OREM, Utah — Greg Maas, the only head coach that Utah Valley University men's soccer has ever known, has announced his resignation to pursue a career opportunity near his childhood home in the Pacific Northwest. Associate head coach Michael Chesler will take over immediately as the team's interim head coach until a permanent replacement is hired. 
 
Maas started the men's soccer program from scratch, which began when he was announced as the first head coach on February 27, 2013. He accumulated 67 wins during his six-plus years at the helm — an average of over 10 wins per season.
 
"Coach Maas was the right person to start this program and he built it from the ground up. He can be proud of everything his teams have accomplished and the solid foundation he has established for Wolverine men's soccer," said UVU director of athletics, Dr. Jared Sumsion. "We are thankful for his leadership of our student-athletes not only on the pitch, but in the classroom, where he's seen tremendous national success. We support his decision and wish him nothing but success now and in the future. Coach Maas is leaving this program in a remarkable place and we're grateful for the mark he and his family have left on Utah Valley University and wish them all the best in their future endeavors."
 
"I will forever be grateful for the opportunity that Dr. Jared Sumsion and the leadership at Utah Valley University entrusted in me to build and steward the men's soccer program here at UVU. To witness history, and be a part of so many incredible moments, is something that my family and I will forever cherish," Coach Maas said. "I am so proud of the wonderful young men that I was fortunate to have coached, the incredible staff that helped to lead the way, and the colleagues and lifelong friends I have made here at UVU. The program is in a great place, with an exceptionally talented group of players and recruits, and I am excited to now join our 12th Wolverines in support of one of the greatest soccer programs and environments in all of college soccer."
 
 Maas finishes at UVU with a career 67-44-10 record, a .595 winning percentage. After a 9-7-2 record in the inaugural 2014 season, Maas led the Wolverines to 29 wins over the next two seasons, which included 14 wins and an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2015 in just the second season of the program's existence. 
 
The 2016 team went 15-4-1 and won the program's first WAC Championship behind an 8-1-1 mark in league play. Maas was voted by his coaching peers in the conference as the WAC Coach of the Year. That season, Utah Valley was ranked in one of the major top 25 polls throughout the entire regular season, reaching as high as No. 8 in the country. 
 
In his career, Maas produced 12 All-Region, 20 All-WAC, two Scholar All-Americans, 11 Academic All-District, two Academic All-Americans and one All-American. The 2019 team produced the program's first WAC Player of the Year award when Blake Frischknecht received the offensive honor.

Maas has also seen his program garner tremendous academic success under his leadership, with Utah Valley receiving the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award in every season of its existence and holds a single-year Academic Progress Rate of 1000. The program has also garnered two of UVU Athletics' four CoSIDA Academic All-America winners in Paul Hoffmeister (2016) and Zach Maas (2019).
 
He's also had two student-athletes win the WAC's prestigious annuals honors. Hoffmeister was the Joe Kearney Award winner, honoring the top overall male athlete in the WAC in 2016-17. Alec Felix received the Stan Bates Award for the top male student-athlete in the WAC in 2019-20.