Nguyen brings more than a decade of coaching, choreography and competitive dance experience to Augustana. A Sioux Falls native, he is a three-time Dance Worlds champion, capturing an All-Male Hip Hop world title in 2014 and Open Coed Jazz championships in both 2020 and 2021.
Most recently, Nguyen served as head competitive dance coach at Harrisburg High School, where he led the Tigers to back-to-back South Dakota State Hip Hop championships and consecutive overall state runner-up finishes. He was also named a finalist for South Dakota Coach of the Year in 2025. In addition, Nguyen has coached at Balleraena Dance Studio since 2016, worked with Dynamic Dance and continues to serve as a choreographer, instructor and adjudicator throughout the region.
Nguyen earned a bachelor's degree in French Studies with a minor in dance from South Dakota State University and has remained deeply involved in the local arts community as a performer, choreographer and resident company member with LiRa Dance Theatre Company.
