Joe Nemzer Joins Maryland Women’s Soccer Staff

College PARK, MD – Maryland women’s soccer head coach Meghan Ryan Nemzer named Joe Nemzer as the program’s volunteer assistant mentor Monday. 

“We are so fortunate to have someone of Joe’s caliber and abilities doing work with our scholar-athletes at College of Maryland,” explained Meghan Nemzer. “Joe has been a head mentor at the Division I stage and has labored with environment course expert athletes in the NWSL, which includes seven women’s World Cup participants and a few Olympic gold medalists. His knowledge and enthusiasm for the match will elevate this system immediately and I am thrilled to have him on workers. He is a great mentor and even much better individual and we are very lucky to have him operating with our program.” 

Nemzer delivers far more than a decade of coaching encounter at all stages of soccer to Faculty Park, expending time in the qualified, Division I, II and III and NAIA ranks all across the state. 

“I could not be extra grateful for the opportunity to be part of this college, athletic office, and women’s soccer program,” mentioned Joe Nemzer. “Maryland women’s soccer has these types of a abundant history of success and tradition, some thing that we will all take remarkable delight in. I appear ahead to functioning with our outstanding college student-athletes, employees, faculty, and alumni in creating this system into a vibrant potential, while representing the maximum concentrations of character, respect, and integrity. It is an exciting time to be a Terp and I cannot wait around to get started!”

Joe joins the Terrapins’ workers soon after a effective three-12 months stint as the head mentor of the women’s soccer software at Delaware Valley University. Nemzer turned just the 2nd head mentor and initial entire-time mentor in group history when he was hired to guide the method in 2019. After a rebuilding yr in his 1st period at the helm, Nemzer led Delaware Valley to a seven-get campaign in 2021, the most wins in a solitary time for the Aggies since 2011. Moreover, his 2021 staff file the most plans (40) and shutouts (7) given that 2008, and most aim scorers (13) in application background.

Prior to top Delaware Valley’s application, Nemzer served as Very first Assistant Coach with Sky Blue FC, a premiere qualified U.S. women’s soccer method. With Sky Blue, he worked primarily with attacking gamers by scheduling strategic teaching classes and tactical initiatives to enhance match performance and unique player progress. He labored with specialists which include Carli Lloyd, Savannah McCakill, Katie Johnson, Janine Beckie, Kailen Sheridan, and Thaisa Moreno. 

Prior to joining Sky Blue, he expended two seasons as head women’s soccer mentor at Division I Mount St. Mary’s University from 2016-17, and was an assistant coach at Division I Central Michigan University for three seasons from 2013-15. 

With The Mount, Nemzer applied a university student-athlete led culture resulting in unprecedented achievements on the industry and in the classroom. In 2017, his squad acquired off to the best start off in college historical past and tied the method history for targets in a time. Though doing the job with goalkeepers at CMU, Nemzer guided Grace Labrecque to an 8 shutout period in 2013, the fifth most in method historical past, whilst she gained 2nd Team All-MAC honors. 

He has coached collegiately at the Division II and NAIA amount as very well, paying time on the staff at College of Alabama Huntsville, Ottawa College and Fort Hays Condition University. 

Throughout his actively playing days, Nemzer was a keeper for Division III Penn State Abington when earning a bachelor’s of science degree in Business enterprise Administration. Throughout his vocation, the Lions produced consecutive conference tournament semifinal appearances (2007-2008). He also played in the outfield on the Penn Point out Abington baseball team.

Joe and his wife Meghan will mentor along with every other for the very first time in the collegiate ranks when they consider the subject alongside one another in 2022 at Maryland. The couple welcomed their daughter, Bethany, in September 2020. 

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