Coastal Carolina has employed Ryan Beard as its new head soccer coach, luring away the person who guided Missouri State to a bowl recreation in its first season within the FBS, the varsity introduced Thursday.
Beard went 19-16 in three seasons with the Bears, together with an FCS top-25 end final 12 months and a 7-5 file this 12 months. Missouri State will probably be taking part in within the inaugural 2025 Xbox Bowl in Frisco, Texas, on Dec. 18 towards Arkansas State. Beard’s assistants this previous season will coach the crew in that recreation.
Beard, 36, is the son-in-law of Bobby Petrino, whom he labored underneath and succeeded at Missouri State.
“We landed one of many nation’s finest younger coaches to be the pinnacle coach of our soccer crew,” athletic director Probability Miller mentioned in a press release. “Teal Nation will love Ryan Beard’s vitality, work-ethic and keenness, and he’s the right chief for this program. His monitor file of elevating groups, maximizing expertise, and growing student-athletes speaks for itself. All over the place he has been — from Western Kentucky, Louisville, and Central Michigan to main Missouri State by way of a profitable FBS transition — Coach Beard has proven an distinctive capacity to encourage, remodel, and win.”
Beard performed defensive again at Western Kentucky from 2007-11 and instantly moved right into a graduate assistant teaching position, the place he first labored underneath Petrino after which at Louisville. He spent three years as Missouri State’s defensive coordinator earlier than being elevated to move coach.
At Coastal, Beard replaces Tim Beck, who was fired after a 6-6 common season. Beck reached three bowl video games in three seasons, however went simply 6-6 over the past two common seasons. Coastal has elevated its sources dramatically lately, together with salaries and an indoor follow area that opened this 12 months. The Chanticleers went 31-6 from 2020-22 underneath Jamey Chadwell, who now coaches Liberty.
“This program has constructed a nationwide fame for competitiveness, toughness, and doing issues the correct approach,” Beard mentioned in a press release. “My household and I are excited to affix the Coastal neighborhood, and I’m desperate to get to work with our student-athletes, workers, and supporters as we construct on the sturdy basis already in place. The longer term right here is extraordinarily shiny.”
