Texas A&M International University Athletics

Claudio Arias recently completed his 21st season as the head men’s soccer coach and fourth as the Director of Soccer Operations at Texas A&M International University. During his tenure, Arias has helped to transform the Dustdevils soccer facilities and the men’s soccer program into one of the prominent soccer programs in the nation. 
 
Under Arias, the Dustdevils won three Heartland Conference Regular Season Championships, including back-to-to back titles in 2010 and 2011. He also elevated the program to new heights in 2019, finishing ranked 20th (topping out at 10th earlier in the season) in the nation in the United Soccer Coaches Poll and advancing to the NCAA Division II National Tournament for the first time in program history.  
   
Arias was named Heartland Conference Coach of the Year in 2008 after leading the Dustdevils to a 12-5-1 overall record and 5-4-1 league mark in the team’s first season competing as an active NCAA Division II member. TAMIU established a school-record nine-game winning streak in 2008, finishing the campaign with a 9-1-1 mark over its last eleven games.
  
Prior to arriving at TAMIU, Arias served four seasons as head coach at Southern Wesleyan University in South Carolina. He led SWU to the 2003 Georgia-Alabama-Carolinas Conference title, with a 2-1 overtime win over No. 2 Auburn-Montgomery in the semifinals. Arias played collegiate soccer for Bryan College in Tennessee, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. He also holds a master’s degree in health and exercise science from Furman University. After his collegiate career, Arias played in the USL for the Shreveport-Bossier Lions.  
 
Arias and his wife, Nicole, are the proud parents of three daughters: Rebecca Nicole, Andrea Belen and Sarah Elizabeth and two sons, Christian Hugo and Lucas Claudio.