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 48)[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.

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  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.