Juan Soto

Biography

Juan Soto is in his first year as the wide receivers coach at East Carolina, a position he officially began on Jan. 1, 2025. Soto comes to Greenville after spending the last two years (2024-25) as the assistant wide receivers coach at the University of North Texas (UNT) under new offensive coordinator Jordan Davis. Under the tutelage of Soto in 2025, First-Team All-American Conference wide receiver Wyatt Young led the Mean Green in receptions (70), receiving yards (1,264) and touchdowns (10), while Cameron Dorner tallied a team second-best in catches (56), yards (911) and touchdowns (8). Young stood among the FBS leaders in receiving yards (third), reception yards per game (eighth/90.3), yards per reception (17th/13.21), receiving scores (12th), receptions per game (53rd/5.0), total touchdowns (55th/11) and all-purpose yards per game (77th/91.43). In 2025, UNT’s offense led the nation in first down offense (first/334), scoring offense (first/44.8 ppg) and total offense (first/504.3 ypg), while also standing among NCAA FBS leaders (Top 25) eight other statistical categories: passing offense (second/323.2 pg), team passing efficiency (third/174.31), 4th down conversions (ninth/72.4 pct.), completion percentage (ninth/70.0 pct.), winning percentage (ninth/84.6), passing yards per completion (10th/14.1), red zone offense (14th/91.9 pct.) and 3rd down conversions (24th/46.4 pct.). During his first season working with the offense, UNT finished the 2024 season ranked third in FBS in