Ryan Carruth joined the Highlanders family as the lead assistant men's soccer coach in February of 2016, after serving as the head coach at Heidelberg University in Ohio for the previous year.
Prior to that, he spent eight years in the San Diego area as an assistant coach at San Diego State University and Point Loma Nazarene University. During that time Carruth also worked for two of the nation's top youth clubs in Albion SC and San Diego Surf Soccer Club.
In his first year with the Highlanders, Carruth helped UC Riverside to its fourth conference tournament appearance in six years, while coaching five all-conference performers and an all-region honoree in Romario Lomeli. He was promoted to associate head coach prior to the start of the 2017 season.
A native of Colorado, Carruth played collegiately at St. Lawrence University in New York winning the NCAA Championship in 1999. The Saints put together a 60-match unbeaten streak during his time with the program, becoming the first-ever untied or undefeated team in NCAA Soccer history. During the team's championship run, Carruth was St. Lawrence's leading scorer, and was named a Second-Team, All-American.
He followed his collegiate career with a professional stint with the Rochester Rhinos.
