Noah Riskind ’16 of Bethesda, Md. returned to Bates in 2020 as an assistant coach after working as a teacher for the previous four years. He took over the head coaching duties in 2022 and led the Bobcats to a 6-5-4 overall record, the program's fourth winning season in its last five years.

After graduating from Bates, Riskind worked as a seventh-grade math teacher in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as a Teach For America corps member, and then taught English in Colombia for two academic years on back to back Fulbright grants.

Riskind is currently the assistant director of Rosati Leadership Academy, a nonprofit based in downtown Lewiston that is a free after school soccer program which supports social emotional skill development and academic achievement.

A member of the varsity soccer team for all four of his years at Bates, Riskind served as captain for two years and earned a First Captain’s Award, as well as Bates’ George L. Wigton Scholar Athlete Award. Riskind, a defender, started 54 games during his time at Bates, including all 40 NESCAC regular season games. Riskind was also a member of the 2015 northeast division champion Portland Phoenix PDL team.

Before Bates, Riskind played for Bethesda Soccer Club and was a member of the Region I ODP team. Riskind, an economics major and Spanish minor, also holds a Master’s degree in education from Boston University.