Arron Lujan

Head Men's Soccer Coach

Alma Mater	Colorado College, '94
Bachelor's Degree	drama
Master's Degree (Virginia Commonwealth, '07)	recreation, parks, & sport leadership
Overall Record	42-10-3 (3 years)
Record at Carnegie Mellon	42-10-3 (3 years)

Arron Lujan enters the 2011 season with a three-year record of 42-10-3 after beginning his head coaching career with two trips to the NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship. In 2009, the team hosted NCAA postseason games for the first time in program history while advancing to the round of 16 for the first time. In the most successful season in school history, Lujan guided the Tartans to a 5-1-1 University Athletic Association mark and a three-way tie for first place. Along the way, five team records were set including most wins, shutouts, goals scored and points.

Under Lujan's tutelage, Ricky Griffin was named UAA Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, while also achieving All-America status for the second time. Overall, Lujan has coached three All-Americans and nine All-Region honorees, three coming in the 2010 season.

The success of 2009 didn’t stop on the field as five players were named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans for the second year. Jon Hall received the honor of ESPN The Magazine Men’s Soccer Academic All-America of the Year for the second time. In 2010, academic honors continued for the Tartans as three were named to the CoSIDA All-District team.

Lujan became the ninth head coach in Carnegie Mellon University men's soccer history in April of 2008 after serving three years as an assistant coach for the men’s program at Princeton University. Throughout his three-year tenure at Princeton, the Tigers had thirteen players honored as All-Ivy members with four players named All-Region. Lujan was responsible for assisting in recruiting, game management, training sessions, planning alumni events, fundraising, team travel arrangements, and contributing to the direction of the program.

Prior to his stint at Princeton he served as an assistant coach for Division III Virginia Wesleyan for two years and helped lead the Marlins to a second-round appearance in the NCAA tournament in 2003. In 2002, Lujan served as a Virginia ODP District Coach and was responsible for recognizing and developing players. Lujan was also the head coach of the Beach FC Hurricanes Under-17 Boys Premier team in 2004.

A native of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Lujan is a 1994 graduate of Colorado College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama. He received a Master of Science degree in recreation, parks and sport leadership in 2007 from Virginia Commonwealth University. As a player for Colorado College, Lujan finished his career as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 200 points (69 goals, 62 assists) and was inducted into the Colorado College Athletics Hall of Fame in May 2009. He was first-team All-America in 1994, and received the college’s Van Diest Award for achievement in citizenship, leadership, and athletics.

As an undergraduate, Lujan won back-to-back amateur national championships in 1994 and 1995 with the Denver Kickers. Following his undergraduate work he played seven years of professional soccer with the Colorado Foxes, Hampton Roads Mariners, Boston Bulldogs, and El Paso Patriots.

Lujan holds his USSF “A” Coaching License and Premier Diploma from the NSCAA. He is the co-chair of the Native American Soccer Coaches Committee and an enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma. He and his wife Heather live in Pittsburgh with their daughter Linley.

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