Coach Peralta enters his eighth year as assistant coach for the Pacers, including his third as Associate Head Coach.
Peralta graduated from William Peace University in 2017 with a B.S. in Business Administration, and was a member of the WPU men's soccer program from 2015-2017. Coach Peralta served as Associate Head Coach at Louisburg High School for two seasons from 2013-2014 prior to coaching at William Peace. He was named Associate Head Men's Soccer Coach at WPU in the fall of 2022.
Coach Peralta has coached at several soccer camps including Mt. Olive, Top Drawer Soccer, N.C. State University, Duke University, UNC Greensboro and various camps in Louisburg, N.C. In addition to his role at WPU, Coach Peralta coaches North Carolina FC youth soccer at the ECNL Regional League (RL) level. In 2022, he led his 03/04 Elite team to both the ECNL RL Regular Season Championship and the ECNL RL Carolinas Cup Tournament Championship.
In 2023, Peralta led his 04/05 Elite Team to the ECNL RL Southeast Regional Championship. In 2024, he directed his team to the ECNL RL U17 Boys Regular Season Championship.
Peralta recently completed his second year as assistant coach on the NCFC United Soccer League (USL) 2 U23 Team. He is also an assistant coach with the NCFC Youth Academy.
During Peralta's time as WPU coach, the Pacers gained their first All-Conference selection (2017) in addition to making their first USA South Conference Tournament appearance (2018). A Pacers player won USA South Rookie of the Year for the first time (2018) and WPU advanced to the league's East Division Title Game for the first time (Spring 2021). A WPU Player was selected USA South Goalkeeper of the Year for the first time (2021) and the Pacers captured their first regular season title in program history (Fall 2021). It was also the school's first championship for a men's sports program.
The Pacers advanced to their first USA South Tournament Championship Game in 2022.
Peralta helped direct the Pacers to the most regular season wins (12) in program history (2021). That season, a Pacers player won the program's first USA South Goalkeeper of the Year Award (Fall 2021) and three players received the first All-Region selections in program history (Fall 2021). In 2022, the Pacers swept top individual conference honors, winning USA South Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Goalkeeper of the Year.
Peralta was the Interim Head Women's Soccer Coach in the Fall of 2021, where he led the program to its first ever win over crosstown rival Meredith College. He coached two All-Conference selections.
Peralta was hired as the Assistant Director of Athletic Communications in 2017, and in the fall of 2019 he was promoted to the position of Director of Athletic Communications. He was named Associate Head Men's Soccer Coach in 2022.
