Coach Hilen is starting his 8^th year as the Boys Soccer Head Coach for Lakota East High School, and his 9^th overall as a head coach. He has been involved in the sport of soccer as a player or coach for the last 34 years, having played for Lakota East (2000 graduate) and collegiately at Mount Vernon Nazarene University (2004 graduate). During his eight years as a head coach, Hilen has earned a GWOC South Conference Championship (2013 with Lebanon High School), two District Championships (2014, 2019), a Regional runner-up (2014), a Regional Championship and a trip to the State Final Four (2019). As a player, Hilen captained the 1999 Lakota East Boys Soccer team to a State Final Four. Hilen is an Intervention Specialist at Lakota East High School. He is married to Stephanie Hilen and has two children, Brady and Aubrey.

Tom enters his 8th season as the head coach at Lakota East High School. Prior to his tenure at East, Coach McEwan spent 10 years as the Bishop Fenwick head coach. 

Coach Dreher is a highly energetic, motivational coach who strives for excellence within her athletes. She prides herself in having her athletes reach their fullest potential and designing a team that highlights each of the players strengths. She brings 12+ years of coaching experience to Lakota East with 7 years of them in High School and junior high volleyball. She has 4 years of coaching at Cincinnati Volleyball Academy and Ohio Premier where she led 3 of her teams to the Gold. She envisions the Lakota East program to encompass all ages and levels of volleyball that will lead to a sustainable, highly competitive Division I school district. She is the Training Director at the Lakota Sports Organization for volleyball and volunteers as a coach and an upward basketball coach in her free time. She resides in Liberty Twp. with her husband and 6 children. She enjoys being outdoors, sports of all kinds, and spending quality time with her children. 

Karlie Schell is excited to have the opportunity to join the Lakota East Volleyball Program! Karlie has been coaching volleyball for 6+ years for ages 11-18s at several clubs including Cincy Classics, Elevation, NKYVC, and Cincy Crush at both the regional and national level. She currently coaches the 18 National team at Cincy Classics. In addition to club volleyball, Karlie led the 7th grade Liberty Junior School team to successful seasons for the past 2 years. She is a graduate of Mount St. Joseph University where she obtained a degree in Education and played on the women’s volleyball team. Karlie continues to play both indoor and outdoor competitively. In addition to life as a coach, she is also a teacher.  Karlie has tremendous love for the game of volleyball and enjoys sharing my passion and knowledge with others.