Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

Hector Ladero Rivas just joined the Lenoir-Rhyne coaching staff in 2016. 

Rivas came to Lenoir-Rhyne from Salamanca, Spain, where he played soccer at a very high level for four years.  The teams included Real Union de Irun, C.D. Numancia, C.D. Celta Vigo and U.D. Salamanca.

After his time in Spain, Rivas moved to the United States where he played soccer for the Myrtle Beach Mutiny of the National Premiere Soccer League for two years while obtaining his undergraduate degree in business from St. Andrews University in Laurinburg, North Carolina, in December of 2015.