Robbie Rix - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory - University of San Francisco Athletics

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Robbie Rix

Title:
Assistant Coach
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YEARS AT SAN FRANCISCO:

2023 - Present

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AT SAN FRANCISCO:

Helped guide San Francisco to a 10-6-1 record in 2025, including a 5-4 record in WCC play...Marked USF's first season with double digit wins since 2017...Went 6-1 at home, tying USF's most wins at home under Brown...Knocked off No. 17 California (2-1) on the road in Berkeley on Aug 28...Following a 4-1 start to the season, the Dons were ranked in a national poll for the first time since 2018, when San Francisco checked in at No. 20 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll on Sept. 9...Tied for second in the conference as a team in shots per game (14.1)...Finished third in the conference in shutouts (8), three of which came in WCC matches...Ben Norris was named WCC Freshman of the Year...Three Dons earned All-WCC honors: Norris (Freshman Team), Brayden Beason (First Team), David Raphael (First Team)...Norris and Matthew Duggan were also selected as WCC Honorable Mentions...Three Dons were named to the WCC Men's Soccer All-Academic Team: Duggan, Kaleb Afsari, and Kian Jones
Assisted USF to a 7-6-4 record in 2024, including a 5-1-2 mark and second place finish in the final WCC standings...Went 4-1-3 at home...Shutout No. 2 Stanford at home, 2-0, on Oct. 17 for USF's second straight win over the Cardinal...San Francisco's offense led the WCC in shots per game (15.88), shots on goal (113), and shots on goal per game (6.65)...Tied for third in the WCC with five shutouts, two of which came in conference play (Pacific, Santa Clara)...Reid Roberts was named WCC Defensive Player of the Year, the first Don to achieve this feat since Rob Valentino in 2005...Seven Dons earned All-WCC honors: Roberts (First Team), Gabriel Bracken Serra (First Team), Isaiah Easley (Second Team), David Raphael (Second Team + Freshman Team), Brayden Beason (Freshman Team), and Junhwan Park (Freshman Team)...Rylan Smith and Eric Waltz also selected as WCC Honorable Mentions...Four Dons were named to the WCC Men's Soccer All-Academic Team: Roberts, Mason Dougherty, Kian Jones, and Olivier Sylvain...After the season, Roberts was drafted fifth overall by the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft, becoming the highest-drafted student-athlete ever selected out of San Francisco and the first Don drafted in the first round since 2015
Helped lead San Francisco to an 8-4-5 record in 2023, which included two WCC Defensive Player of the Week and two WCC Offensive Player of the Week honors...Eric Waltz was named WCC Goalkeeper of the Year...Six Dons earned All-WCC honors, including two on the First Team (Gabriel Bracken Serra + Reid Roberts) and two on the All-Freshman Team (Chris Maldonado + Rylan Smith)...Waltz (Second Team), Bracken Serra (Third Team) and Roberts (Third Team) all earned United Soccer coaches NCAA Division I All-West Region honors...Upset No. 9 Stanford (2-1) on the road on Oct. 12, 2023 and upset No. 20 LMU (3-1) at home in San Francisco on Nov. 4, 2023...Finished second in the WCC in goals allowed - 16 goals in 17 total matches...Three Dons were named to the WCC Men's Soccer All-Academic Team: Roberts, Max Chretien, and Max Hamelink

OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Took over the head coaching position and led the 2022-23 San Francisco Glens to a second-place finish in the Northwest division, which included winning their group in Maryland at the MLS Next Flex tournament...Led this group to the national round of 16 in the MLS Next playoffs
Boasts coaching experience at the junior college and Division II levels...Spent three nonconsecutive years as an assistant at Foothill JC, where he was involved in two Final Fours...In fall 2021, Rix served as an assistant coach for the U19 San Francisco Glens MLS team that went to the finals of the MLS Next playoffs...In the summer of 2022, Rix was assistant coach of the San Francisco Glens USL 2 team, who reached the Western Conference Finals as a top 16 team in the country

PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

Born in London, England
Played in the Arsenal Academcy and was part of the Portsmouth youth team...Also had stops at Luton and several semi-professional organizations