Jack Peel has been a fixture in the area soccer community for more than 25 years, and has been in charge of UTD's highly successful program since 1998. His teams have compiled an 134-50-13 record in those 10 seasons and earned Peel Coach of the Year honors four times (1998, 1999, 2002, 2004).

Since the Comets became eligible to complete for the American Southwest Conference championship in 2002, Peel's teams have qualified for the post-season all six seasons, advanced to the conference championship game three times and won the ASC title in 2004 and 2007. His teams hold an 96-17-8 record against ASC competition

Prior to joining the UTD staff, Peel coached over 10 years in the Carrollton (TX) ISD, first at R.L. Turner High School from 1979-1984, then Newman Smith HS from 1992-1996. He was also an assistant women's soccer coach at Baylor University from 1996-1998, where his teams recorded a 31-9-2 record and were the top-ranked new program in the country.

A native of Garland, Peel played both tennis and soccer in high school before earning his BS degree from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX (1977) and an MS in Physical Education in 1981. He holds a USSF "A" License and NSCAA Premier Diploma. His wife, Susan, is the women's soccer coach at Plano East High School.

John Antonisse is the true veteran of the UTD coaching staff, now in his 12th season at UTD. In recent history, most of his teams have been contenders for the American Southwest Conference and have played in six consecutive ASC Championship Tournaments. Between 2002-2006, the Comets played in four of the five Tournament title games, winning or sharing two ASC championships.

In his 11 seasons as head coach, his teams have compiled a 138-57-20 record. The past nine years, the Comets have a record of 125-36-18, which is one of the tops in all of NCAA Division III.

Antonisse is a local product, graduating from Richardson Pearce High School. He played soccer collegiately at Richland College, then the University of Tulsa before earning a BS degree in marketing in 1986. He completed a master's degree from Amberton University in the spring of 2004.

After beginning his coaching career at UTD as an assistant men's soccer coach in the mid-1990's, Antonisse became a head coach at the University of Dallas in Irving in 1996-97, then returned to spearhead UTD women's soccer program at UTD in 1997. Coach Antonisse has been named the American Southwest Conference Coach of the Year three times.

John also proudly coaches with the Dallas Texans Soccer Club, one of the most prestigious clubs in the country. He also holds a USSF "A" License and an NSCAA “Premier” diploma.

Jason Hirsch, a member on UTD's 2004 American Southwest Conference men's soccer championship team, is in his second season as UTD's Assistant Men's Soccer and Tennis Coach, joining the staff in the Fall of 2007.

Hirsch was a team captain and first-team all-conference midfielder for the Comets during the team's 2004 ASC Championship season, then served as a volunteer coach in 2005. A native of Plano, TX, he graduated from Plano West HS in 2001. He earned a finance degree from UTD in 2005 and worked for a financial services firm for the past year.

Katie Johnson, who set a number of school goalkeeping records for UTD from 2001-2004, is in her second year as UTD's Assistant Women's Soccer and Tennis Coach. She joined the staff in 2007.

Johnson set a school record by playing in 81 games during her four-year career at UTD. She also holds several UTD school records and was voted all-conference and all-region at goalkeeper three consecutive years. She was the Comets' goalkeeper during UTD's 2002 ASC Championship season. A 2001 graduate of Irving (TX) MacArthur HS, Johnson graduated with a psychology degree from UTD in 2005 and has worked in the business world for the past two years.