Blake Reynolds joins the Lopes in 2023 in his first season as an assistant coach after a successful and lengthy career as a head coach at the Division II and NAIA levels.

Reynolds brings 13 years of coaching experience to the GCU staff. In his career, Reynolds has amassed a 141-69-30 record at Fort Hays State, Kansas Wesleyan and Midland. He has coach 84 all-conference honorees, including six NAIA All-Americans.

Reynolds most recently coached at Fort Hays State from 2017 to 2021. In five seasons with the Tigers, he amassed a 39-27-11 record with three double-digit win seasons. Reynolds guided the team to two consecutive appearances in the conference tournament semifinals.

Reynolds had great success at Kansas Wesleyan, where he compiled a record of 57-16-12 from 2013 to 2016. The Coyotes were dominant under Reynolds in conference play, compiling a 35-2-2 record to go along with three Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference titles. Kansas Wesleyan appeared in the NAIA national tournament twice under Reynolds in 2015 and 2016. The 2015 squad advanced past the opening round to make the final site of the tournament in Alabama.

Prior to Kansas Wesleyan, Reynolds was head coach at Midland in Fremont, Nebraska, from 2009 to 2012. At Midland, he compiled a record of 45-26-7 and a Great Plains Athletic Conference mark of 31-10-2, finishing in the top three of the conference standings all four years. In 2009, he led the school to its first-ever NAIA national tournament appearance, a year that saw his team win 16 matches. He coached over 30 all-conference selections and one All-America selection. After his four years as coach at Midland, Reynolds served as Director of Soccer Operations at Oglethorpe in Atlanta before taking the head coaching position at Kansas Wesleyan.

Reynolds had three years of assistant coach experience at his alma mater, Baker, in Kansas prior to his first head coaching job at Midland. He was the men's assistant for two years and the women's for one. In 2008, he helped guide the men's squad to a conference tournament championship and reached the NAIA national tournament. He started his collegiate coaching career at South Dakota State in 2006 as an assistant coach, helping the Jackrabbits to their first-ever conference tournament championship that season.

A native of Bellevue, Washington, Reynolds graduated from Baker in 2003 with a psychology degree. He then obtained a master's degree in sport pedagogy from South Dakota State in 2009.

In his collegiate playing career at Baker, Reynolds was a standout midfielder. He was a three-time All-Heart of America Conference first-team selection and three-time All-Region V selection, while helping Baker win two conference championships and a region championship, while making two region final appearances.

During his senior season, Reynolds helped the Wildcats to their first-ever national tournament appearance and was rewarded as an NAIA and National Soccer Coaches Association of America honorable mention on All-America teams. He also is a member of the Baker Soccer Hall of Fame and was named to the school's All-Time Starting 11 Team. Reynolds has accomplished the unique feat of reaching the NAIA national tournament as a player, an assistant coach and a head coach.