Rich Wall is in his first season as Head Coach the Youngstown State women’s soccer team after being named the eighth head coach in program history.
The 2023 PSAC West Coach of the Year, Wall is a 13-year college coaching veteran with experience at the NCAA Division I and Division II levels as well as the semi-professional level. He also has experience in the American Athletic Conference, Mid-American Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference.
He also has six years of head coaching experience and owns a career record of 55-48-10.
Wall spent the last two seasons at Mercyhurst where he accumulated a coaching record of 20-15-5, including a 16-4-1 mark in 2023. Last season, he successfully transitioned the Lakers from NCAA Division II to their first season at the NCAA Division I level. During his time at Mercyhurst, Wall coached two all-Americans, four all-region picks, and a total of eight all-conference selections.
Prior to Mercyhurst, Wall was the associate head coach at Coastal Carolina for the 2022 campaign.
Wall spent two seasons at Cincinnati as the director of recruiting, and he coached a two-time AAC Defensive Player of the Year and seven all-conference performers while leading the Bearcats to the 2020 American Athletic Conference Championship game.
During the 2019 season, Wall helped Ball State to a conference regular-season runner-up finish and tied a program record for most wins in a season with 15.
Wall spent four seasons as the men's soccer head coach at Lees-McRae College from 2015-18. He 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 tenure, he coached two Conference Carolinas Players of the Year, the 2017 Conference Carolinas Freshmen of the Year, and the 2015 Conference Carolinas Defensive Player of the Year.
He also spent time in the National Premier Soccer League as the head coach with the Erie Commodores FC. Earlier in his career he coached in the USL League as an assistant coach with the Tri-Cities Otters and as 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 and Wingate and saw action in 70 matches. He graduated from Gardner-Webb in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in sport management.
Wall has also 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.
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.
Rich and his wife, Jessica, have a three-year-old son, Tre.
