Six-time NAIA National Coach of the Year, Coach Ray Wells has directed Lindsey Wilson College to a 366-61-20 overall record in 19 seasons as the Blue Raiders only head coach.

Wells has guided the men's soccer program to seven NAIA National Championships (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005) and a .841 winning percentage entering his 19th season.

Wells created the men's varsity soccer program from scratch in 1990, and led the Blue Raiders to a 115-9-2 record while winning four NAIA National Championships during a five year stretch (1998-2002) in the late 1990's and early 2000's.

Along the way, Wells' teams have produced winning streaks of 28 (the longest in NAIA soccer history), 22, 20, and 13 games, and hold the second-longest unbeaten string in NAIA soccer history (31 games), which includes a 25-0-0 record during the 1998 championships season.

In 26 collegiate seasons as a head coach, Wells has led his teams to a combined mark of 438-97-30. At four-year institutions, Wells' record is 377-73-23 in 21 seasons.

At Lindsey Wilson, Wells' teams have reached the NAIA National Tournament 16 times in 19 years, including appearances in the NAIA National Championship game seven of the past 13 seasons, where the Blue Raiders have never lost. The Blue Raiders' record in the NAIA National Tournament is 35-9-4 (.771 win pct.).

Since the inception of the Lindsey Wilson men's soccer program, the Blue Raiders have lost just two conference games. Formally of the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) and currently as a member of the Mid-South Conference (MSC), Wells' teams have posted an 82-2-2 record in conference regular season games and a 120-3-1 record against conference foes all-time, including 15 consecutive postseason conference tournament titles.

Wells has guided Lindsey Wilson to 181-15-7 (.909 win pct.) record at home, including a 107-12-1 mark in the first eight seasons at Walter S. Reuling Stadium, the Blue Raiders' state-of-the-art on-campus soccer stadium.

Wells has been named KIAC Coach of the Year on seven different occasions and Mid-South Conference Coach of the Year three times, along with being named NAIA regional coach of the year six times.

During his first nine years at Lindsey Wilson, Coach Wells was also Lindsey Wilson's athletic director, where he oversaw the development of 13 new sports programs.

Prior to becoming a coach, Wells was a standout collegiate player at Appalachian State (NC) University, earning All-Southern Conference honors in 1981. After earning his bachelor's degree in 1982, Coach Wells was hired as assistant men's soccer coach at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. He spent one season as an assistant before being elevated to the head coaching post in 1983, leading the Eagles to an 11-12-3 record in two seasons.

In 1985, Wells was named head men's soccer coach at Andrew College, a junior college in Cuthbert, Ga., where in five seasons he led the Tigers to a 61-24-7 overall record, including a trip to the NJCAA Final Four in 1988.

In his 26 seasons as a head coach, Wells' teams have produced 58 All-Americans (55 at LWC), 86 all-region choices, and 150 all-conference performers.

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Collegiate Coaching Career

Georgia Southern University

Andrew College (Junior College)

Lindsey Wilson College 

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