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Ryan Hilyer

Ryan Hilyer

  • Ryan Hilyer enters his 10th season as the head coach in the 2025 spring season. 

 

  • He coached two of Bethany's All-Time Leaders with Clay Yingling and Andrew Smith. Yingling finished his career with all-time records with career goals (108), career shots on goal (254), and career shots (408). 
  • Arguably one of the best goalies in Bethany and Division III history, Smith finished his career with 1,112 career saves best for third all-time on the NCAA Divsion III career saves list. 
  • Hilyer had a slew of records broken in 2024. He coached the single season (45) and career goals (122) leader in Tyler Britton. His partner in crime Cameron Russo leads the record books with 62 single season points carried by his record breaking 35 assists. Christian Funari broke his own record at the time with 42 caused turnovers en route to extending his lead for career caused turnovers (139).
  • Bethany tied their program record for wins in 2024 going 6-11 and 1-7 in conference play.
  • The Bison finished 5-10 (0-8 PAC) in 2023. 
  • In 2022 season the Bison reached the most wins in a single-season finishing 6-8 (1-6 PAC).
  • In 2021, Hilyer led the Bison to their first PAC Tournament appearance since rejoining the league where they faced Grove City
  • The 2020 season was suspended due to the COVID-19 virus
  • In 2019, the Bison earned four wins including an inaugural PAC Conference win against Franciscan
  • Bethany posted four wins and had four Honorable Mention All-Ohio River Lacrosse Conference (ORLC) selections under Hilyer during the 2018 season
  • Midfielder Bryan Uth ranked second in the ORLC with 125 groundballs and graduated as the all-time leader in faceoffs won and groundballs in school-history
  • The Bison earned three wins in 2017, while six players earned All-ORLC honors at the conclusion of the season
  • Hilyer was influential in the development of three-time ORLC selection Jake Holland, who finished his Bison career as the program's all-time leader in goals, assists and points
  • Hilyer helped lead the Bison to a trio of wins in his first season, including a pair against ORLC foes, Defiance and Westminster. Hilyer captured his first-career victory, leading the Green & White to their highest-scoring performance in program history with a 23-1 win over the Yellow Jackets. Six different players were named to All-ORLC teams at the end of the year 

 

  • All-PAC First Team (1): 2021: Andrew Smith (GK);
  • All-PAC Second Team (3): 2023: Andrew Smith (GK); 2022: Andrew Smith (GK); 2021: Andre Currie (M);
  • All-PAC Honorable Mention (12): 2024: Christian Funari; 2023: Clay Yingling (A), Maurice Plummer (M); 2022: Clay Yingling (M), Dillion Davenport (FO), Christian Funari (D); 2021: Josh Allegra (A), Aarin Burton (A), Tyler Britton (M), Clay Yingling (M), Christian Funari (D); 2019: Andrew Smith;
  • All-ORLC Second Team (3): 2017: Jake Holland, Dominic Halstead, Shaka Conteh; 2016: Dom Halstead, Jake Holland; 
  • All-ORLC Honorable Mention (7): 2018: Bryan Uth, Shaka Conteh, Majied Bey, Caleb Staudenbaur; 2017: Cody Bergman, Caleb Staudenbaur, Will Gatling; 2016: Steve Pluas, Bryan Uth, Jake Shiffer, Sean Rhodes; 

  • Hilyer came to Bethany after serving three seasons as an assistant coach at fellow Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) school, Thiel
  • In just two years as the defensive coordinator, Hilyer helped Thiel decrease their goals against average from 10.31 to 7.47 in 2015. With that came a 2015 record of 10-5 for the Tomcats in the first year of the ORLC

  • Plays for the Pittsburgh Gnomes in the IBLA (Interstate Box Lacrosse Association)
  • Played for the Pittsburgh Octane (IBLA)
  • Attended Mercyhurst North East before transferring to Slippery Rock University

  • Is the Director of Lacrosse and Head Coach at the Highlands Sports Complex in Wheeling, W.Va
  • Graduated from Slippery Rock University in 2013 with a Bachelors in Professional Studies and a minor in Coaching
  • Hilyer and his wife Courtney reside in Bethany, W.Va
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