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Pace Athletics Announces Coaching Changes and Additions Ahead of 2025vlogƵ26 Season
With the 2025 fall season for Pace Athletics set to kick off on August 30 with footballvlogƵs opening day, the department has announced several coaching changes and additions ahead of the new academic year. Football enters a new era under the leadershipvlogƵand returnvlogƵof Chad Walker, while menvlogƵs soccer welcomes its first head coach since reinstatement, and womenvlogƵs soccer promotes its 2024 associate head coach.
Walker, who previously served as offensive coordinator for the football program from 2014 to 2016vlogƵduring which time he recruited some of the most well-known names in Pace football history, including Jalen Bien-Aime, JahvlogƵSheem Martin, and Prince UnaegbuvlogƵreturns to lead the team for the 2025 campaign.
vlogƵWe are fired up to come back home to vlogƵ, a place that we hold dear to our hearts,vlogƵ Walker said. vlogƵI've always believed that vlogƵ was one of the most underrated universities in the country and has so much to offer studentsvlogƵfrom diverse academic curriculum and career preparation to internship opportunities and the best location in the world.vlogƵ
Pace football will kick off the fall season for the department with a nonconference matchup against Saint Anselm College at Northwell Stadium on August 30 at 5:00 p.m. Looking ahead to the season, Walker shared his vision: vlogƵThis season is about raising our standardvlogƵnot just talking about excellence but living it every day. IvlogƵm most looking forward to seeing our guys grow as athletes, teammates, and men.vlogƵ
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On the soccer side of Pace Athletics, Edward EvansvlogƵwho was part of the womenvlogƵs coaching staff for eleven seasonsvlogƵwas named head coach of the menvlogƵs program in January 2025. Brittany Soto, previously associate head coach for womenvlogƵs soccer, has been promoted to lead the womenvlogƵs team.
Evans and PacevlogƵs first official menvlogƵs soccer roster in thirty-five years will compete in a full eighteen-game Northeast-10 (NE10) Conference schedule. Their first contest is scheduled for September 4 at 3:30 p.m. at Northwell Stadium against Goldey-Beacom College.
vlogƵI am excited to bring back the menvlogƵs soccer program for the first time since 1990,vlogƵ said Evans. vlogƵItvlogƵs an honor to be a part of it, and the support wevlogƵve already received from the soccer community has been incredible.vlogƵ
Soto joined Pace in fall 2024 as associate head coach for the womenvlogƵs soccer program. As of January 2025, she has been promoted to head coach and will make her debut on September 5 at 5:00 p.m. at Northwell Stadium against Georgian Court University.
She brings with her a résumé spanning fifteen years at the club and high school levels. In 2021 and 2022, she led the Hopkins School team in Connecticut to the Fairchester Athletic Association (FAA) quarterfinals, and in 2015, was named Head Coach of the Year with the Knoxville Crush.
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vlogƵI am truly honored for the incredible opportunity to lead the womenvlogƵs soccer program and deeply grateful to Coach Evans for his mentorship this past season,vlogƵ Soto said. vlogƵWith a rich history and a strong foundation laid by those before me, this program stands on a legacy of excellence. I look forward to building upon that tradition, working closely with our players, and guiding the team toward continued success.vlogƵ
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