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Rob Vincent is entering his first season as the head coach for the Hounds pro team after two years as the First Team’s assistant coach and six seasons leading ECNL teams in the Riverhounds Development Academy.

Late in the 2025 season, Vincent was named the team’s acting head coach, and the Hounds put together a historic run to close the season. The team went unbeaten in seven matches with Vincent in charge, going 3-0-4 overall and advancing throughout the USL Championship Playoffs — three times prevailing on penalty kicks — to win the club’s first league title. With the victory on penalties in the USL Championship Final, Vincent became the youngest head coach to win a title in league history at 35 years old.

A youth player with Everton, Crewe Alexandra and Stockport County in England, Vincent came to the United States to play college soccer at the University of Charleston (W.Va.) from 2009-12. He starred for the Golden Eagles and was three times named a First Team Division II All-American.

Vincent signed with Hounds in 2013, the same year Highmark Stadium opened, and played three years for the club. In 2015, the midfielder had a breakout season with 21 goals in all competitions — still tied for the second-most in club history — and was named to the USL All-League First Team.

Prior to the 2016 season, MLS team D.C. United reached a transfer agreement with Hounds to bring Vincent to Washington, and by season’s end, he was a regular starter for playoff-bound United. He began 2017 in a similar role, but he suffered a knee injury in the team’s second match that ended his season.

In 2018, Vincent announced his retirement as a player and returned to the Hounds in his academy role.

Dan Visser enters his 10th full season with Riverhounds SC and his third as Sporting Director, overseeing the soccer aspect of the club at both the professional and academy levels. He holds bachelor’s degrees in math and economics from Messiah College, and he received his Master of Business Administration from Eastern University (Pa.).

He first came to the club as an assistant coach midway through the 2016 season as part of head coach Dave Brandt’s staff. Prior to arriving in Pittsburgh, Visser also served as an assistant coach under Brandt at the United States Naval Academy during its 2015 campaign.

From 2013-14, Visser was head coach at Eastern Nazarene College, and he began his coaching career as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Eastern University while completing his MBA.

Visser played collegiately as a midfielder at Messiah for four seasons before graduating in 2008. During this period, the team won three national championships and accumulated an 89-6-2 record. The two-time team captain also received Regional All-America honors in 2007.

Jon Busch is in his foruth season as the goalkeeper coach for Riverhounds SC. He was previously the goalkeeping coach for Scottish Premiership side Hibernian, and before that, with Indy Eleven in the NASL and USL Championship.

Busch entered coaching after an impressive 21-year professional career that included 14 seasons in MLS. Busch first played in the A-League, where he was named the 2001 A-League Goalkeeper of the Year while helping the Hershey Wildcats reach the league final under Bob Lilley.

He was drafted by the Columbus Crew in the 2002 MLS Super Draft and played there until 2006 before joining the Chicago Fire from 2007-09. In 2008, his best year with the Fire, he was named MLS Goalkeeper of the Year after leading the league in save percentage and tying for the league lead in shutouts. Busch continued his career joining the San Jose Earthquakes in 2010, returning to the Fire in 2015 and finishing with Indy Eleven in 2016-17.

Busch also represented the United States in international play as part of the Under-17 team in the 1993 World Championship. He remained in the U.S. player pool and made his only start at the senior level in 2005, recording a shutout against Colombia, 3-0.