Coaches

"This is a great opportunity to keep the football program moving forward from the foundation that has been built over the past few years," Chin said. "I am very excited about the student-athletes we have in the program because they understand that hard work, commitment, character, and teamwork are important for a team to be successful."

Chin was an integral part of helping turn around the Comets program over the past two seasons.

"I would like to thank Mike Moore and the administration for this opportunity and also thank the community and university for its continued support in Mayville State Athletics," Chin said.

Prior to coming to Mayville State he coached and taught in the HPE department at Southern Oregon University, an NAIA school located in Ashland, OR. Chin was the wide receivers and tight ends coach for the SOU Raiders from 2001 to 2006. He was a part of two National Playoff teams that reached the Quarterfinals in 2001 and 2002. He also spent two years in the program as a quarterback after transferring from Linfield College his freshman year.

Chin earned his Math/Business degree in 2003 and Health and Physical Education master's degree in 2005 from Southern Oregon University. Also during his time coaching football at SOU he was the assistant head softball coach, coaching primarily the pitchers and outfielders in 2002 and 2003.

As a three-sport athlete at Lost River High in Klamath Falls, OR, he was the 1997 Souther Cascade League Player of the Year and a Class 2A all-state selection after passing for over 1,500 yards on the 1997 state championship team. He was also an all-league basketball player and an all-state baseball player where both teams played in the state championship games.

Coach Chin lives in Mayville with his wife Lindsey, who works for Mayville State University in Enrollment Services.

Before beginning his coaching career, Garcia was a four-year starter on the offensive line and member of the Southern Oregon football teams that made consecutive appearances in the 2001 and 2002 NAIA national playoffs - both times reaching the quarterfinals.

A 1999 graduate of Douglas High School in Minden, Nevada, Garcia was a two-sport standout competing for both the football and baseball teams - earning divisional and state recognition as a lineman for the football team.

Garcia earned his bachelor’s degree in Art History at Southern Oregon and is currently pursuing a master’s in Sport and Recreation Management.

A graduate from Mayville-Portland-C-G High School (1983), Gremmels broke numerous school records as the star quarterback. Gremells went on to play quarterback for Mayville State while earning a degree in business management (1987).

Prior to being named the defensive coordinator at Mayville State, Schlieve has had coaching stops at a couple of schools. He started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Wahpeton Public Schools. After one year at Wahpeton he was named defensive coordinator at Pillager Public Schools. Following a one-year stint as defensive coordinator at Pillager, he was named the head coach and remained there for three more seasons. In September of 2005 Schlieve was named the State of Minnesota football coach of the week. He returned to Mayville State to coach the defensive line in the spring of 2007. He spent last year as a coordinator at Beulah Public Schools.

Schlieve earned his undergraduate degree in education at Mayville State University with a major in elementary education and a minor in coaching, graduating magna cum laude, in 2002. He earned his graduate degree in sports management from St. Cloud State University, also graduating magna cum laude, in 2007.

A four-year letter winner in college, Schlieve was twice named Academic All Conference (DAC-10) and once named Academic All American (NAIA). He also played in the National All Star Bowl at the linebacker position in Minneapolis, Minn. after his senior season.

Coach Schlieve resides in Mayville with his wife Cora and his son Camdyn.