Erica Marie Dambach (; born November 16, 1975) is an American

college soccer College soccer is played by teams composed of soccer players who are enrolled in colleges and universities. It is very prominent in United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada, and as well as in South Africa and the Philippines. The United Kingd ...

coach. She is the head coach of

Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer The Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team at Pennsylvania State University. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Nittany Lions play at ...

. 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. After serving as an assistant coach at Lehigh, she was hired as an assistant coach at Florida State in January 2005. She was hired as head coach at Harvard prior to the 2006 season. In February 2007, she then resigned at Harvard in order to take the Penn State head coaching position. She was named the NSCAA Coach of the Year in 2012 and 2015. She led Penn State to a national championship in 2015. She was an assistant coach for the

United States women's national soccer team The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's Association football, soccer. The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning four FIFA Women's World Cup, Wom ...

at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. She was an assistant coach for the

for the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

Personal life

She married Jason Dambach in January 2016.

College head coaching record

References

External links

Penn State bio
1975 births Living people American women's soccer players American women's soccer coaches William & Mary Tribe women's soccer players People from Bordentown, New Jersey Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer coaches Dartmouth Big Green women's soccer coaches Harvard Crimson women's soccer coaches Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders {{US-women-footy-bio-stub