From today's Greenville News, written by Bob Costello.

Texas native to succeed Riverside's Archenhold
State's all-time winningest girls soccer coach steps down

GREER — Carley Victor knows she has some catching up to do at Riverside High School, but overall, she’s off to a good start.

Victor, a Texas native and former standout at SMU, was introduced Tuesday night as the new girls soccer coach at Riverside. She replaces Terry Archenhold, who stepped down after 17 seasons and 374 victories – the most ever for a girls soccer coach in South Carolina.

Victor spent the past two seasons coaching her alma mater, Plano West High School, to back-to-back Class AAAAA state championships. A month-and-a-half ago, she married Greenville High boys soccer coach Rob Victor, so she had planned to move to the area.

“I could not have fallen into a better situation, coming from my kind of dream job to landing at one of the soccer powerhouses,” Carley Victor said.

“It’s very similar to the school I was coaching and teaching at before, so I’m excited to just be in that same environment and that same atmosphere.”

Victor was a two-time All-Conference USA selection at SMU, and she played in 79 of 81 games while with the Mustangs. She also won a state championship as a player at Plano West.

And both soccer and coaching are in her genes: Her father, Billy Phillips, played goalkeeper for and later coached the Dallas Sidekicks of the Major Indoor Soccer League, World Indoor Soccer League and Continental Indoor Soccer League.

Archenhold, who led Riverside to eight Upper State titles and seven state titles, said he sought counsel from several sources and decided it was the right time to step aside.

“No matter what success I’ve had, it’s been because of the talent of the girls and the parents committed to the program, along with the administration,” he said. “I just happen to be the catalyst in here doing the things.

“I know Carley will do well, and she’ll probably bring to the table some of the things that I couldn’t and a new energy, which I thought the program needed at this point.”