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Wittenberg Women's Soccer Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Norman Riker
Office: (937) 327-6496
E-mail: nriker@wittenberg.edu
Record: 6-12 (2002-present)
Career Record: 17-19 (2001-present)

Mailing Address:
Ward St. at North Wittenberg Ave.
P.O.Box 720
Springfield, OH 45501

Norm Riker was selected as Wittenberg University women's soccer coach in March 2002. Riker became the seventh head coach of the Wittenberg University women's soccer program since it became a varsity sport in 1986, replacing Fran Kulas, who coached the Tigers for three years. In his first season at the helm, Riker led an injury-depleted team to a 6-12 record, including a mark of 3-5 in the rugged North Coast Athletic Conference, which included four nationally ranked teams in 2002.

Prior to his arrival at Wittenberg, Riker was the interim head coach of the women’s soccer team at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. for the 2000 season, and he also served as the men’s lacrosse assistant coach. During the 2000 season, Riker led Vassar to its second Northeast Regional ECAC Championship. He served as an assistant in both programs from 1994 to 1999 and again in 2002, and he also served as the building manager of Walker Fieldhouse on the Vassar campus.

Norm Riker with his daughters Sofia (left) and Isabelle.

A native of Block Island, R.I., Riker was a four-year lacrosse letterwinner at Springfield College (Mass.). He was a captain of the lacrosse team as a senior and he was selected to participate in a pair of senior all-star games. He holds a bachelor of arts in history from Springfield, and he has since attained a master of professional studies in humanistic education from the State University of New York, New Paltz.

Riker, a four-year high school letterwinner in soccer and lacrosse at Suffield (Conn.) Academy, attained several soccer coaching accreditations, including a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) diploma in 1997, an NSCAA Goalkeeping Institute, Level 1 diploma in 1998, an NSCAA advanced national diploma, with distinction, in 1998, and a United States Soccer Federation “B” License in 1999. He is the founder and director of a summer camp in his hometown of Block Island, R.I., and he remains an active player in a local soccer club in Springfield.

Riker lives in Springfield with his wife Gabrielle and their children Isabelle and Sofia.

Assistant Coach: Tooti Snider
Office: (937) 327-6453
E-mail: asnider@wittenberg.edu

Tooti Snider became an assistant women's soccer coach at Wittenberg in 2001. She joined the Tigers after a four-year playing career at the University of Findlay, an NCAA Division II school. While at Findlay, she played on teams that compiled an overall 51-31-4 record, including a trip to the NAIA National Tournament in San Antonio, Texas. She was also named to the All-GLIAC Academic Team.

Snider is involved with the Olympic Development Program as an assistant coach at both the district and state levels. She is a member of the NSCAA and currently holds a USSF National "D" coaching license.

A native of Dayton, Ohio, Snider attended Wayne High School from 1993-97, earning several area honors. Snider lives in Huber Heights.

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