Ryan Hanson begins his fifth year with the Camels in 2022 as volunteer assistant/goalkeepers coach. He helped the Camels capture five league trophies and three NCAA College Cup berths in his first four years.
The 2021 squad won the Big South double for the second time in three years and made the program’s third NCAA College Cup appearance in the last four seasons. The Camels were one of just 13 schools nationally to finish with at least 15 wins (15-4-2) and ranked second in the nation in scoring (2.68 goals per game), while finishing fourth in goal differential (+34). Campbell produced the program’s second-most wins in a year (the 2019 squad won 17 games) in the last 28 seasons and finished eighth in the final South Region poll.
Tyler Young was named Big South Conference offensive player of the year and Bissafi Dotte was chosen as defensive player of the year. Moses Mensah, Kemy Amiche and Young were named to the All-South region teams, while Amiche was chosen as freshman All-America by two outlets.
Eight Camels were named to the Big South all-conference teams. Amiche, George Bediko, Diego Konincks and Mensah joined Dotte and Young on the first team. Franck Momo and Jake Morris were named 2nd-team all-league.
Furthermore, Hanson mentored Edu Rodriguez, who led the Big South in goals-against average (0.94) and ranked second in shutouts (6) while playing all but 15 minutes in the Camel goal during his first season as a starter. Rodriguez finished 11th in the country with 1915 goalkeeper minutes played and allowed more than one goal only four times in 21 starts.
Hanson helped lead the Camels to a 2020-21 Big South regular season runner-up finish (8-2-2, 6-1-1). The Camels ended the campaign ranked fifth nationally in points (7.75) and goals (2.58) per game, while rating seventh in assists (2.58) and 19th in won-lost percentage (.750).
A dozen Camels were named to the Big South all-conference teams, led by defensive player of the year Franck Momo and freshman of the year Sami Charaf Amal. Momo and Amal were joined on the All-South teams by Jalen James and Moses Mensah.
Amal was named to the Freshman Best XI second team by Top Drawer Soccer. Alex Egeonu was chosen to the Academic All-District 3 team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
In 2019, Hanson was a member of the United Soccer Coaches South Region Staff of the Year. The Camels posted a 17-3-2 overall mark and a perfect 8-0 record in Big South play while capturing the 2020 league regular season and tournament titles. Campbell won its two Big South tournament matches by a combined 7-1 score, including a 4-1 victory over second-seeded High Point in the final.
The 24th-ranked Camels earned the program’s first NCAA postseason victory on Nov. 21 in a 3-1 triumph at No.-15 James Madison before falling 2-0 three days later at top-ranked Virginia in the second round. Campbell ranked eighth nationally in won-lost-tied percentage (.818), third in scoring offense (2.68 goals per game) and 13th in team goals-against average (0.752). The 2019 Camels broke a school mark for shutouts (10).
Hanson mentored Camel keeper Samuel Lechuga, who led the Big South Conference and ranked 10th in the country in shutouts, 18th nationally in goals-against average (0.77) in 2019 and set a school career GAA record (0.94) before graduating in 2021.
In his first year with the program, Hanson helped guide the Camels to a Big South Conference title and the program’s first berth in the NCAA College Cup since 2007. Lechuga led the Big South in shutouts (7) and ranked second in goals-against average. The team did not allow a goal in three conference tournament matches.
A native of Cary, N.C., Hanson joined the Camel staff in 2018 after serving as assistant coach at Wake Tech Community College.
A four-year starter in goal at UNC Pembroke, Hanson began his coaching career at Methodist University, where he coached the goalkeepers for both the men’s and women’s teams in 2015. He also joined the Fayetteville Force Soccer Club coaching staff that year, where he also served as goalkeeper director.
He moved to the University of Mount Olive where he was assistant coach and goalkeepers coach for both the men’s and women’s teams in 2016-17. He helped guide the Trojan me to the Conference Carolinas tournament final in 2017.
A graduate of Apex High School, Hanson was a two-year starter for the Greensboro Soccer Development Academy club program.
During his career at UNCP, Hanson helped lead the Braves to the NCAA Division II national tournament second round in 2012. He was named All-Peach Belt Conference and was selected as the PBC goalkeeper of the week eight times in his career.
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