Coach Peralta enters 2025 marking his eighth year with the Pacers staff.
A 2017 graduate of William Peace University with a B.S. in Business Administration, Peralta competed for the Pacers men’s soccer program from 2015-2017. Before joining the Pacers coaching staff, he spent two seasons (2013-2014) as Associate Head Coach at Louisburg High School.
Peralta has worked a wide range of elite soccer camps, including Mt. Olive, Top Drawer Soccer, N.C. State University, Duke University, UNC Greensboro, and several camps in Louisburg, N.C. Alongside his collegiate coaching career, he coaches North Carolina FC youth teams at the ECNL Regional League level. In 2022, he guided his 03/04 Elite team to both the ECNL RL Regular Season Championship and the ECNL RL Carolinas Cup Tournament Championship. His 04/05 Elite Team captured the ECNL RL Southeast Regional Championship in 2023, and in 2024 he led his squad to the ECNL RL U17 Boys Regular Season Championship.
Peralta recently completed his third season as an assistant coach for the NCFC United Soccer League (USL) 2 U23 Team and also serves as an assistant coach within the NCFC Youth Academy.
During his time with Peace, the Pacers earned their first All-Conference selection (2017) and made their first USA South Conference Tournament appearance (2018). The program continued to rise with its first USA South Rookie of the Year (2018) and an appearance in the East Division Title Game (Spring 2021). A Pacers player earned USA South Goalkeeper of the Year for the first time in 2021, and the program captured its first regular season title in school history that fall - the first championship for any Peace men’s program. The Pacers reached their first USA South Tournament Championship Game in 2022.
The program reached new heights in 2024, when Peralta helped lead the Pacers to their first-ever USA South Conference Championship and the program’s first appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament.
Peralta also helped guide the Pacers to a program-best 12 regular-season wins in 2021, along with the program’s first USA South Goalkeeper of the Year award and three All-Region selections. In 2022, the Pacers swept the league’s top individual honors, earning USA South Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Goalkeeper of the Year.
In the fall of 2021, Peralta served as Interim Head Women’s Soccer Coach, leading the program to its first-ever win over Meredith College and coaching two All-Conference selections.
Beyond coaching, Peralta joined the Peace athletics staff in 2017 as Assistant Director of Athletic Communications before being promoted to Director of Athletic Communications in 2019. He was elevated to Associate Head Men’s Soccer Coach in 2022.
As of 2025, Peralta departed Peace in April after serving as Associate Head Coach. He continues to volunteer part-time with the Pacers in Fall 2025 while serving as a head coach within NCFC Youth, remaining an active supporter of the Pacers men’s soccer program.
