Erica Dambach

Erica Dambach (born November 16, 1975), née Erica Walsh, 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.

Erica Dambach
Personal information
Full name Erica Walsh Dambach
Date of birth (1975-11-16) November 16, 1975
Place of birth Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Club information
Current team
 Penn State (coach)
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 William & Mary
Teams managed
Years Team
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)

Coaching career

She was the head coach at Dartmouth from 2000 to 2002, resigning following the 2002 season in order to pursue educational opportunities.[1] After serving as an assistant coach at Lehigh, she was hired as an assistant coach at Florida State in January 2005.[2] She was hired as head coach at Harvard prior to the 2006 season.[3] In February 2007, she then resigned at Harvard in order to take the Penn State head coaching position.[4][5] She was named the NSCAA Coach of the Year in 2012[6] and 2015.[7]

She led Penn State to a national championship in 2015.[8]

She was an assistant coach for the United States women's national soccer team at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[9]

Personal life

She married Jason Dambach in January 2016.[10]

College head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Dartmouth Big Green (Ivy League) (2000–2002)
2000 Dartmouth 14–5–06–1–0T–1stNCAA Round of 16
2001 Dartmouth 11–5–15–1–1T–1stNCAA Round of 16
2002 Dartmouth 12–5–15–2–02ndNCAA First Round
Dartmouth: 37–15–2 (.704)16–4–1 (.786)
Harvard Crimson (Ivy League) (2006)
2006 Harvard 3–13–12–5–06th
Harvard: 3–13–1 (.206)2–5 (.286)
Penn State Nittany Lions (Big Ten) (2007–present)
2007 Penn State 18–4–29–1–01stNCAA Round of 16
2008 Penn State 16–8–08–2–0T–1stNCAA First Round
2009 Penn State 13–6–28–1–11stNCAA Second Round
2010 Penn State 11–9–18–2–0T–1stNCAA Second Round
2011 Penn State 21–5–010–1–01stNCAA Round of 16
2012 Penn State 21–4–210–0–11stNCAA Runners-up
2013 Penn State 15–7–17–4–03rdNCAA Second Round
2014 Penn State 20–4–012–1–01stNCAA Quarterfinals
2015 Penn State 22–3–28–2–1T–1stNCAA Championship
2016 Penn State 12–5–47–1–3T–1stNCAA Second Round
2017 Penn State 15–5–46–2–3T–4thNCAA Quarterfinals
2018 Penn State 18–6–19–2–01stNCAA Quarterfinals
2019 Penn State 17–7–18–3–04thNCAA Round of 16
Penn State: 219–73–20 (.734)110–22–9 (.812)
Total:259–101–23 (.706)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. http://archives.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=1983%5B%5D
  2. "US U-17 National Team Head Coach Erica Walsh Joins FSU Soccer Staff".
  3. "Friends of Harvard Soccer: Erica Walsh To Coach Women's Soccer Team".
  4. "One and Done for Walsh at Crimson Helm - Sports - The Harvard Crimson".
  5. "Walsh named Penn State women's soccer coach - Penn State University".
  6. "Walsh tabbed NSCAA National Coach of the Year - Penn State University".
  7. 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.
  8. "Women's soccer: Penn State outlasts Duke 1-0 for College Cup title". 6 December 2015.
  9. "Women's soccer coach Walsh headed to Olympics with U.S. team - Penn State University".
  10. http://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2016/11/thanksgivings-special-joy/


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