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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) | ||
She 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]
She married Jason Dambach in January 2016.[15]
| 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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