Ryan is LTCC soccer’s goalkeeper coach and strength and conditioning coach. Boasting an extensive and impressive background for the past 15 years, Ryan has been a goalkeeper and sports performance coach at the NCAA Division I level following an impressive collegiate career.
After graduating from the University of Hartford, where he was a four-year starter and two-time captain for the Division I program, he was invited to the Major League Soccer (MLS) combine in 2006. In 2006, he became Hartford’s goalkeeper and strength and conditioning coach for the next five years. During his stint at Hartford, he worked as the national director of the Star Goalkeeper Academy, was an ODP goalkeeper coach for Connecticut, earned his Advanced National Goalkeeping diploma, and worked at multiple youth soccer clubs.
After leaving Hartford, he worked as a sports performance coach at NCAA Division I Princeton University, Iona College, and Seton Hall University. He is currently pursuing his doctorate in sport and performance psychology with an emphasis on positive leadership administration. He also serves as LTCC’s strength and conditioning coordinator while leading the sports performance program at Barton Health in South Lake Tahoe.
Ryan enjoys spending time with his wife, who is also an accomplished coach and educator, and is the father of two boys. He resides in South Lake Tahoe where he continues to play soccer.
