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Wheaton College

Norton, MA 02766
Massachusetts Northeast
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Lee Moyce

Lee Moyce has been with Wheaton women's soccer for the past four seasons and was elevated to Co-Head Coach in February of 2023.


In his first season at the helm for the Lyons as a Co-Coach, Moyce helped lead the squad to a 7-9-2 record, including 4-5-1 in league play. Wheaton nearly pulled off an improbably upset of eventual New England Women's & Men's Athletics Conference champion Emerson College in the NEWMAC Quarterfinals, but ultimately was edged in double-overtime, 3-2, in Boston. Two Lyons were recognized for their stellar play under Moyce, being named to the NEWMAC All-Conference squad. Wheaton also did well in the classroom with eight team members being selected for the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team.


He played for four years at the University of Portsmouth Football Club and spent a season with the Chicago Fire u23 side.


Moyce brings a strong club coaching background to the Lyons. He is currently the NEFC Metro West Girls Regional Director of Coaching. He also spent six years with Global Premier Soccer as a technical director and was the Director of Coaching at Weston Soccer Club for two years.


A native of the United Kingdom, he was the Head Coach of the University of Portsmouth Women's Football Club and helped establish the University of Portsmouth Boys Club.


Moyce holds his US Soccer D License as well as his UEFA B License.

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Chloe Raco

Chloe Raco joined the Wheaton Women's Soccer staff prior to the 2021 campaign and was elevated to Co-Head Coach for the Lyons in February of 2023.


In her first season at the helm for the Lyons as a Co-Coach, Raco helped lead the squad to a 7-9-2 record, including 4-5-1 in league play. Wheaton nearly pulled off an improbably upset of eventual New England Women's & Men's Athletics Conference champion Emerson College in the NEWMAC Quarterfinals, but ultimately was edged in double-overtime, 3-2, in Boston. Two Lyons were recognized for their stellar play under Raco, being named to the NEWMAC All-Conference squad. Wheaton also did well in the classroom with eight team members being selected for the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team.


A native of the United Kingdom, Raco brings five years of experience coaching elite level women's soccer players in addition to over a decade of playing experience as gifted futbol player in England. Most recently, Raco currently serves as the Director of Talent ID and NEF-SHE for the New England Futbol Club, where she took the initiative to found and oversee the Regional Development Program. Through the RDP, Raco has developed youth soccer players as both a clinician and Head Coach. Prior to her venture with the New England Futbol Club, Raco was the Massachusetts Girls Technical Director for Global Premier Soccer and was integral in overseeing coaching education programs. Raco also developed and produced programs that could be used at home during the COVID-19 pandemic to help improve player skill levels.


Prior to her stint to further grow the sport of girls youth soccer in the New England area, Raco honed her coaching skills as a highly successful Head Coach at Bournemouth University in her native England. She guided Bournemouth to an unbeaten mark of 6-0-6 in 2018 and followed that season with a second place finish and another unbeaten season (11-0-3), while ranking 22nd in the UK and finishing as a Semifinalist in the Trophy Cup series. For her efforts, Raco was short-listed for the Coach of the Year Award in both 2018 and 2019.


To underscore her passion for developing the game of futbol among youth girls, Raco also took on the post of AFC Bournemouth U12 Girls Head Coach. She proved to be formidable mentor to her squad, leading the team to three straight League Championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019, in addition to the Cup crown and the Swindon Elite Festival title.


Following a decorated tenure as a successful youth soccer player dotted by outstanding player honors, captain honors and team championships, Raco enjoyed an impressive career as the university level with Bournemouth, where she was named a Sport Scholar and Captain for three seasons. Raco was part of a Western 2A Championship in addition to earning a Captains Award. Her university career overlapped her playing tenure at the Club level, having starred for AFC Bournemouth FC, where she was a Vice-Captain for four years and the team's top scorer for two. She was also named a Players Player of the Season to go with Player of the Season for AFC Bournemouth Ladies First Team accolades.

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Ash Hill

Ash Hill joins the Wheaton College women's soccer staff in 2022-23 for his first season with the Lyons.


A native of the United Kingdom, Hill has coached soccer for the past ten years, primarily working with keepers and will serve as Wheaton's Goalkeeper Coach.


In addition, to his role with Wheaton, he also serves as the Head Coach and Goalkeeper Director for the Scorpions Soccer Club.


Hill has coached both in the United States and in the UK. He spent five years as an Academy Coach with Challenger Sports in The US. coaching players of all levels, including high school, while training other coaches. He earned the Academy's Coach of the Year honor in 2018 for his efforts. He also traveled the U.S. as an Academy Coach for Southampton International Academy Camps in Baltimore, Md., serving as an instructor at various training camps.


Following his coaching stint in the States, Hill brought his base of knowledge back to the UK, where he was the Head Coach for the Under 11 squad at West Bromwich Development Academy in Gloucester. He led the team to the Junior Premier League Cup Final at England's national training pitch at St. George's Park in England, while helping to develop technical and tactical skills and helping each individual player to reach their respective potential.


Hill also held the Goalkeeper Coach post for the Leicester City Foxes Development Center, while serving as the Head Coach for the College Under 18 Cheltenham Town Soccer Club Community Trust in his most recent role from 2020-21. While at Cheltenham, he helped the program transition from futsal to a full 11 vs. 11 program and established them into the league.


Hill enjoyed a playing career at the semi-professional level from 2011-17, seeing time with Hellenic Premier Step 9 in the English Football Pyramid.


A graduate of Hartpury College in Gloucester, England, Hill played in the ECFA West Midlands League for Hartpury. He holds a number of coaching qualifications in soccer and futsal including UEFA B.

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Bryan Waggoner

Bryan Waggoner was named the fifth head coach in program history in January of 2018 after serving as head coach at Randolph College for the previous 11 seasons.


In his first four seasons as head coach at Wheaton, Waggoner has compiled an overall record of 39-28-8 record. Under Coach Waggoner, the Lyons have made a trio of New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Semifinals appearances.


The Lyons mentor oversaw a Wheaton team that was among the best in the region and the nation in 2021 as evidenced by a number 24 national ranking that put the program in the national survey for the first time since 2015. The Lyons posted their highest win total since 2016 and held the distinction of being the only non-New England Small College Athletic Conference school to defeat National Champion Connecticut College when they edged the No. 6 Camels, 2-1. The year was capped by three All-Region selections. The following season, he led Wheaton to a 9-5-6 mark and an appearance in the NEWMAC semifinals. The team was unbeaten in 10 of its last 12 contests, including a tie with Williams College, which eventually advanced to play for the National Championship. The tie gave the Lyons the distinction of being the only non-NESCAC squad to remain unbeaten against two of the four teams to have played in the national title game in the past two years. Wheaton finished the season ranked third in the region by the NCAA.


As a testament to his ability to develop talent since his arrival in Norton, Waggoner has seen six of his players earn All-Region honors, including a pair of First Team selections in addition to a NEWMAC Offensive Player of the Year honoree and eight All-Conference recipients.


Waggoner built the Randolph men's soccer program from scratch when the college transitioned to coeducation in 2007. During his time at Randolph, he guided the WildCats to an appearance in the highly regarded Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Tournament every season since entering the league in 2008. In 2011, he helped lead Randolph to the school's first-ever ODAC championship in a men's sport and its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance for a men's athletics program. The WildCats won a school-record 18 games and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 under Waggoner, leading to the mentor being named the 2011 ODAC Men's Soccer Coach of the Year.


In 2013, Waggoner was named the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSIDA) Coach of the Year, as Randolph put together a 17-2-1 mark, while winning the ODAC regular-season crown. In addition, the WildCats were ranked as high as No. 15 nationally in both the United Soccer Coaches (USC) and D3soccer.com polls. That squad became the first team in ODAC history to win 10 league games in a men's soccer season. In 2015, the WildCat's finished second in the ODAC with a 7-1-3 record as part of an overall 13-5-3 record, which included an 11-game unbeaten streak. The campaign was highlighted by a trip to the ODAC Championship game.


Prior to Randolph, Waggoner spent three seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Richmond. Waggoner also spent time as the Head Coach at Douglas S. Freeman High School in Richmond, Va., where he compiled a 24-11-8 record over three seasons. In addition, he served as the assistant men's and women's soccer coach for a season at Linfield College in Oregon.


At the club level, Waggoner served as the technical director of the Virginia Capital Area Soccer League, where he analyzed, evaluated, and trained teams throughout the club system. In addition, he was the Head Coach of the Under-18 Boy's Elite team, guiding it to five tournament championships and a Final Four standing in the State Cup.


Waggoner is a 2002 graduate of the University of Richmond and was a four-year letterwinner for the Spiders. He served as team Captain his senior year under Head Coach Jeff Gettler, who coached former Wheaton men's soccer coach Matt Cushing at the University of Massachusetts. Waggoner earned the Coaches Award for his leadership skills his senior season and graduated from Richmond with a degree in Sociology.

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Andrew Schaefer

Andrew Schaefer begins his fifth year on staff with the Wheaton College men’s soccer program as a full-time Assistant Coach.


The Allentown, Pennsylvania native comes to Norton after serving as Assistant Coach for two seasons at his Alma Mater, Randolph-Macon College. Schaefer has helped lead the Lyons to a 30-18-7 record during his time in Norton. Wheaton finished the 2021 season ranked number five in the final Regional Rankings and also made an appearance in the national poll. The 2022 season saw the Lyons advance to the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Semifinals and earn a number three ranking in the NCAA Regional survey. Schaefer has primarily worked with the offense during his time in Norton and oversaw the first Lyon to be named NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Year since 2017.


Prior to Randolph-Macon, Schaefer spent the 2016 season as an Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Cabrini University helping the Cavaliers to a CSAC Finals appearance.


Schaefer earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business and Economics from Randolph-Macon in 2016. He was a four-year member of the varsity soccer team, serving as a Captain during his junior and senior years and garnering Old Dominion Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference honors in 2015 and 2016. In his final season, Schaefer led the Yellow Jackets in goals. He earned a Masters of Science in Leadership from Cabrini University in 2020.

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Thomas Gatanis

Thomas Gatanis enters his second season with the Lyons after joining the program in 2022.


Gatanis spent five years with Wheaton as a player from 2015-19 and graduated from the Norton campus in 2020. The midfielder established himself as a two-year starter for the Lyons, despite battling multiple knee injuries throughout his career. For his perseverance, he was the 2020 recipient of Wheaton's Lynn Miller Inspiration Award. The New York City native saw time in nearly 50 matches for the Lyons and helped them reach the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Tournament Semifinals as as senior.

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