Dan Kuntz

Head Coach - USSF

  • Years at CLU19
  • Alma MaterArizona State ('84)
  • Record 195-141-18 
  • E-mailkuntz@clunet.edu
  • Phone805.493.3400


The longest current tenured fall sports head coach, Dan Kuntz returns to
the helm of the men's soccer program for his 19th straight season.

Under his reign the men's soccer program has earned seven SCIAC titles and six NCAA postseason appearances.

As Head Coach of the women's program from 1993-2004, the Regals won
eight straight SCIAC titles and have one of the longest conference win
streaks in women's soccer history.

In addition to his coaching duties, Kuntz was named CLU's Director of
Athletics in 2005, one year after he was selected to the position on an
interim basis.

Kuntz has spent time as a member of the NCAA men's and women's soccer
regional advisory committees, the chair of the NCAA West Region
Championship Committee, and has chaired the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America (NSCAA) Far West Senior Women's Regional
All-America Committee.

He was named NSCAA Far West Region Coach of the Year for women's soccer in 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Born and raised in Arizona, he later became an instructor in the Arizona
Soccer Association coaches education program. In both Arizona and
California he worked with the California Youth Soccer Association (CYSA)
Olympic Development Program (ODP) and won two CYSA-South state titles.

Kuntz showed success early coaching Westwood (AZ) High School to a
Fiesta Bowl Soccer Classic Championship in 1986 and runner-up in 1987.

In 1984, he obtained his United States Soccer Federation (USSF) "A"
license; Kuntz also possesses a USSF "B", "C", and US Youth Soccer
Association (USYSA) National Youth License.

A founding member of the Latino Soccer Coaches Association of America,
Kuntz is also a member of the USSF, NSCAA, and US Soccer Coaches
Association.

A 1984 graduate of Arizona State with a degree in telecommunications and
broadcast station management, Kuntz holds a master's degree in
educational technology with an emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction
(2005) and a educational doctorate degree in higher education leadership
(2011), both earned at Cal Lutheran.

Kuntz and his wife, Nora, also an ASU graduate, and their son, Danny, make their home in Thousand Oaks.