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Robert Morris University

Robert Morris University Dept of Athletics
6001 University Boulevard Moon Township, PA 15108
Division 1 Pennsylvania Northeast
Private Small National competitor

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Michelle Rick

Michelle Rick was named head coach of the RMU women's soccer program on February 8, 2024.


Rick joins RMU after spending the previous two seasons at the University of Findlay, a Division II school in Findlay, Ohio, where she had a 22-11-7 overall record and back-to-back berths in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals. She coached five all-conference players a total of eight times, including the 2023 G-MAC Goalkeeper of the Year Kennedy Slovak and 2022 Elite 26 Award Winner Nikki Schuster. Additionally, two of Rick’s players earned a spot on the D2 Conference Commissioners Association Soccer All-Midwest Region teams in Hannah Rybicki (2023) and Ellie Tischler (2022).


Academically, 10 of Rick’s student-athletes earned a spot on the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® teams a total of 12 times.


Prior to Findlay, Rick got her start in college soccer as an assistant coach at Marietta College where she was heavily involved in all aspects of the program - including match and training planning, recruiting and fund raising. She was instrumental in recruiting and developing six All-Ohio Athletic Conference selections in her three seasons with the Pioneers.


Before moving to the college ranks, Rick served as the head coach of the Ohio Galaxies Futbol Club in Dayton, Ohio and was the assistant varsity coach and the head junior varsity coach at Beavercreek High School. She was on the coaching staff when Beavercreek won the 2018 Division I women’s Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) State Championship.


A native of Beavercreek, Ohio, Rick played collegiately at Wright State where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in biological sciences in 2015. She earned her master’s in education with a concentration in adolescent and young adult education in life sciences from the University of Dayton in 2019.

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Reaghan Duval

Duval enters her first season as Assistant Coach with the Colonials for the 2024 season.


Hailing from Waxhaw, N.C., Duval brings a wealth of experience both on the field and in coaching.


Prior to her appointment at RMU, Duval served as the assistant goalkeeper coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University, where her contributions were instrumental in the team's remarkable success. Under her guidance, the team clinched the conference Regular Season and Tournament Championship, as well as the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship. Her adeptness in training goalkeepers led to an impressive 12 shutouts during the 2023 campaign and an outstanding 0.81 GAA, earning her and her colleagues the distinction of United Soccer Coaches Southeast Regional Staff of the Year.


In addition to her coaching duties, Duval pursued academic excellence, enrolling in the Master of Arts in Leadership Organization program at Lenoir-Rhyne. Her commitment to personal and professional growth is further evidenced by her pursuit of coaching certifications, including a Goalkeeping Level 3 Diploma and Education Scholarship from United Soccer Coaches, with plans to obtain an Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma and a USSF "D" License.


Beyond her collegiate coaching experience, Duval's involvement with the Olympic Development Program and FC Carolinas underscore her dedication to nurturing talent at various levels of the sport.


Before the start of her coaching career, Duval was an accomplished student-athlete. In her final year of college soccer in 2022, Duval started in net at D'Youville University and was tabbed USCAA Second-Team All-American. Before D'Youville, she played over the summer of 2022 in the USL W-League for Greenville Liberty.


Duval spent her first four years as a student-athlete at Campbell University. Competing in the Big South Conference, she won with her teammates the Big South Tournament Championship in the spring of 2021 and the Big South Regular Season Championship in the fall of 2021.


In her undergrad years, she earned a Bachelor's in Exercise and Sports Science with a minor in Sociology and graduated Cum Laude.

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