Kevin Arellano joined Pepperdine in August 2021 as the women’s soccer Volunteer Assistant Coach.

In this role, Arellano serves as the goalkeeper coach for the Waves.

Arellano has held many roles in the soccer community. He currently serves the U.S. Youth Soccer Association in addition to his role at Pepperdine. He also worked as a private/boarding high school soccer programming director, managing soccer development for high school athletes. Arellano is the Director of Coaching at the Kronis Academy. He also holds experience as a Division I assistant soccer coach, serving from 2017-20, training goalkeepers at Loyola Marymount, Cal State Fullerton and CSUN.

As a collegiate soccer player at Santa Monica College, Arellano earned NJCAA first team All-Western State Conference honors. He has won CIF Division 1 soccer championships as both a player and a coach. Arellano earned his associate arts degree from Santa Monica College in sports therapy and holds a USA coaching license (C License) as well as an NSCAA goalkeeper license.

Arellano resides in Canoga Park.