Erica Marie Dambach (née Walsh; born November 16, 1975) is an American college soccer coach. She is the head coach of Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer. She led Penn State to the 2015 National Championship. She is a two-time NSCAA Coach of the Year, winning the award in 2012 and 2015.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erica Marie Dambach[1] | ||
| Birth name | Erica Marie Walsh | ||
| Date of birth | November 16, 1975[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Bordentown, New Jersey, United States | ||
| Position(s) | Defender, midfielder[3] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Penn State (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1992 | Lower Moreland Lions[4] | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1996 | William & Mary | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997 | Bucknell (assistant) | ||
| 1998–1999 | Dartmouth (assistant) | ||
| 2000–2002 | Dartmouth | ||
| 2003–2004 | Lehigh (assistant) | ||
| 2004 | United States U19 (assistant) | ||
| 2004–2007 | United States U17 | ||
| 2005 | Florida State (assistant) | ||
| 2006 | Harvard | ||
| 2007– | Penn State | ||
| 2007–2012 | United States (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | United States (assistant) | ||
Coaching career
editShe was the head coach at Dartmouth from 2000 to 2002, resigning following the 2002 season in order to pursue educational opportunities.[5] After serving as an assistant coach at Lehigh, she was hired as an assistant coach at Florida State in January 2005.[6] She was hired as head coach at Harvard prior to the 2006 season.[7] In February 2007, she then resigned at Harvard in order to take the Penn State head coaching position.[8][9] She was named the NSCAA Coach of the Year in 2012[10] and 2015.[11]
She led Penn State to a national championship in 2015.[12]
She was an assistant coach for the United States women's national soccer team at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[13]
She was an assistant coach for the United States women's national soccer team for the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.[14]
Personal life
editShe married Jason Dambach in January 2016.[15]
College head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth Big Green (Ivy League) (2000–2002) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Dartmouth | 14–5–0 | 6–1–0 | T–1st | NCAA Round of 16 | ||||
| 2001 | Dartmouth | 11–5–1 | 5–1–1 | T–1st | NCAA Round of 16 | ||||
| 2002 | Dartmouth | 12–5–1 | 5–2–0 | 2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| Dartmouth: | 37–15–2 (.704) | 16–4–1 (.786) | |||||||
| Harvard Crimson (Ivy League) (2006) | |||||||||
| 2006 | Harvard | 3–13–1 | 2–5–0 | 6th | |||||
| Harvard: | 3–13–1 (.206) | 2–5 (.286) | |||||||
| Penn State Nittany Lions (Big Ten) (2007–present) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Penn State | 18–4–2 | 9–1–0 | 1st | NCAA Round of 16 | ||||
| 2008 | Penn State | 16–8–0 | 8–2–0 | T–1st | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2009 | Penn State | 13–6–2 | 8–1–1 | 1st | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2010 | Penn State | 11–9–1 | 8–2–0 | T–1st | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2011 | Penn State | 21–5–0 | 10–1–0 | 1st | NCAA Round of 16 | ||||
| 2012 | Penn State | 21–4–2 | 10–0–1 | 1st | NCAA Runners-up | ||||
| 2013 | Penn State | 15–7–1 | 7–4–0 | 3rd | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2014 | Penn State | 20–4–0 | 12–1–0 | 1st | NCAA Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2015 | Penn State | 22–3–2 | 8–2–1 | T–1st | NCAA Championship | ||||
| 2016 | Penn State | 12–5–4 | 7–1–3 | T–1st | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2017 | Penn State | 15–5–4 | 6–2–3 | T–4th | NCAA Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2018 | Penn State | 18–6–1 | 9–2–0 | 1st | NCAA Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2019 | Penn State | 17–7–1 | 8–3–0 | 4th | NCAA Round of 16 | ||||
| Penn State: | 219–73–20 (.734) | 110–22–9 (.812) | |||||||
| Total: | 259–101–23 (.706) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Squad list, USA" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2021. p. 11. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Erica Walsh". New Jersey Sports Heroes. Archived from the original on June 22, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Onufrak, Beth (October 4, 1993). "Sports People: Soccer shorts". Neighbors Sports. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Vol. 328, no. 96 (Montgomery County ed.). Philadelphia. p. MC6. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Onufrak, Beth (November 30, 1992). "Where the boys are: That's where she'll be—on the soccer field". Neighbors Sports. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Vol. 326, no. 153. Philadelphia. p. HB-13. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- ^ http://archives.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=1983[permanent dead link]
- ^ "US U-17 National Team Head Coach Erica Walsh Joins FSU Soccer Staff". 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Friends of Harvard Soccer: Erica Walsh To Coach Women's Soccer Team".
- ^ "One and Done for Walsh at Crimson Helm - Sports - The Harvard Crimson".
- ^ "Walsh named Penn State women's soccer coach - Penn State University". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ^ "Walsh tabbed NSCAA National Coach of the Year - Penn State University".
- ^ Lungaro, Vince (December 16, 2015). "Penn State women's soccer coach Erica Walsh named NSCAA Coach of the Year". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ "Women's soccer: Penn State outlasts Duke 1-0 for College Cup title". 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Women's soccer coach Walsh headed to Olympics with U.S. team - Penn State University".
- ^ "Erica Dambach Named USWNT Assistant Coach". Onward State. 2020-01-04. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Thanksgiving's special joy".
External links
edit- Penn State bio Archived 2017-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
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