Illinois Wesleyan

The 2020 season marks the first as an assistant coach at Illinois Wesleyan for Gabriel Carreno.

He brings more than seven years of coaching experience to IWU, having held assistant coaching positions at the junior college level, as well as head coaching positions in the club circuit. 

Most recently, he helped HCC to a Mid-West Athletic Conference Co-Championship on the women's side and a regional finals appearances with the men. Prior to his time with the Hawks, Carreno was an assistant at Otero Junior College from 2017-19. During that time, he served as the staff's head of recruiting operations, helped guide the team to a Region IX Championship (2017) and a top-20 team academic ranking.

In addition to his posts at Otero JC and Heartland, Carreno coached the El Paso Premier Panthers and helped form the Rush and FC Dallas branches. He created his own club, the EP Legacy Soccer Club, which under his tutelage saw players play at all collegiate levels from NJCAA to NCAA Division I.

Carreno graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a bachelors degree in multi concentration studies in kinesiology, health nutrition, and biology. While at UTEP, he played in the National Intramural Recreational Sports League and was a three-time national tournament participant.

Professionally, Carreno played in the North American Soccer League. He also played semi-professionally in the Premier Development League, now USL League 2, for the Albuquerque Sol, and played in Mexico for La Tribu.

Carreno lives in Bloomington, Ill. and works for Chicago Fire's Pre-Academy youth system as well. He also holds a United States Soccer Football Association certification.