Erica Dambach

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Erica Dambach
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Dambach with Penn State in 2025
Personal information
Full name Erica Marie Dambach[1]
Birth name Erica Marie Walsh
Date of birth (1975-11-16) November 16, 1975 (age 50)[2]
Place of birth Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Position(s)
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 who is the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer team. 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

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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

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She married Jason Dambach in January 2016.[15]

College head coaching record

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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

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