University of Denver Men's Soccer

Jamie Franks completed his 11th season as Denver's head men's soccer coach and his 14th with the program overall in 2025 after being named the program's 10th head coach in January of 2015. Denver got back to the College Cup for the second time in program history in 2024, both under Franks. The Pioneers earned a number three national seed in the 2024 campaign to earn home games against Gardner-Webb, [14] Indiana and UMass en-route to a trip to Cary for the national semifinals. The Pios spent a good portion of the middle part of the season ranked No. 1 in the country in the Top Drawer Soccer poll. In 11 seasons, the head coach of the 2016 National Coaching Staff of the Year has put together a record of 136-46-36, improving Denver's record since Franks joined the staff as an assistant in 2012 to 171-63-44. Combined as a player and coach, Franks is 270-90-61 in college soccer, having reached six College Cups and winning a national championship at Wake Forest as a player in that span.

Brad Franks completed his sixth season as an assistant/associate head coach on the Denver men's soccer staff in 2025. Before Denver, Franks joined his brother's staff in the Mile High City after a stint as the associate head coach at Appalachian State, where he helped lead the Mountaineers to their first winning season in six years in 2018 and the program's first win over a nationally-ranked opponent since 2009. Prior to his time at Appalachian State, Franks was an assistant coach for Elon, which went 37-23-15 during his time there. He also served as an assistant at High Point for three seasons (2011-13) with a stint at Wake Forest University as a volunteer assistant in 2013. In his college playing career at Elon, Brad Franks was a four-year starter (2007-10), appearing in 77 matches and tallying 22 points on five goals and 12 assists. He earned two all-conference awards during his career, including First Team All-Southern Conference in 2010. Brad Franks earned a bachelor of science de

Jacob Lissek finished his third season as a member of the University of Denver men's soccer team's coaching staff in 2025. Lissek serves as the goalkeeper coach for the Pios. A native of Highlands Ranch, Colo., Lissek spent time playing for USL sides Hartford Athletic, Charlotte Independence, OKC Energy FC, and Penn FC, while also spending one season playing for MLS team FC Dallas. Prior to starting his professional career in 2015, Lissek was a standout goalkeeper at Fairleigh Dickinson from 2010-13. As a four-year starter, he led the Knights to a 39-21-12 record and was part of a team that won the NEC Championship and reached the third round of the NCAA Tournament in 2012. Lissek currently holds the Knights' all-time career record for shutouts with 26. He graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson in 2014 with a degree in management.

Jose Arenas completed his fourth season as an assistant coach in 2025 after two seasons as the program's Director of Operations (2020-21). Arenas was a member of the Laramie County Community College (WY) men's soccer coaching staff for nine seasons as an assistant coach. He joined the Golden Eagles staff at Laramie County after spending one season at McPherson College (KS). During his time on staff at Laramie County, he helped lead the Golden Eagles to six regular season Region IX Championships, three Region IX Tournament Championships, a North Central District Championship and NJCAA National Tournament Final Four. Arenas helped produce six Region IX Freshman of the Year award winners, three Region IX Players of the Year, seven Junior College All-Americans and was a part of two United Soccer Coaches Region Staffs of the Year. The Cheyenne, Wyo., native played for Laramie County for two seasons before transferring to McPherson College.