He is currently the women's basketball head coach at the Bowling Green State University.
[2] Chmiel played basketball at Feather River College in California where he was All-Golden Valley Conference first-team.
In 1999 he took over as the head coach at Lassen College where he won three Golden Valley Conference championships.
[6] In 2005 he was an assistant with the Charlotte Sting of the WNBA where he coached future Hall of Famer Dawn Staley.
[10] He helped coach A'ja Wilson and Aliyah Boston to National Player of the Year awards.