CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina head women's soccer coach
Paul Hogan has announced the addition of
Rich Wall as the associate head women's soccer coach, effective immediately.
"We are very excited to welcome Rich, his wife Jessica, and son Tre to our Coastal Carolina soccer family," coach Hogan said. "Rich is a quality person and he fits all of our program's core values. Rich has proven himself to be an excellent coach and high-level recruiter so he will be a great addition to our program."
"I'm extremely grateful for the opportunity to be part of Coach Hogan's staff at Coastal Carolina," Wall said. "There are countless others that have helped me get to this point in my career and I'm equally grateful for their guidance and friendship along the way, I would not be in this position today without them."
"Coastal Carolina has a strong soccer reputation, and I hope to help add to the future success of this program. My family and I are excited to get to Conway and be closer to our family, you can't put a price tag on all the smiling faces I've witnessed in just a short time," Wall continued.
Wall has experience at both the collegiate and semi-pro levels, serving most recently as an assistant coach and director of recruiting on the women's soccer staff at the University of Cincinnati.
In his two seasons at Cincy, Wall coached two-time AAC Defensive Player of the Year and first-team United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Ashley Barron and a total of seven all-conference performers. He also helped lead the Bearcats to the 2020 American Athletic Conference Championship game in his first season on staff.
He was a former collegiate head coach at Lees-McRae College in North Carolina and an assistant coach at Ball State before joining the Bearcats staff in 2019. Wall compiled a record of 35-33-5 with the Bobcats and led them to a pair of 11-win seasons while climbing as high as No. 12 in the national rankings. During his four seasons at the helm, he coached two Conference Carolinas Player of the Year Award winners, the 2017 Conference Carolinas Freshmen of the Year, and the 2015 Conference Carolinas Defensive Player of the Year.
Wall also spent time as a coach in the USL League Two as an assistant with the Tri-Cities Otters and was the head coach of West Virginia United. He helped West Virginia reach the second round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup during one of his two seasons with the team. Wall has also been a youth soccer head coach with the Ohio Elite ECNL Girls and the North Carolina Olympic Development Program.
Wall played collegiately at Gardner-Webb University and Wingate University in North Carolina and saw action in 70 matches. Wall graduated from Gardner-Webb with a bachelor's degree in sport management. Additionally, Wall has earned the United States Soccer Federation A-Senior License, and the United Soccer Coaches Premier Diploma. In 2018, he was named to the United Soccer Coaches 30-Under-30 Program.
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