University of Nevada - Las Vegas Women's Soccer

Kacey Bingham was named the eighth head coach of the UNLV women's soccer program on Dec. 10, 2025. Bingham comes to Las Vegas after spending the last seven seasons as the head coach at Western Oregon. Prior to that, she served as assistant coach at St. Mary's for one season (2018), head coach at Utah Tech for five seasons (2013-17), and head coach for six years (2006-12) at Paradise Valley Community College. At WOU, Bingham became the program's all-time win percentage leader (48-45-5), while leading the Wolves to their first trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament in 2025. She elevated WOU to a five-win improvement in her first season (10-6-3), an 11-5-5 record her final year, the school's first national rankings - reaching as high as No. 8 in 2022 - and four GNAC Tournaments. In her time at Utah Tech, Bingham earned the highest win percentage in program history (51-33-3, .603) among coaches with multiple years at the school, and guided her squads to winning records and 10-plus wins in each of her final four seasons. During her half-decade in St. George, the Trailblazers garnered NCAA West Region rankings, including a high of No. 8, and set single-season school records in goals scored (19), game-winning goals (8), and hat tricks (3). Prior to those stops, Bingham amassed a 121-13-8 record as head coach at PVCC. She led the Pumas to NJCAA national titles in 2010 and 2012, going undefeated with a 46-0-2 record during those championship runs. Under her guidance, Bingham's players have garnered many athletic accolades. She produced the first two All-Americans in UTU history, as well as a combined 51 all-conference selections, 10 all-region honors, two Pac-West Player of the Year honorees, two conference Defender of the Year winners, and a West Region Player of the Year. Bingham's student-athletes have also been standouts in the classroom. She has coached 203 academic all-conference honorees (89 All-GNAC Academic and 114 Academic All-Pac West) and a three-time Academic All-American. Throughout her 20 years of coaching, Bingham's personal achievements include being named the 2019 GNAC Coach of the Year, 2012 NSCAA Coach of the Year, 2012 NSCAA Region Coach of the Year, 2012 NJCAA Coach of the Year, and 2012 ACCAC Coach of the Year. A former student-athlete herself, Bingham played collegiate soccer at Arizona State, where she earned her bachelor's degree in recreation management in 2006. She holds a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) B License. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Bingham and her husband, Kyle, have four sons, Braxton, Jace, Theo, and Hawkens.

Austin Rios joined the UNLV women's soccer staff as an assistant coach in January 2026. Rios comes to Las Vegas after serving as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Queens University of Charlotte of the ASUN Conference for two seasons (2024-25). Prior to that, he spent time as an assistant coach at Oregon State briefly (2024), at Western Oregon on Bingham's staff (2022-23) and at Adams State (2020-22). During his time at Queens, Rios played a key role in player development and recruiting, providing support for the program's growth and talent acquisition. Among his achievements there, he helped guide the Royals to the ASUN Tournament and shutouts against two of the nation's top-15 scoring offenses this past season. Additionally, he coached one All-ASUN defender in 2024 (Sejla Podzic). Before his short stint at Oregon State, Rios coached the goalkeepers and defenders at WOU for two seasons. During that span, he produced the 2022 GNAC Defensive Player of the Year (Hannah Rispler), while the Wolves earned the program's first-ever national rankings and one GNAC tournament berth (2023). Rios began his coaching career as an assistant for two years at Adams State after finishing his playing career. As a student-athlete, he was a member of the Grizzlies' 2017 team that holds the best winning percentage in program history and later served as captain in 2019. He also played at Mesa Community College in Arizona from 2015-17, captaining MCC to its fourth consecutive playoff run and winning ACCAC Defensive Player of the Year honors. A native of Buckeye, Arizona, Rios earned his bachelor's degree in K-12 education from Adams State. He went on to play one year in the EPLWA for the Vancouver Victory and then one season in the UPSL with Sporting AZ FC.  

Diera Walton joined the UNLV women's soccer staff as an assistant coach in February 2026. Walton, who was a two-time All-Mountain West goalkeeper, makes the move to Las Vegas after serving as assistant coach at Salt Lake Community College (2024-25) and USL W League club Utah United (2025) over the past two years. During her time at SLCC, Walton helped guide the Bruins to top-10 national rankings in goals allowed, goals against average and shutouts in back-to-back seasons, including top-3 rankings in 2024. Guiding the goalkeepers unit primarily, she mentored goalkeeper Elle Rafajko (2024) to NJCAA All-American honors, the NJCAA National Tournament Team and SWAC Goalkeeper of the Year honors. Additionally, the Bruins captured two SWAC titles, a Region 8 Championship and made two NJCAA Tournaments, reaching the Final Four in 2024, with Walton on the sidelines. In addition to coaching collegiate soccer, Walton spent the 2025 season at the professional level as the Utah United's goalkeeper coach. Her contributions provided the squad expertise at that position on its historic run to the USLW National Championship. She also gained valuable international experience playing professionally for FC Pinzgau in Austria during the 2024 season. Prior to playing professionally, Walton starred at goalkeeper at Utah State (2019-23). One of the program's most decorated goalkeepers, she left the school as the all-time leader in career saves (339) and shutouts (30). Other accomplishments on her impressive resume include a MW Tournament Championship, MW All-Tournament Team and All-Newcomer Team selections, five MW Defensive Player of the Week honors, and College Soccer News National Player of the Week (September 2023). Along with her athletic prowess, she excelled academically, earning Academic All-Mountain West honors three times (2021-23). Originally from Draper, Utah, Walton graduated from Utah State with her bachelor's degree in psychology paired with a minor in sociology. She also earned her master’s degree in sports management at her alma mater.