Bill Boyle


Bill Boyle is a head coach and a former soccer player. He holds a NSCAA's National Advanced License and USSF A Coaching License. He is the Niagara Purple Eagles men's soccer head coach since 2016.

Player

Boyle's playing career began at Okemos High School, where he scored 32 goals as a senior and was voted Mr. Soccer Runner-up in 1993. He was a five year ODP starter. He went on to earn his BA in Business Management at Hartwick College in 1998, where he was a four-year starter at center midfield and striker for the Hawks. He played professionally afterwards with the Detroit Dynamite and Cincinnati Riverhawks prior to starting his coaching career.

Coach

Boyle kicked off his coaching career at his alma mater, Okemos High School, in 2001. He also coached the U-16 Real Colorado Foxes boy’s squad from 1999–2000, and served as the boys varsity head coach at Haslett High School in 2009.
He served as head coach at Division III Olivet College for four seasons, from 2005–08, before joining the Michigan State Spartans men's soccer team as an assistant coach, working with the goalkeepers as well as directing the day-to-day operations of the team and scouting opponents in 2010. Boyle served as an assistant coach at Colgate University from 2011–13, and at the University at Albany, SUNY from 2014–15, before joining Niagara University as head coach in 2016.