Coker University

Michael Ritterbeck helped the Cobras to a solid season in his third year on staff, as the Cobras went 10-8 and 5-5 in the South Atlantic Conference. Coker upset No. 16 Lander 1-0 on Sept. 25, which propelled them to their first national ranking since 2012 when they cracked the next week's United Soccer Coaches national poll at No. 15. Coker played its way into the South Atlantic Conference tournament as the No. 8 seed, going on the road to upset top-seeded Carson-Newman 5-1 and advancing to the SAC tournament semifinals. Coker would have three players selected to the All-Conference Teams in Christian Provenzano (First Team), Jacques Fokam-Sandeu (First Team) and Robi Obrstar (Second Team), while Provenzano was also named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Region First Team. the men's soccer program excelled in the classroom as well, with Riccardo Ricci winning the South Atlantic Conference's Elite 20 Award for the highest GPA, and also being named a CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection and later a CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American®. Men's Soccer also had a solid year in the classroom, posting a 3.44 team GPA for the year and also had 17 men selected to the 2019-20 SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll. Men's Soccer also finished sixth in all of Division II in community service hours. 

Ritterbeck joined the Coker men's soccer coaching staff in August 2017.

Ritterbeck graduated from Coker with a degree in business administration in 2017. He was a goalkeeper for the Cobras from 2014-2017, where he notched 52 saves and a 1.96 GAA in his final season.

In addition to serving as the assistant coach on the men's soccer team, he is also the director of goalkeeping at FSA.

Ritterbeck is currently pursuing a master's degree in college athletic administration from Coker.