Mauricio Basurto begins his fourth year as the Blue Devil women's soccer assistant coach. But Basurto is no stranger to Stout soccer. Basurto worked with the UW-Stout men's club soccer as a coach and adviser for seven years.

A native of Mexico, Basurto played professionally for more than three years in his native country before coming to the United States where he attended Bethany Lutheran College in Minnesota. Basurto has also attended Mankato State, the University of Wisconsin and received a Cisco certification from MATC in Madison and Milwaukee. Along the way, he was the head high school soccer coach at Milwaukee Vincent for three years, has coached with the Milwaukee Kickers Soccer Club, the Kansas City Soccer Club, the Minnesota YMCA team and with the Red Cedar Soccer Association in Menomonie.

He is currently a network technician at UW-Stout and resides in Menomonie with his wife, Pauline, and their four children, Ari, Addison, Noah and Charlotte.