COACHING STAFF

Richard Reece
Assistant Coach

Richard Reece has been a long-serving member of UW soccer, joining in 2005 and recently completing his 20th season on the Husky sideline. Reece has helped UW to three Pac-12 titles and 14 trips to the NCAA Tournament. Of those postseason appearances, the Huskies have made four trips to the NCAA Quarterfinals, including three straight NCAA Quarterfinals appearances from 2019-21 and the 2021 National Final.

Most recently, Reece coached Jadon Bowton to a break out season leading the team to the Big Ten semifinal as well as the NCAA playoffs on the back of two Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week awards and the United Soccer Coaches All-Region team. Bowton stepped in to replace the recently graduated Sam Fowler who went on to claim the third-best career goals against average in program history (0.73), the fourth-most shutouts in program history (25), and the backstopper of the team that went to the NCAA final.

Reece has developed six Husky keepers that have played in the MLS: Chris Eylander, Spencer Richey and Jacob Castro with the Seattle Sounders, Ryan Herman, a first-round MLS Draft pick to FC Dallas, Auden Schilder drafted to San Jose Earthquakes, and Rylan Hawkins with New England Revolution.

Under the tutelage of Reece, the above keepers have all etched their names into the Washington history books by receiving conference and regional honors, along with Ryan Herman being named an All-American.

Alongside the goalkeepers, Reece works closely with the team's defending unit which has seen Mike Chabala, Ty Harden, George John, Justin Schmidt, Taylor Peay, Freddy Kleeman, Kendal Burke, Charlie Ostrem, Ryan Sailor, and Ethan Bartlow drafted and play in the MLS. In addition, he has helped coach all four of Washington's  Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year recipients: Spencer Richey (2012), Ethan Bartlow (2019), Charlie Ostrem (2020), and Ryan Sailor (2021).

Reece holds the prestigious UEFA "A" license along with the USSF "A" coaching license, a USSF National Goalkeeping License, a USSF Youth license, a NSCAA Premier Diploma and Director of Coaching License.

In addition to his duties with the Washington men’s soccer program, Reece is a Director at Seattle United where he has guided many players to college soccer and youth national teams for multiple countries. He has also worked with US youth national teams on both the men’s and women's programs.

Reece and his wife Brooke reside in Woodinville, Wash. with their daughters Jazzy and Charlie.

Mark Collings
Assistant Coach

Mark Collings joined the Washington men's soccer program as an assistant coach in July 2021 after a successful 14 year run as the head coach at Seattle Pacific University.

Collings enters his fifth season on Montlake in 2025. During his tenure at Washington, Collings has helped lead the Huskies to three NCAA Tournament appearances, including the program's first College Cup appearance and a national runner up finish in 2021.

In 2022, Collings helped guide Washington to the Pac-12 championship and in 2024, he helped the Huskies return to the NCAA Tournament after missing out on the national competition in 2023.

Through the 2020 season, Collings directed Seattle Pacific to a 129-68-32 record, two Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships and a stretch of five consecutive NCAA Division II Tournament berths from 2011-15.

Collings’ coaching highlights include school-record streaks of 13 consecutive victories and 15 games unbeaten established in 2014 along with absorbing the fewest losses in a campaign with just one in 2015 (14-1-4).

Collings collected his third GNAC Coach of the Year award in 2015 (also 2010 & 2014) after directing SPU to a 14-1-4 record and the team's fifth straight NCAA Division II playoff berth. They won the GNAC championship with a 10-1-3 record and participated in the West Regional semifinal.

The 2014 season saw Collings honored as the conference Co-Coach of the Year and all 11 players in his starting lineup received all-league recognition, four more than any other team. He directed Seattle Pacific to a 16-2-2 record, including a school-record 13-game winning streak. They captured the school's first outright GNAC championship with a 12-1-1 mark.

Collings was named the 2010 GNAC Co-Coach of the Year after leading SPU to a 10-6-2 overall record and a second-place league mark of 7-2-1.

As a player, Collings played four seasons for Seattle Pacific (1995-98), with each team making the NCAA Tournament. He was a member and co-captain of the program’s Final Four team in 1998.

Ryan Fahey
Assistant Coach

Ryan Fahey enters his second season on Jamie Clark's staff in 2025 after being named an assistant coach ahead of the 2024 campaign.

In his first year with the Huskies, Fahey helped guide Washington back to the NCAA tournament after missing out on the national competition in 2023. Along with Coach Clark and the rest of the Husky coaching staff, Fahey helped Washington claim an NCAA tournament first round victory and led the Dawgs to a fourth-place conference finish in their first Big Ten season.

Prior to joining the Huskies, Fahey served as both head coach and associate head coach of University of Connecticut men's soccer. Under his direction, UConn reached the Big East Tournament semifinal in 2023, winning the team's first tournament game since 2018 in the process

Kaycie Bordeaux
Director of Operations