Former Western Michigan men's soccer goalkeeper Lukas Von Lienen returned to the Bronco men’s soccer team as the goalkeeper coach for head coach Chad Wiseman’s staff on Monday, July 22, 2024.
As a student-athlete at WMU, Von Lienen appeared in 23 career games and earned 11 wins behind four shutouts from 2018-2021. As a freshman in 2018, Von Lienen appeared in sixteen games, starting fifteen of them, and earned an impressive record of 8-3-3. During his freshman campaign, Von Lienen held a MAC-low 1.00 goals-against-average while making 50 saves with a 75.8% save percentage; the highest save percentage by a Bronco since the 2015 season.
Von Lienen has served as an assistant to current WMU assistant coach and alumnus Shane Lyons for Kalamazoo FC (USL League Two) since 2022. During his first year with Kalamazoo FC, Von Lienen helped the club to a Great Lakes Division regular season title and a playoff berth.
During his youth career, Von Lienen played for Heidmühler FC (seventh-tier club in German professional soccer) in 2014 before joining Werder Bremen (first-tier club in German professional soccer) for four years from 2014-2018.
