Mississippi Gulf Coast CC

MGCCC Bulldog Athletics
51 Main Street Perkinston, MS 39573

NJCAA Mississippi Southeast

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Ryan Joiner

Ryan Joiner has returned to his South Mississippi home in 2023 to take over as head women’s soccer coach at Gulf Coast. The Ocean Springs High School graduate arrives after five successful seasons at East Central and three state championships at St. Stanislaus.

He compiled a 37-22-5 record in his final four seasons at Decatur, including taking the Warriors as high as No. 2 in the NJCAA rankings. His team in spring 2021 finished 11-3-2 and second in the MACCC North, advancing to the Gulf District Tournament semifinals. The following year’s team made it to No. 2 in the poll and finished 9-5.

In 2019, Joiner’s ECCC team finished 9-7-1 and lost in penalty kicks to Jones in the MACJC quarterfinals.

Joiner’s St. Stanislaus boys teams won MHSAA Class 4A state championships in 2013-14, 20114-15 and 2015-16. The Rockachaws had a 57-15-3 record in his three seasons, and he was named Mississippi Coach of the Year three times by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. He was also the Sun Herald’s South Mississippi Coach of the Year three times and the Clarion-Ledger Mississippi Coach of the Year in 2014.

Joiner returned to his alma mater in 2016 where he was the girls soccer coach. He led Ocean Springs to a Class 6A runner-up finish in 2017.

Joiner was a standout keeper for OSHS before playing college soccer at Meridian Community College. He was twice named to the All-MACJC First Team and the All-NJCAA Region 23 Team, earning NJCAA All-American Honorable Mention in 2006.

He started his coaching career in 2011 at Meridian before beginning his championship run in high school.

Joiner has a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies and a master’s in teaching in community college education from Mississippi State University. He holds a United States Soccer Association B License, National Soccer Coaches Association of America National Diploma, and Level III Goalkeeper Certificate.

He and his wife Kylie have one daughter, Lennon Layne Joiner, 2.

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Quintin Walker

Quintin Walker returns to Gulf Coast after spending a year coaching with Alabama FC’s W League team in Birmingham. The Legion brought in U.S. and international players and had a player drafted by the National Women’s Soccer League.

He also worked as a sports scientist with STATSports, which specializes in wearable monitoring devices. Walker worked with the Jamaica national team, as well as MLS, NWSL, USL Championship and MLS Next Pro teams.

Walker previously spent six seasons as a Bulldog assistant for the men’s and women’s soccer teams.

In the spring 2021 season, he was part of a coaching staff that helped lead Gulf Coast to the MACCC South title. The Bulldogs also won back-to-back division titles in 2016 and 2017 without dropping a South game. He’s been on the staff of three teams that have reached the MACCC championship game.

The women’s team advanced to the MACCC semifinals in spring 2021, where the Bulldogs lost to eventual national runner-up Holmes. The 2018 team played in the MACCC championship game, and the team made it to the semifinals the two prior seasons.

Walker started his collegiate playing career at Lipscomb in 2010-12, then transferred to Gulf Coast for the 2013-14 season. He completed his collegiate career at Mississippi College, where he helped the team to a top-10 ranking nationally.

Walker, who holds a USSF D coaching license, went on to play at Mississippi College. He played a season professionally in Brazil with Duque de Caxias. He finished his bachelor’s in education at William Carey.

Walker also served as an assistant coach at St. Andrew’s Episcopal in Ridgeland, helping the team reach the second round of the state playoffs.

He has coached with the South Mississippi Soccer Club and served as technical director of the U11 and U12 programs. Walker was a Mississippi Youth Soccer Association Olympic Development Program Staff Coach who has had four players selected to the regional pool/team.