Ryan Wall
Ryan Wall
  • Title:
    Director of Athletics
  • Phone:
    903-334-6777
  • Email:
    rwall@tamut.edu
  • Office:
    PSC A126

Bio

Ryan Wall enters his first year as the Director of Athletics here at TAMUT. Prior to becoming the Director, Wall served as the Head Coach for the TAMUT Men's Basketball Program.

In his first year as Head Coach of the Eagles Coach Wall led TAMUT to the Red River Athletic Conference championship game. The Eagles finished the season ranked No.6 in the country in total 3-pointers made (333), behind HM All-American Desmond Kennedy who was also the No.2 ranked 3-point shooter in the nation. Two of Coach Wall’s players received All-Conference honors along with a Champions of Character award. In 2022-23, Wall coached the Eagles to a program-record 22 wins and the team made an appearance in the NAIA National Tournament. Two players from that team – Kobe Powell and Tralynn Spencer – have gone on to sign professional contracts. Powell received NAIA All-American honors after the 22-23 season.

Before Texas A&M-Texarkana Wall completed five years as the head coach at fellow Red River Athletic Conference Institution Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. His career record as a head coach stands at 131-51 and includes a Sweet 16 finish and 2 trips to the Elite Eight in the NAIA National Basketball Tournament. He has recruited and coached five All-American players including the NAIA national leading scorer, Player of the Year, and All-Star Game Participant (Xavier Roberson) and NAIA national leader in steals and assists, Defensive Player of the Year (Marcus Thompson). He has also coached 10 All-Conference players in his 5 years as a head coach.

Prior to his head coaching experience Wall worked as the assistant men's basketball coach at Our Lady of the Lake and Ranger College (NTJCAC) after being a graduate assistant with the University of Southern Alabama men's basketball team. After a successful high school playing career in Coppell, Texas, Wall played college basketball for two years at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque before finishing his collegiate career as a stand-out point guard for Texas Christian University. While at TCU Wall led the team in both steals and free throw percentage.

Wall earned a bachelor's degree in Communications and holds a master's degree in Education Administration from TCU. He and his wife Krysti have two daughters, Kendall and Rylee, and two sons, Porter and Paxton.