Ron Raab is in his sixth year of his second tenure as an assistant coach at Virginia. Raab also served as an assistant coach at UVa from 1997-2000 and was the program's volunteer assistant from 2004-2005.
In the five seasons since Raab returned as a full-time assistant with the Cavaliers, the team has posted a 70-25-19 record and reached the NCAA third round in all five years, including a quarterfinal appearance in 2011. Virginia had a school record 15 shutouts and led the nation with a 0.40 goals against average in 2007.
Raab began his coaching career at William & Mary, his alma mater, in 1989. In 1990, he was named an assistant coach at Princeton where he assisted on April Heinrichs' staff. A year later, he followed Heinrichs to Maryland when she took over the program there. In 1992, Raab left coaching to go into the banking business, but returned to coaching in 1997 at Virginia to serve on Heinrichs' staff again. He served on her staff for three seasons at UVa and on Steve Swanson's staff in his first season in Charlottesville. In each of his first four seasons at Virginia, the Cavaliers reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. After leaving Virginia, Raab was the head coach at Evansville for three seasons.
A 1989 graduate of William & Mary with a double major of history and economics, Raab was a three-year letterwinner on the Tribe soccer team. In 1987, he set William & Mary's school record for goals in a game with four against Christopher Newport. He also played one season for the Washington Mustangs of the USISL in 1993.
He holds an "A" coaching license from the U.S. Soccer Federation and has served as a coach of the Region I ODP staff.
Raab and his wife Janice have two daughters, Natalie and Leah.
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