Norm Riker was selected as Wittenberg University women's soccer coach in March 2002 and took on the title of assistant women's lacrosse coach shortly thereafter. His first season on the sidelines was 2003.

In his first season leading the Wittenberg women's soccer team, the Tigers finished 6-12 and 3-5 in the NCAC and in his first season with the women's lacrosse program, the team put together a strong 8-6 overall record, including a 5-2 mark in the NCAC, one of the best finishes in school history. Previously, Riker was the interim head coach of the women's soccer team at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. for the 2000 season, and he also serves as the men's lacrosse assistant coach. During the 2000 season, Riker lead Vassar to their second Northeast Regional ECAC Championship. He had been serving as an assistant in both programs since 1994, and he also worked as the building manager of Walker Fieldhouse on the Vassar campus.

A native of Block Island, R.I., Riker was a four-year lacrosse letterwinner at Springfield College (Mass.). He was a captain of the lacrosse team as a senior and he was selected to participate in a pair of senior all-star games. He holds a bachelor of arts in history from Springfield, and he has since attained a master of professional studies in humanistic education from the State University of New York, New Paltz.

Riker, a four-year high school letterwinner in soccer and lacrosse at Suffield (Conn.) Academy, attained several soccer coaching accreditations, including a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) diploma in 1997, an NSCAA Goalkeeping Institute, Level 1 diploma in 1998, an NSCAA advanced national diploma, with distinction, in 1998, and a United States Soccer Federation "B" License in 1999. He is the founder and director of a summer camp in his hometown of Block Island, R.I., and he remains an active player in a local soccer club and lacrosse club in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Riker lives in Springfield with his wife Gabrielle and their children Isabelle and Sofia.