Ryan Wall enters his third season with the Wheeling Women's Soccer program, including his second as a volunteer assistant Coach. He previously served as the Head Women's Soccer Coach from October 2024 to January 2026, and will enter his first season as an Assistant on Head Coach Jaclyn Ketter's Staff.
During the 2025 season, Wall led the Cardinals to a 3-11-4 overall record and a 1-9-4 record in conference play. He helped lead the Cardinal defense to a strong showing, holding opponents to just 1.67 goals per game across their 18-game schedule. He would help guide a trio of goal keepers to a 1.67 goals against average, while the Cardinal keepers held a save percentage of .762 during the season. On the offensive side, the Cardinals averaged 1.11 goals per game, but held a strong .487 shot on goal percentage, compared to a .461 mark for the Cardinal opponents.
He would help guide the program through the 2024 season, taking over on October 6th, 2024. He would lead the Cardinals to a 5-13-1 record under his watch, and helped them qualify for the 2024 MEC Women's Soccer Tournament for the second time in three seasons. His team averaged 1.45 goals per game, including a season-high six-goal effort in a 6-0 win against Salem. He helped lead freshman Lily Hanna to a spot on the MEC All-Freshman Team and Mary DiFonzo earn a spot as a First Team All-MEC player.
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.
Record as a Head Coach
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2024
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3-7-1, 2-6-1
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Interim Coach, MEC Tournament Quarterfinals
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| 2025 |
3-11-4, 1-9-4 |
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Total
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6-18-5, 3-15-5
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1x MEC Tournament Quarterfinals
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