In 2021, Pace helped mentor six All-Big Ten selections, including Big Ten Midfielder of the Year Ben Bender and Big Ten Freshman of the Year Joshua Bolma. The Terps made their 21st consecutive NCAA Tournament, the second longest streak in the country.
In 2020, Pace and the Terps advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 20th consecutive season. The Terps had four players named All-Big Ten selections and a program record 14 student-athletes placed on the Big Ten All-Academic Team. The Terps had two more players selected in the MLS SuperDraft in Ben and Matt Di Rosa.
In 2019, Pace helped a young Terps team advanced to the program's 19th straight NCAA Tournament. Maryland had six players named All-Big Ten selections, including first-team picks Johannes Bergmann and Eli Crognale, who went on to sign professional contracts in USL.
In his first season as an assistant, Pace helped lead the Terps to the 2018 National Championship, Maryland's first since 2008. He helped cultivate a Maryland back line that did not give up a goal in the entirety of the NCAA Tournament and featured All-American Donovan Pines. The Terps had four players (Dayne St. Clair, Chase Gasper, Andrew Samuels, Amar Sejdic) taken in the MLS SuperDraft, while Pines signed a homegrown deal with D.C. United. As the Terps' primary goalkeeper coach, Pace was key in the development of St. Clair, who emerged as one of the top keepers in the country in his final season.
As director of operations, Pace managed the Terps' budget, fundraising, travel logistics and team events. During his time as director of ops, Maryland won two Big Ten Regular Season titles and three Big Ten Tournament titles. Between 2012 and 2016 as a player and staff member, Pace played a role in five consecutive conference tournament championship squads (ACC and Big Ten).
After seeing action as a reserve defender as a freshman, Pace moved up top to the striker position where he shined in his final three seasons at Maryland. He finished his career with 13 goals, including a career-high six as a captain his senior year. Pace played an important role in back-to-back Atlantic Coast Conference championships in 2012 and 2013 and helped guide the Terps to the College Cup in each of his last two seasons at Maryland.
Pace won a pair of state championships with River Hill High School as a two-time Baltimore Sun First Team All-Met selection prior to his arrival to College Park. He earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from Maryland and recently received his MBA from UMUC.
Updated August 12, 2025
