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.