Danielle Dabbs
Assistant Coach
First Season
Ohio State, 2006   

    Danielle (Dietrich) Dabbs is entering her first campaign on the Penguins soccer staff as an assistant coach for Will Lemke. Dietrich came to YSU after a successful two-year stint at NCAA Division III Goucher in Towson, Md.
    While at Goucher, Dabbs served as the head recruiting coordinator and was responsible for training the goalkeepers. She was part of the team's rebuilding process and the Gophers saw significant improvement during her two years with the program under head coach Tati Korba.
    Under Dabbs' direction last season, goalkeeper Kellen Matthews totaled six shutouts for the Gophers. Dabbs, who played forward at Ohio State, also worked closely with forward/midfielder Sisley Pumilia, who led the team with 23 goals, eight assist and 53 points.
    Dabbs has experience as being the head coach of two club teams. In the summer of 2004 she coached the Anchorage Youth Soccer Club U-13 Premier Team and from 2006-2007 she was the head coach of the Westside Soccer Club U-9 and U-15 Premier Teams in Cincinnati. Recently she worked with the Greater Hartford Soccer Club of Bel Air, Md.
     During her four-year career at Ohio State, Dabbs was a member of two Big Ten Championship teams in 2002 and 2004. The 2004 Buckeyes also made an NCAA Tournament Elite Eight appearance, the first in the school's history.
    On and individual level, Dabbs garnered Soccer Buzz All-Great Lakes Region third-team honors (2004) and was named to the All-Freshman Region Team (2002). She had the fourth-most single-season goals (11) and assists (eight) to rank her third in school history with most points in a season with 30 in 2004.
    For her work in the classroom, Dietrich was named a three-time OSU scholar athlete and Academic All-Big Ten.
    She ranks in the top five in shot attempts with 214 and ranked in the top 10 in scoring with 53 points.
    Dabbs graduated from Ohio State in 2006 earning her bachelors degree in speech and hearing sciences.
    She is expected to complete her Masters in Education with a specialization in athletic leadership and program administration from Goucher College in May 2009.
    Dabbs owns an NSCAA National Diploma and is experienced in American Sign Language. She has also been a senior staff member at Ohio State's Women's Soccer Camps.