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University of Montevallo

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 75 College Drive Montevallo, AL 35115
Division 2 Alabama Southeast
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Bruce Dietterle

Montevallo Career Highlights (12th Year)


Gulf South Coach of the Year (2021)


GSC Regular Season Championship (2021)


Peach Belt Conference Tournament Championship in 2013


Four Peach Belt Conference Tournament appearances


Gulf South Conference Tournament appearance in 2017 and 2021


Five NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region selections and one NCAA Division II All-South Region selection


Six All-Peach Belt Conference selections and four All-Gulf South Conference selections


20 Peach Belt Conference All-Academic Team selections and two Gulf South Conference All-Academic Team selections


Coaching Experience


University Montevallo Head Coach (2013-present)


Stetson University Assistant Coach (2012)


University of Montevallo Assistant Coach (2010-11)


Pfeiffer University Assistant Coach (2007-09)


Coaching Highlights


Helped lead Montevallo to a GSC Regular Season Championship in 2021


Helped lead Montevallo to two Peach Belt Conference Tournament Championship


Helped lead Pfeiffer to three Conference Carolinas Tournament appearances


Education


Saint Anselm College (2006)


Bruce Dietterle is entering his 12th season as the Head Coach of the University of Montevallo men's soccer team after being named the program's fourth full-time Head Coach in June 2013.


In his tenth season as the head coach, Dietterle led the squad to a home quarterfinal matchup after posting a 4th-place GSC record of 7-4 with an overall mark of 8-5-3.


During his ninth season in 2021, Dietterle led the Falcons to a GSC Regular Season Championship after a 13-3-2 year and 8-2-1 record in league play. Dietterle was named the GSC Coach of the Year.


In his first year at the helm, Dietterle maintained the program's high level of success, leading the Falcons to their second straight Peach Belt Conference Tournament Championship. Brendan Ledgeway, Ricky Davey, and Gary O'Neill were all named first team All-Conference and All-Region under Dietterle.


On top of coaching duties, Dietterle guides the program in all manners of recruiting, weight program design and applicaiton, as well as compliance, program development, academic monitoring, scheduling, and budgeting.


Dietterle rejoined the University of Montevallo men’s soccer coaching staff in February 2013 after spending one season as an assistant coach at NCAA Division I Stetson University.


Dietterle previously served a two-year stint as an assistant coach with the Falcons, helping lead Montevallo to a 30-7-6 record during 2010 and 2011 seasons, which included the program's first Peach Belt Conference tournament championship.


Dietterle coached 10 All-Peach Belt Conference players, five NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region honorees, and one NCAA Division II All-American. Dietterle also coached 10 NCAA Division II Scholar All-Southeast Region players and a NCAA Division II Scholar All-American. The Montevallo squads earned NSCAA NCAA Division II Team Scholar accolades both seasons that Dietterle was on the staff.


Coach Dietterle has been able to coach five players that have moved on to sign professional contracts and many more which have been signed at semi-professional level after college.


Before coaching at Montevallo, Dietterle was an assistant coach at NCAA Division II Pfeiffer University for three seasons.


Dietterle helped lead Pfeiffer to three consecutive Conference Carolinas tournament appearances. He helped coach nine All-Conference Carolinas players, five that were named NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region and one that was heralded as an NCAA Division II All-American. In his last season, he helped coach Pfeiffer to the fourth-ranked offense in Division II.


Dietterle began as coach and site director with the Seacoast United Soccer Club in Hampton, New Hampshire in 2004 and did not give up that position until 2009. He added to that a two-year stint as a volunteer with Newmarket Junior/Senior High School from 2007-2008. In the summers, he added to his growing soccer resume by coaching at summer camps at the University of New Hampshire from 2007-2009.


Since November 2009, he has been an assistant coach with the North Carolina Olympic Development Program and helped the team to a third place finish at the U.S. Nationals. Since August 2009, he has also been a youth coach with FC Carolina Alliance, a soccer club in Harrisburg North Carolina. Dietterle has also coached in the Alabama Olympic Development Program.


A four-year letter winner at Saint Anselm College during his playing days, Dietterle graduated from Saint Anselm College in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice. He also holds a NSCAA National Coaching Diploma and a USSF Coaching License.

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Hector Rivera

University of Montevallo Men's Soccer Head Coach Bruce Dietterle has added Hector Rivera to his coaching staff.


"I'm really looking forward to the addition of Coach Rivera to the staff," said Dietterle. "He will bring a new vision and voice to our established program. He has a strong soccer intellect and understanding of the game, which he has cultivated all over the world."


Before joining the Montevallo staff, Rivera coached one year for the International Development Academy in Valencia, Spain. In this role, he aided international players from ages 14-24 in their development as professional soccer players.


Before his time in Spain, Rivera served as the varsity girl's head coach for Arizona College Preparatory from 2017 to 2023. Rivera's team won the region championship during the 2022-23 season, leading him to garner the 2022-23 Region Coach of the Year. He was also named CUSD Coach of the Year in 2020-21 after leading the team to the state semifinals.


While coaching at Arizona College Preparatory, he also worked in the MLS Real Salt Lake umbrella (2015-23) and for Gateway Community College (2015-19).


Rivera was a coach and age group director for the Real Salt Lake Arizona U6-U19 programs. He worked with players through the developmental process and led skill camps and clinics.


Rivera was an assistant coach for both the men's and women's soccer programs at Gateway Community College, where he was in charge of player recruitment, player transportation, spring training program, and college ID camps.


Rivera graduated from California State University-Fullerton in May of 2015 with a Bachelor's of Arts in Business Management at California State University-Fullerton.

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