JAMES RUE

Coach, Soccer)

Ringgold and Charleroi High Schools, Waynesburg University

Jim served as the girls’ soccer head coach at Ringgold and Charleroi High Schools, compiling a career record of 206-79-21 for a .708 winning percentage. At Ringgold, Rue became the school’s first 100-win soccer coach with a 137-56-16 cumulative record (.694). He guided the Rams to six WPIAL playoff appearances with section championships in 1990, 1991, and a trip to the 1994 PIAA semifinals. In five seasons at Charleroi, Rue compiled a 69-23-5 (.737) cumulative record, including a 47-9-4 record and 33-6-1 over his final three seasons which all concluded with playoff appearances. Under Rue, Charleroi won two section titles in 2014 and 2015 following a runner-up showing in 2013. Charleroi won a WPIAL post-season game in 2014 and three more in 2015, when the Cougars were WPIAL finalists. That team also won a PIAA playoff game. He averaged nearly 13 wins a season in 16 years as a high school head coach and never had a losing season. Rue also coached the Waynesburg University women’s team for six years (2004-2009), after serving as an assistant men’s coach at Washington & Jefferson College for four seasons (1999-2002).