INDIANAPOLIS - IUPUI men's soccer coach Sid van Druenen filled out his coaching staff on Tuesday (Apr. 12), announcing the hirings of Lewis Dunne, Arturo Rodriguez and Mehdi Ayari to the Jaguars' program. Dunne comes to the IUPUI program from Notre Dame College while Rodriguez comes to IUPUI from Wright State. Ayari joins the IUPUI program after serving as an assistant coach at Neosho County (Kan.) Community College last season. 

"I am excited to add Lewis, Arturo and Mehdi to the Jaguars' men's soccer family," van Druenen said. "All are proven winners and know what it takes to be successful at this level. I know they will give it their absolute best to help me turn this program around and I am looking forward to working with them."

Dunne has spent the past two seasons on staff at Notre Dame (Ohio) College where he helped the Falcons to back-to-back winning seasons. The past two years, NDC compiled a 16-8-2 record and outscored opponents by a 79-31 margin. Six Falcons earned All-Conference honors and four were named All-Region. Dunne began his coaching career at Lake Erie College as a graduate assistant in 2017 and was later promoted to assistant in 2019. LEC climbed from five wins his first season to 18 victories in the 2019 campaign. That squad climbed as high as No. 4 in the country and qualified for the NCAA Division II Tournament. Dunne played collegiately at Urbana University and was an NSCAA First Team All-American his senior year. Following his college career, Dunne captained the Dayton Dutch Lions in the Premier Development League in 2016 and then played for Cleveland SC in the NPSL in 2018.

He was later assistant coach of Cleveland SC in 2019 and then head coach in 2020. The team became the 2021 Rustbelt Champions and Midwest Regional Champions, before losing in the national semifinal to Denton Diablo, the eventual national champions. Cleveland SC had a record of 11-1-2 in 2021 and Dunne was named Rustbelt Conference Coach of the Year for 2021.

Rodriguez has spent the past three seasons on the sidelines at Wright State, including a historic run during the 2019 campaign. That season the Raiders recorded the program's sixth straight double-digit win total at 11-8-4 and win the Horizon League Championship. The Raiders then earned the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament win, defeating Notre Dame, before then playing No. 13 Michigan to a scoreless draw before falling in penalty kicks. Rodriguez was born in Durango, Mexico, and was raised in Houston. He played for three years at Sterling College (Kan.) and was then an assistant coach for the program after graduating in 2017. He later served as an assistant coach for the Cincinnati Dutch Lions in USL 2 in 2019. 

Ayari's coaching experience has taken him to Saint Clairsville (Ohio) High School where he helped lead the Red Devils to the 4A OVAC Tournament Championship. He later coached at both Washington & Jefferson and later at Neosho County for the 2021 season. He's now involved with Impact Soccer Club in Fortville, Ind.. Ayari played collegiately at Oakland City and later earned his degree from Indiana University.