of Coaching at Raiders FC in Lemont, Ill., where he oversees 27 boys and girls club soccer teams levels U7 to U18 and manages the day-to-day operations of the organization. Prior to his time at Roosevelt, Hayes served as a Technical Director, Soccer Coach and Speed and Agility Coach for the Willmette Wings Soccer Club in Willmette, Ill., as well as a Soccer Coach for Coerver Coaching Illinois. Hayes achieved the top United States Soccer Federation A Coaching License in 2014. A former player, Hayes played collegiate soccer in his native Australia, competing for the University of Wollongong in New South Wales. In addition, Hayes played semi-professionally for the Bulli Soccer Club of the Illawarra Premier League as well as the Viking Athletic Association of the Metropolitan Soccer League. Hayes earned his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Wollongong with a double major in international business and Japanese. He resides in Westmont, Ill., with his wife, Katie, and daughter, Zoe, 2. 2200 169th Street Hammond, IN 46323 1401 S. U.S. 421 Westville, IN 46391 If you have trouble accessing this page because of a disability, please contact PNW Marketing & Communications at . © 2016 Purdue University Northwest | An Equal access, equal opportunity university

Hayes led the Peregrines to their first-ever NAIA National Tournament appearance, after falling to Davenport in the opening round. Hayes also led Purdue Calumet to their best season since the reinstatement of the program in 2012, going 12-5-2 overall and 8-3-1 in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference play. The Peregrines ranked third in the CCAC in goals per game (2.33) and goals allowed (1.22), while also ranking fourth in assists per game (1.56) and points per game (6.22). Hayes comes to Purdue Northwest via Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference member Roosevelt University, where he served as the Lakers top assistant for the last three seasons. While at Roosevelt, Hayes helped the Lakers who reintroduced mens soccer in 2012 win 27 games in three years, including two CCAC playoff appearances and a fourth-place CCAC finish in 2014. Using a strong recruiting class from primarily the Chicagoland area, the Lakers high-powered offense ranked second in all of the NAIA in goals per game (3.95), shots on goal (11.4) and stood first nationally in total assists (79) and assists per game (4.16) by the close of the 2014 season. In addition to his duties at Roosevelt, Hayes serves as the Executive Director and Director of Coaching at Raiders FC in Lemont, Ill., where he oversees 27 boys and girls club soccer teams levels U7 to U18 and manages the day-to-day operations of the organization. Prior to his time at Roosevelt, Hayes served as a Technical Director, Soccer Coach and Speed and Agility Coach for the Willmette Wings Soccer Club in Willmette, Ill., as well as a Soccer Coach for Coerver Coaching Illinois. Hayes achieved the top United States Soccer Federation A Coaching License in 2014. A former player, Hayes played collegiate soccer in his native Australia, competing for the University of Wollongong in New South Wales. In addition, Hayes played semi-professionally for the Bulli Soccer Club of the Illawarra Premier League as well as the Viking Athletic Association of the Metropolitan Soccer League. Hayes earned his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Wollongong with a double major in international business and Japanese. He resides in Westmont, Ill., with his wife, Katie, and daughter, Zoe, 2. 2200 169th Street Hammond, IN 46323 1401 S. U.S. 421 Westville, IN 46391 If you have trouble accessing this page because of a disability, please contact PNW Marketing & Communications at . © 2016 Purdue University Northwest | An Equal access, equal opportunity university

Hayes led the Peregrines to their first-ever NAIA National Tournament appearance, after falling to Davenport in the opening round. Hayes also led Purdue Calumet to their best season since the reinstatement of the program in 2012, going 12-5-2 overall and 8-3-1 in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference play. The Peregrines ranked third in the CCAC in goals per game (2.33) and goals allowed (1.22), while also ranking fourth in assists per game (1.56) and points per game (6.22). Hayes comes to Purdue Northwest via Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference member Roosevelt University, where he served as the Lakers top assistant for the last three seasons. While at Roosevelt, Hayes helped the Lakers who reintroduced mens soccer in 2012 win 27 games in three years, including two CCAC playoff appearances and a fourth-place CCAC finish in 2014. Using a strong recruiting class from primarily the Chicagoland area, the Lakers high-powered offense ranked second in all of the NAIA in goals per game (3.95), shots on goal (11.4) and stood first nationally in total assists (79) and assists per game (4.16) by the close of the 2014 season. In addition to his duties at Roosevelt, Hayes serves as the Executive Director and Director of Coaching at Raiders FC in Lemont, Ill., where he oversees 27 boys and girls club soccer teams levels U7 to U18 and manages the day-to-day operations of the organization. Prior to his time at Roosevelt, Hayes served as a Technical Director, Soccer Coach and Speed and Agility Coach for the Willmette Wings Soccer Club in Willmette, Ill., as well as a Soccer Coach for Coerver Coaching Illinois. Hayes achieved the top United States Soccer Federation A Coaching License in 2014. A former player, Hayes played collegiate soccer in his native Australia, competing for the University of Wollongong in New South Wales. In addition, Hayes played semi-professionally for the Bulli Soccer Club of the Illawarra Premier League as well as the Viking Athletic Association of the Metropolitan Soccer League. Hayes earned his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Wollongong with a double major in international business and Japanese. He resides in Westmont, Ill., with his wife, Katie, and daughter, Zoe, 2. 2200 169th Street Hammond, IN 46323 1401 S. U.S. 421 Westville, IN 46391 If you have trouble accessing this page because of a disability, please contact PNW Marketing & Communications at . © 2016 Purdue University Northwest | An Equal access, equal opportunity university

Luke Dunn returns for the Purdue Northwest Men's Soccer team in 2024 for his second season. In his first year as the head coach of the Pride, he led the men's soccer team to the schools and programs first-ever GLIAC Tournament Championship in 2023. The Pride finished the fall 2023 season with an overall record of 10-4-4 and a GLIAC record of 5-3-2. He helped coach All-American, Midwest Player of the Year, and GLIAC Offensive Player of the Year Hugo Lorenzo and GLIAC Goalkeeper of the Year, Eligh Williams along with several First Team All-GLIAC selections in his first season. The squad qualified for the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament becoming the first PNW team to ever do so. Dunn returned to Hammond after serving as the head coach for Viterbo University. During his time in La Cross, Wisconsin, he earned a winning percentage of .642 and the past two seasons went 31-3-2 (.889) with the program being ranked in the top 25 for the first time in over 20 years.   He coached 16 players to All-Conference honors, a CAC Newcomer of the Year in 2021 (Aidan Radford), a CAC Goalkeeper of the Year in 2022 and was the first goalkeeper award won in program history (Ernesto Ascenzo), qualified for CAC Conference Tournament the past three seasons, finished second in the CAC in 2022 and was the highest finish in program history. Prior to arriving at Viterbo, Dunn served as the assistant coach for the Purdue Northwest men's soccer team for two seasons where he helped coach the team in their first season as NCAA Division II program and qualified for the GLIAC Tournament after being picked last top start the season. Before his first stint at PNW, he was the assistant coach and goalkeeper coach for the Trine men's and women's soccer teams in 2015 and he held the same position at Valparaiso University in 2014. He also has club coaching experience where he was the head coach of the Chicago Fire Juniors South team from 2016-2018 and is now currently the Rush Wisconsin West Soccer Club head coach. As a player, Dunn played his collegiate ball at Valparaiso University for four years where he was a three-time Horizon League Honor Roll member, a three-time Valparaiso University Student-Athlete Presidential Honors Recipient, and was part of the team that won the 2011 Horizon League Championship. He also played for the Vikings AA, a semi-professional soccer team in the National Soccer League: Major Division, and won the Major Division Outdoor Championship in 2017. Dunn received his bachelors degree in history and secondary education from Valparaiso in 2014 and earned his masters degree in leadership and sports management from Trine in 2016.