Women's Soccer

To contact Reid Ayers, please call him in his office at 440-826-3839 or e-mail him at rayers@bw.edu.

Reid Ayers and his outstanding coaching staff have worked hard to develop the Baldwin-Wallace College women’s soccer program into one of the best in the prestigious Ohio Athletic Conference and his long-term goal is to lead the Yellow Jackets to the NCAA Division III National title.  

Ayers is the College’s first full-time head coach and enters his 11th season in 2012. He is the second winningest women's soccer coach in school history with 91 wins and a 91-86-21 record. Coach Ayers has led the Yellow Jacket women to 10 or more victories in five of the past seven seasons and his 2005 team advanced to the OAC Championship Game.

“Our long-term goals are to win OAC regular season and OAC Tournament titles, earn the OAC’s automatic berth to the NCAA Division III National Tournament and win a national title,” said Ayers. “Each year our women have progressively gotten better and we look forward to working toward achieving our goals.”

But that is just a part of the reason why the B-W program is on the right track toward even more success. Ayers’ team has earned recognition seven consecutive years for Team Academic Achievement and was awarded the Team Ethics Award of Merit by the NSCAA in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

"We want each student-athlete to develop both as a student and athlete to the best of her ability,” said Ayers.
“We want strong students who seek to excell academically and yearn to compete athletically in a vey strong Division III conference and against top-flight nonleague competition.  We want soccer to be goal-oriented, competitive and rewarding.”

Ayers holds his National “A” and National Youth Licenses from the United States Soccer Federation. He is a member of the Region II Olympic Development Staff, where he assesses and trains the elite players from 13 different states. Ayers has served as a regional age group head coach for the past three years and had the distinction of being named to the U.S. Soccer U14 National Identification Camp Staff in 2008. In addition, he was recently appointed to the United States Developement Academy Scouting Staff where he helps select players for inclusion into the country's youth national teams.  Also, he is a member of the Ohio Youth Soccer Association North State Coaching Staff, where he is an age group coach in the Olympic Development Program, a state coaching license instructor and directs a state sponsored Center of Excellence. His ODP teams have won one regional championship in addition to finishing runner-up three times over the past eight years.

Prior to B-W, Ayers served as an assistant coach to OAC-rival Mount Union College in 2001 and is no stranger to soccer in Ohio. He previously coached in both the men’s and women’s programs at Ashland University (2000-2001) and Hiram College (1997-2000). A part of Ohio’s college soccer scene for the past 10 years, he has been a part of five conference championship teams and two teams that have advanced to the NCAA Division II or III National Tournament.

Also a prominent figure in the club soccer scene, Ayers has led teams to championships in the Adidas Warrior Classic, Jarosi Memorial, Mid-American Soccer Classic, Crossroads Classic and Adidas Charlotte Showcase. He also had a third place finish in the USA Cup and made quarterfinal international appearances in the Gothia Cup, Dana Cup and the Manchester Soccer Festival.

In 2002, Ayers completed his Masters of Arts degree from Kent State University in Sport and Recreation Management. A 1988 graduate of Hiram College, he was team captain his junior and senior seasons and earned Most Valuable Player honors as a senior.  A three-time All-Presidents Conference performer, Ayers is amongst the Hiram College all-time leaders in career and season assists. He holds the distinction of starting every game in his college career.

Ayers and his wife, Lisa, reside in Canton.

This page was last updated on November 28, 2011.