Ryan Hulings - Men's Soccer Coach - University of Massachusetts Athletics

Ryan Hulings

Title:
Assistant/Goalkeeper Coach
Email:
rhulings@umass.edu

University of Massachusetts men’s soccer head coach Fran O’Leary announced the addition of Ryan Hulings to the staff prior to the 2018 spring season. Hulings arrived at UMass after spending the last two seasons at Virginia Tech, most recently as the goalkeeper coach for the Hokies.

Hulings helped coach the Minutemen to one of 14 at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament in 2020 while earning a first round by. Goalkeeper Marvyn Dorchin finished the year as the Atlantic 10 leader in saves with 50 while ranking 11th nationally in total saves. Dorchin also earned a United Soccer Coaches College Player Award of Distinction honor.

In his second season in Amherst, Hulings oversaw junior goalkeeper Dorchin rank second in the Atlantic 10 in goals against average with a mark of 0.93 while Dorchin ranked 34th in the category nationally. The Minutemen opened up the 2019 season with three consecutive shutouts, marking the first time that UMass has opened the season with three scoreless outings since 1996. During his first campaign in Amherst in 2018, the Minutemen held opponents to 1.15 goals per contest while reaching the A-10 Tournament for the fourth consecutive year for the second time in program history.

Before arriving in Amherst, Hulings helped coach Virginia Tech to a 10-10 record in 2017 as they made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament while helping the Hokies to a program-record nine shutouts in 2016 as they advanced to the quarterfinals and finished the season as the No. 8-ranked team in the nation with a 13-5-4 record. Hulings coached Hokie goalkeeper and MLS first-round selection Ben Lundgaard to first team All-ACC accolades and the Hero Sports D1 Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year honors in 2017.

Prior to his time at Virginia Tech, Hulings served as an assistant at Pittsburgh in 2014-15 while coaching the Pittsburgh Riverhounds Development Academy and serving as the Goalkeeper Director from 2013-15. At Pittsburgh, the Panthers set a new program-record for consecutive shutout minutes with 380 minutes during the 2015 season. During his tenure at Pitt, Hulings coached Dan Lynd, who led the ACC in total saves in 2014-15 before going on to play professionally for the Rochester Rhinos (2015-17) and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds (2018-19).

Hulings made his first managerial stop at his alma mater Baldwin Wallace University during the 2013 as an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s teams.

At Baldwin Wallace, Hulings was a four-year letterwinner and a three-year starter from 2009-12, leading the Yellow Jackets to their first NCAA Tournament berth during his junior season. Hulings played 59 games as a collegiate goalkeeper, starting 53 of them on his way to finishing with a 31-16-8 record to go along with 14 shutouts.

After his collegiate career, Hulings spent time with both the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the NASL and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the USL, where he played three seasons with the team and made his professional debut on July 19, 2013 against Wigan Athletic F.C.

Hulings graduated from Baldwin Wallace in 2014 with a bachelor of arts in sport management. He holds a National D license from the United States Soccer Federation and a Level I Goalkeeping Diploma from United Soccer Coaches.