Ryan Wall enters his second season with the Wheeling Women's Soccer program and his first season as the Head Coach for the 2025 season after a promotion in March 2025.
Serving as the interim coach during the 2024 season, Wall led the Cardinals to an overall record of 5-13-1 and a Mountain East Conference (MEC) record of 3-10-1. With the finish, Wall was able to get the Cardinals back to the MEC Tournament for the first time since 2022 to take on Charleston in the quarterfinals. The team came up short, however, Wall was able to evoke positive play out of his players. Under Wall's coaching, senior midfielder Mary DiFonzo earned her first career First Team All-MEC nod. She tied first in team points with 20, second in shots (59), and shots on goal (30). Freshman Lily Hanna dazzled in her rookie campaign as she tied DiFonzo with 20 points, but lead the team with 72 shots and 37 on goal. For her play, she earned Second Team All-MEC and was placed on the MEC's All-Freshman Team as the conference's leading shot taker, averaging 3.83 shots per game.
Hailing from Glasgow, Scotland, by way of Leyland, England, Ryan was a professional academy player with Bolton Wanderers F.C. (England). He then moved to the U.S. to play collegiately at NAIA powerhouse Rio Grande University (4-year starter and All-MOC Conference selection), where, as team Captain he helped lead them to the program’s first-ever MOC conference championship, Great Lakes Regional Tournament Final, and top 10 national ranking. After graduation Ryan spent three seasons on staff at Wheeling University as coach Jim Regan’s top assistant, helping WJU to two regular-season titles and the 2003 WVIAC conference championship.
While building a career in international business, Wall also coached youth soccer for the West Virginia Olympic Development Program, FC Wheeling United, Fury FC (Morgantown), and more recently WV Highlanders FC, an adult amateur club Wall founded in 2021. WV Highlanders is an elite program for college age/level players that runs through the summer months and competes in the Ohio Valley Premier League (OVPL). In just four seasons Wall has led Highlanders to OVPL Valley Conference 2nd and 1st place finishes, and OVPL Championship Final birth.
Wall earned USSF and English Football Association Coaching Licenses as well as Irish Football Association UEFA B Courses. He has an MA International Politics from the University of Essex (England), and a Masters of Business Administration from Wheeling University. He resides in Wheeling with his wife and three children.
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2024
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5-13-1, 3-10-1
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Interim Coach, MEC Tournament Quarterfinals
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Total
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5-13-1, 3-10-1
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1x MEC Tournament Quarterfinals
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