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Contact Assistant Coach Dano Holcomb
Marquette Women's Soccer Coaching Philopsophy
Dano Holcomb enters his 13th year as a Division I soccer coach and is in his second stint with Marquette where he spent the 1999 and 2000 seasons as the men's and women's assistant. This is his fourth season since his return to Marquette. Holcomb returned to Marquette prior to the 2005 season after having spent three seasons as the first assistant with the University of Houston. At Marquette, Holcomb is the golden Eagles primary goalkeepers coach. He has been integral to the development of former three-year starter and all-BIG EAST selection Laura Boyer. At Houston, he worked with the Texas Olympic Development Program and served as trainer for the U16 the U-16 and U-17 girls for Texas Premier Football Club. Prior to his years in Texas, he spent the 2001 season with Tulane, where he was responsible for coaching goalkeepers. He was also a member of the Louisiana ODP coaching staff. During his time in New Orleans, he was a staff coach for LaFreniere Soccer Club working with the U-14 and U-15 girls teams. His U-14 team won the Louisiana State Championship in 2002, while the U-15's finished runners-up. During his first two seasons with Marquette, he helped lead the Golden Eagles women's program to a pair of Conference USA tournament titles and the 2000 regular season championship. In addition, the women's team advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 1999-2000, winning its first round game each year. In 2000, the Marquette men were ranked as high as seventh in the national polls, while the women's team were ranked as high as 17th. During his first two seasons at Marquette, Holcomb was involved in the Wisconsin ODP, coaching both girls and boys teams. He also coached the goalkeepers for the FC Milwaukee club team. Before joining the staff at Marquette, Holcomb started his coaching career as the women's soccer first assistant for his alma mater, UNC Asheville, from 1995-98. In 1995, his first season, he helped lead the team to a Big South Tournament Championship. His UNCA teams also made the Big South Tournament Championship game in 1996 and 1998. During his time at UNCA, he also coach the goalkeepers for the women's and men's teams with seven of his goalkeepers receiving first-team all Big South honors. Holcomb played collegiately at UNC Asheville from 1989-1991 under former Marquette men's coach Steve Adlard finishing as the teams second leading goal scorer in 1991. At Asheville he played with both Markus Roeders and Frank Pelaez. Holcomb currently holds a "C" license from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), and has his goalkeeping diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). Holcomb graduated from the University of North Carolina-Asheville with a bachelor's degree in history. |
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