Coaching Staff

Aaron Champenoy
Head Coach

Champenoy was the 2016 NAIA National Coach of the Year after leading Hastings College to the national title with a record of 24-0-1. In  his most recent stint as a collegiate head coach, Champenoy compiled a cumulative record of 43-3-2 during his two seasons in charge at Hastings from 2016-17. Champenoy’s successful tenure at Hastings included seven All-Americans, 10 United Soccer Coaches all-region  pics, four Great Plains Athletic Conference Players of the Year, and a dozen first-team all-conference selections. 

Prior to his career at Hastings, Champenoy was tasked with starting the men’s soccer program at University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas  in the fall of 2007. Eight years later he had compiled a record of 82-61-11, won a pair of Red River Athletic Conference championships, and was twice named the conference coach of the year. Champenoy also served as the strength and conditioning coach during  his time at St. Thomas, while directing the soccer program’s fundraising efforts and corporate partnerships. 

Champenoy’s collegiate coaching career began at his alma mater in 2003, when he assumed the head coaching position at Bellevue University  in Bellevue, Neb. In four seasons he compiled a record of 50-27-6, made the postseason each year, and led the team to the 2006 Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference title while garnering conference coach of the year honors. 

In total, Champenoy owns a record of 185-108-25 in his 17 collective seasons as a head coach at the collegiate level. 

Success on the field as a player preceded his accomplishments on the sideline, as Champenoy led the Bellevue men’s soccer team to a record  of 51-25-4 and a pair of Region IV tournament appearances during his four-year playing career from 1998-2001. An honorable mention All-American selection his senior season, Champenoy was a three-year team captain and two-time all-region and all-MCAC selection  playing primarily as a center back and holding midfielder. Champenoy graduated from Bellevue cum laude in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in biology, and is currently completing his master’s degree in athletic administration and coaching from Concordia University  Irvine.

Milo Downey
Assistant Coach

Milo Downey enters his first season as a Graduate Assistant for men's soccer ahead of the 2023 season.

Prior to joining staff at MSUB, Downey played soccer for Rocky Mountain College from 2017-2021. Downey played 86 games for the Battlin' Bears as a midfielder, scoring 22 goals in his career and adding 13 assists.

Downey is a native of Colchester, England.

Paul Cuevas
Assistant Coach

Paul Cuevas begins his second season as assistant men’s soccer coach during the 2023-24 academic year.

Cuevas joined the Yellowjackets coaching staff ahead of the 2022, becoming the Yellowjacket's top assistant under head coach Aaron Champenoy.

Cuevas competed for the Yellowjackets for three seasons from 2019-21 after a two-year career at Skagit Valley College.

View Cuevas’ full player bio page online here.