Sue Patberg was appointed head women's soccer coach at Emory
University prior to the 2005 season.
The conclusion of the 2011 season marked Patberg's 19th campaign as
a head coach and she has a 241-110-36 career record that includes
13 NCAA tournament appearances. Her seven-year mark at Emory is
95-22-18, good for a .770 winning percentage.
Patberg has led the Eagles to the NCAA Tournament five times, most
advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2010 NCAA Championships,
marking the best finish in the program’s history. Her
squads at Emory have won at least one game during each of her five
tournament appearances. Patberg has captured a pair of
University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships, most recently
during the 2011 season.
Patberg guided the Eagles to a record-setting campaign in 2011,
recording the first undefeated regular season in Emory Athletics
history and matching the program record for wins in a season with a
17-1-2 overall record. The Eagles advanced to the Round of 16
at the NCAA Championships, marking the team's third trip to the
sectionals of the tournament under Patberg. Emory's 2011
squad also set program records for goals-against average (0.24) and
shutouts (16). For her efforts during the season, she was
named the NSCAA/Mondo South Atlantic Region Coach of the Year.
Patberg became the first Emory coach to lead the team to
back-to-back 16 win seasons, accomplishing the feat during the 2007
and 2008 seasons. In 2010, she once again reached the 16-win
plateau, guiding the squad to a 16-2-4 record and achieving a final
national ranking of fifth in the NSCAA season-ending poll, the
highest final ranking in the program’s history.
She has coached a pair of all-Americans while at Emory, defenders
Grace Lam (2007 and 2008) and Lauren Gorodetsky (2010 and
2011). Under her leadership, the Emory women's soccer program
has had two players selected as University Athletic Association
(UAA) Players of the Year (Gorodetsky and Whitney Briggs), 38
all-UAA selections and 18 all-region honorees. In addition,
she has had two Academic all-Americans and 16 Academic all-District
selections during her time with the team.
Of her 19 years of coaching experience, the 12 years before joining
Emory were at Division I schools where she earned 146 wins and
eight NCAA tournament appearances.
Patberg came to Emory after spending five seasons as head coach at
the University of Georgia (2000-2004). While at Georgia, Patberg
guided the Lady Bulldogs to a record of 49-45-9 and two NCAA
tournament appearances. Her first year at UGA saw her team reach
the finals of the Southeastern Conference tournament while in 2001
her team finished with a national ranking of 22nd and third
regionally. Her team also advanced to the second round of the NCAA
tournament. In 2003 Patberg also led Georgia to the NCAA
tournament, where they advanced to the second round.
Before coaching at UGA, Patberg was the women's soccer coach at the
University of Minnesota where she compiled a record of 97-42-9. She
also has the distinction of being the first-ever coach of the
program. Her accomplishments at Minnesota were highlighted by five
consecutive NCAA tournament appearances from 1995-99. Her 1997 team
was ranked as high as ninth nationally. She also garnered two Big
10 Coach of the Year honors in 1995 and 1997.
Patberg also served as an assistant women's soccer coach at
Colorado College from 1991-1993 and the University of Maryland from
1990-1991. At Colorado College she was part of a staff that helped
direct the 1992 team to the NCAA Division I final four.
To go with her collegiate coaching experience she has also been
involved on the national team level. Patberg was the U.S. under-16
national team coach from 2003-2005. She also served as an assistant
coach on the U.S. under-21 national team from 2000-2003.
Patberg graduated from the University of Massachussetts with a
Bachelor of Science in Sport Management in 1989. While at UMass she
was also a member of the women's soccer team where she was a
four-year starter from 1985-88. During her collegiate career, she
helped her team to four NCAA tournament appearances and three final
fours. Patberg was voted most valuable player and best defensive
player during the 1987 season, while also helping her team to the
national championship runner-up.
Patberg is married to Dr. Kurt Patberg, and they have two sons, Luc
and Tye.
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