Rhode Island College

Phil Pincince ’79 begins his fourth season as the head women's soccer coach at Rhode Island College. 

Pincince and Assistant Coach Luis Faria was named the Little East Women's Soccer Coaching Staff of the Year in 2023. He guided RIC to a 7-8-3 overall record and a 3-3-2 (fifth place) mark in the Little East. The club's seven wins were the most in a season since 2018 and RIC qualified for the Little East Championship for the first time since 2017. The Anchorwomen posted the second-most shutouts (six) in program history and had their best start to a season in 18 years. 
 
Pincince returns to his alma mater after an illustrious coaching career, most notably with the Brown University women’s soccer team, where he was the head coach from 1977 to 2015. Pincince amassed a record of 324-245-55 and won 12 Ivy League Championships.
 
In addition to his duties as head women’ soccer coach, Pincince also served as the head coach for the softball program from 1979 to 1992. He accumulated a career record of 270-183-1 with three Ivy League titles. The combined 594 wins in both soccer and softball make him the winningest coach in Brown Athletics history.
 
Pincince was also an Assistant to the Athletic Director at Brown from January of 2016 and ending in December of 2016.
 
Following his tenure at Brown, Pincince returned to coaching, this time at Mount Saint Charles Academy where he has led the girls’ varsity soccer team since 2018. He guided the team to a Rhode Island Div. II State Championship in his first year at the helm during the 2018 campaign. It was the first-ever R.I. State title in program history.
 
He has served on multiple national committees, including the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship Committee, NCAA Men’s and Women’s Soccer Rules Committee, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) National Women’s Soccer All-America Committee and a multitude of committees at Brown.
 
Pincince has received a plethora of awards including the Rhode Island Words Unlimited High School Coach of the Year and Frank Lanning Awards, 2018 Rhode Island High School Coaches Association Coach of the Year Award, NSCAA Women’s National Coach of the Year Award and the NSCAA Regional Coach of the Year Award.
 
He has also been honored in several different athletic halls of Fame, including the Rhode Island College Athletic Hall of Fame, the New England Soccer Hall of Fame and the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the 1984 women’s soccer team (the first women’s team selected for that prestigious honor.
 
Pincince graduated from Rhode Island College with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education in 1979.
 
He played four seasons of men’s soccer as a forward at RIC from 1973 through 1976 and served as a team captain. He was a member of the 1973 men’s soccer team that was enshrined in RIC’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2018. The Anchormen went 13-3-0, recording the best record in program history and securing a berth in the NAIA District 32 Playoffs. 
 
He resides in Cumberland, R.I. with his wife Janet ’77. They have two children: Stephanie and Brian and two grandchildren.