Coaches

Ryan Huber

Coach Ryan Huber enters his 6th year as the Head Men's Soccer Coach, having joined the Pacers in 2017.


Previous Coaching Experience

Prior to his position at WPU, Coach Huber was the assistant coach at N.C. Wesleyan College, a fellow USA South team. Since 2011, Huber worked as the Assistant Men's Soccer Coach, Recruiting Coordinator, Goalkeeper Coach, and Head Reserve Team Coach. NCWC Men's Soccer finished in the top 4 in the conference five out of the six years Coach Huber was on the coaching staff.

Along with coaching at N.C. Wesleyan, Huber also served as Director of Coaching (2016), Assistant Director of Coaching (2015-2016), U-13 Boys Head Coach (2016), U-12 Boys Head Coach (2015-2016), and U-14 Boys Head Coach (2015) at the Tar River Youth Soccer Association. There, Huber was responsible for the overall development of the club including: staff recruitment, staff development, coaching philosophy, playing philosophy, player recruitment, and player development.

Before coaching at N.C. Wesleyan, Huber was the Assistant Men's Soccer Coach at Louisburg College from 2008-2011. During his time at Louisburg, the team was ranked as high as #4 in the nation for junior colleges. Prior to Louisburg, Huber spent one season on the sidelines as an Assistant Men's Soccer Coach at Guilford College in 2008 where he also started a club soccer program at the college.


Education

Coach Huber obtained his Bachelor of Science in Sport Management in 2008 and later on went on to earn his Masters in Sports Management and Athletic Administration from Liberty University in 2014.


Additional Information

Huber has worked several high profile camps at NC Wesleyan College, University of South Carolina, University of North Carolina, Duke University, Wake Forest University, Hampden Sydney College, Randolph Macon College, Mary Washington University, Louisburg College, University of Mount Olive, and Capital Area Soccer League.

Ozzy Peralta

Associate Head Men's Soccer Coach & Men's Soccer Recruiting Coordinator


Coach Peralta enters his seventh year as an assistant coach for the Pacers. Peralta graduated from WPU in 2017 with a B.S. in Business Administration, and was a member of the William Peace University men's soccer program from 2015-2017. Coach Peralta served as the Associate Head Coach at Louisburg High School for two seasons from 2013-2014 prior to coming to William Peace. He was named the Associate Head Men's Soccer Coach in the Fall of 2022.


Coach Peralta has coached at several soccer camps including Mt. Olive, Top Drawer Soccer, NC State University, Duke University, UNCG and various camps in Louisburg, NC. Along with this Coach Peralta coaches at NCFC at the ECNL RL level. In 2022, he led his 03/04 Elite team to the ECNL Region League Regular Season Championship, as well as the ECNL RL Carolinas Cup Tournament Championship. In 2023, he led his 04/05 Elite Team to the ECNL RL Southeast Regional Championship. He also currently serves as an assistant coach for NCFC with the USL2 U23 Team.


In his seven years as an assistant, Coach Peralta has helped the men's soccer program gain their first All-Conference selection (2017), their first USA South Conference Tournament appearance (2018), a USA South Rookie of the Year (2018), the first USA South East Division Championship appearance (Spring 2021), first regular season title win in program history and first title win in school history for men's program (Fall 2021), most wins in a regular season (2021), the first USA South Goalkeeper of the Year Award (Fall 2021), the first All-Region selections with three (Fall 2021) along with numerous All-Conference selections.


Peralta was also named the Interim Head Women's Soccer Coach in the Fall of 2021, where he led the program to their first program win over crosstown rival Meredith College and had two All-Conference selections.


Peralta was hired as the Assistant Director of Athletic Communications in 2017, and in the fall of 2019 he was promoted to the position of Director of Athletic Communications.

Maximo Bompart