Erica Dambach

Erica Dambach
Personal information
Full name Erica Marie Dambach[1]
Birth name Erica Marie Walsh
Date of birth (1975-11-16) November 16, 1975 (age 49)[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)

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.

Coaching career

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]

Personal life

She married Jason Dambach in January 2016.[15]

College head coaching record

Statistics overview
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)

      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. ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Squad list, USA" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2021. p. 11. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Erica Walsh". New Jersey Sports Heroes. Archived from the original on June 22, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ http://archives.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=1983[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "US U-17 National Team Head Coach Erica Walsh Joins FSU Soccer Staff". 3 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Friends of Harvard Soccer: Erica Walsh To Coach Women's Soccer Team".
  8. ^ "One and Done for Walsh at Crimson Helm - Sports - The Harvard Crimson".
  9. ^ "Walsh named Penn State women's soccer coach - Penn State University". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  10. ^ "Walsh tabbed NSCAA National Coach of the Year - Penn State University".
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Women's soccer: Penn State outlasts Duke 1-0 for College Cup title". 6 December 2015.
  13. ^ "Women's soccer coach Walsh headed to Olympics with U.S. team - Penn State University".
  14. ^ "Erica Dambach Named USWNT Assistant Coach". Onward State. 2020-01-04. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  15. ^ "Thanksgiving's special joy".


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