Will Ryan was tabbed as the 10th Head Men's Basketball Coach in program history led the team during the 2019-20 at Wheeling University.
Ryan compiled a 14-13 overall record in his lone season at Wheeling. After being picked to finish in last place in the 12-team league, his team went 11-11 in Mountain East Conference (MEC) play and earned the No. 5 seed in the MEC Tournament.
On June 7, 2020, Ryan resigned to accept the head coaching position at NCAA Division I University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
Ryan, who is the oldest son of College Basketball Hall of Famer and former University of Wisconsin Head Coach Bo Ryan, arrived in the northern panhandle after spending the past five seasons as an assistant coach at NCAA Division I Ohio University. During Ryan's time in Athens, the Bobcats went 81-77, reached the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Tournament semifinals twice and advanced to the semifinals of the 2016 College Basketball Invitational (CBI).
Ryan helped tutor 14 all-conference performers, including one MAC Player of the Year (Antonio Campbell) and one MAC Freshman of the Year (Jordan Dartis). Jaaron Simmons broke the single season Ohio University and MAC assist records in 2015-16, dishing out 275 on the year. Campbell was an Associated Press All-America selection following a stellar 2015-16 campaign, where the Bobcats tallied their best season during Ryan's tenure going 23-12 overall.
Ohio's 937 field goals made in 2015-16 tied for second-most in a single season in program history. The Bobcats surpassed the 90-point mark five times in 2015-16 and eclipsed the 80-point mark 16 times.
Ryan joined the Bobcats prior to the start of the 2014-15 campaign after serving as an assistant coach at North Dakota State for seven seasons.
During his seven seasons in Fargo, Ryan helped lead the Bison to four postseason appearances, including two berths in the NCAA Division I Tournament. In 2013-14, Ryan was instrumental in North Dakota State's historic season, which included a program-record 26 wins and a trip to the NCAA Championship Third Round. The No. 12-seeded Bison upset No. 5-seeded Oklahoma, 80-75, in overtime in the Round of 64.
Ryan played basketball for his father on Wisconsin-Platteville's NCAA Division III national championship teams in 1998 and 1999 and also was on his father's team at Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2000-01.
Ryan graduated from Milwaukee in December 2002 with a bachelor's degree in educational studies and youth leadership.
He joined the Wisconsin staff in 2002-03 as a volunteer assistant and spent five seasons with the Badgers. He also served as head coach for the Wisconsin Swing AAU team in 2005.
Will and his wife, Emily, have three sons, Owen, Liam and Callen.
