EEight-Timeight-Time NNCAACAA TournamentTournament PParticipantsarticipants General Information School ...University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee City/Zip .................Milwaukee, Wis. 53211 Founded .................................................1885 Enrollment..........................................29,265 Nickname .......................................Panthers Colors ..................................Black and Gold Home Field ...................... Engelmann Field Capacity ................................................2,000 Affi liation .........................NCAA Division I Conference ........................Horizon League Chancellor ................... Dr. Carlos Santiago Director of Athletics ..........George Koonce Associate AD/SWA ................Kathy Litzau Athletics Phone .....................414-229-5151 TV/Radio Roster ..................Inside Front 2008 Team Stats .....................................39 Ticket Offi ce Phone ..............414-229-5886 Quick Facts/Table of Contents ...............1 Horizon League .....................................40 Panther Staff League Leaders.......................................41 History Head Coach Jon Coleman ................2 2008 Boxes and Recaps ...................42-44 First Year of Soccer ...............................1973 Assistant Coach Jesse Rosen .............3 2009 Opponents 2 2009 Assistant Coach Brad Swenby ..........3 SIUE/Whitewater/Marquette .........46 0 All-Time Record ............406-244-61 (.613) 0 NCAA Appearances/Last ................ 8/2005 Volunteer Asst. Coach Chris Lins ....3 W. Illinois/Virginia Tech/CS Fullerton ..47 9 Last NCAA App./Result .. 2005, Second Round Support Staff .......................................4 CS Northridge/UCSB/Oakland ......48 M Milwaukee Panthers ........................................... W, 2-0 at Bradley Composite Horizon League Schedule.......5 Butler/Wright State/Cleveland State ..49 i l ..............T, 2-2 (2OT) at No. 1 New Mexico 2009 Milwaukee Schedule ......................5 Detroit/Loyola/UIC .........................50 w ............................................(Fell 5-3 on PK’s) 2009 Season Preview ...........................6-7 NIU/Valparaiso/Green Bay.............51 a u All-Time NCAA Tournament Record ...4-7-1 Media Information ..................................8 Wisconsin ..........................................52 k Roster Information ..........................10-11 Horizon League Tournament .........52 e e Media Relations Returning Players Program History and Legacy P Asst. SID/Men’s Soccer Contact .......Chris Zills Nkuti Ndely ................................12-13 All-Time Coaching Records ................54 a Offi ce Phone ..........................414-229-4593 Nicholas Gerard-Larson ............14-15 Year-by-Year Leaders ...................... 55-56 n t Cell Phone .............................414-750-2090 Abe Gibbons .....................................16 School Records................................. 57-60 h e E-mail [email protected] Robert Refai ......................................17 All-Time Honors ............................. 61-62 r s Sports Information Director .. Kevin O’Connor Greg Rosenthal .................................18 Record vs. All-Time Opponents ..........63 Soccer Men’s M Offi ce Phone ..........................414-229-5674 Sol Cáceres ........................................19 All-Time Series Histories ............... 64-69 e Assistant SID ........................Kevin Conway Peter Sanger ......................................20 Year-By-Year Results .......................70-74 n ’ Offi ce Phone ..........................414-229-2413 Sam Alexander .................................21 NCAA Teams ...................................76-84 s SID Fax ...................................414-229-5749 Evan Bartzis ......................................22 Panther Letterwinners .................... 85-86 S Mailing Address ................UWM Athletics o Josh Barnes ........................................23 Panthers in the Pros ........................ 87-89 c ...................................................P.O. Box 413 Aaron Gibbons .................................24 A Cradle of Coaches .............................90 c e .................................Milwaukee, Wis. 53201 Eric Frazier ........................................25 Th is is UWM r Overnight Address ........... UWM Athletics Ross Van Osdol ................................26 Milwaukee ..............................................92 ............................... Th e Pavilion, Room 140 Pedro Mejia .......................................27 UWM ......................................................93 ........................3409 North Downer Avenue Aaron Wuebben ...............................28 Carlos Santiago, Chancellor .................94 .................................Milwaukee, Wis. 53211 DJ Alexander ....................................29 University Administration ...................94 Tony Maxey .......................................30 George Koonce, AD .................................95 Men’s Soccer Information Incoming Players and Redshirts Athletics Directory ................................96 Head Coach ............................Jon Coleman Bewley/Banks/Birouste ...................31 UWM Athletics ......................................97 Alma Mater ......................Milwaukee, 1996 Whitehead/Wiedabach/Romanello ..32 Th e Pavilion ............................................98 Record at School (Years) ........17-31-10 (3) Jarosz/Ramirez/Acevedo .................33 Th e Student-Athlete ..............................98 Career Record ......................................Same Funk/Zyvoloski/Shakon ..................34 Th e Horizon League ..............................99 Assistant Coach ........................Jesse Rosen 2008 in Review .......................................36 Engelmann Field ............100/Inside Back Assistant Coach ..................... Brad Swenby 2008 Results ............................................37 2009 Season Schedule .......................Back 2008 Record ........................................4-10-5 2008 Statistics .........................................38 On the Back .............2009 UWM Seniors League Record/Finish ................1-5-2 / 7th Tournament Results ..................................... Th e 2009 Men’s Soccer Media Guide was written and edited by UWM Assistant SID Chris Zills. ..........L, 3-1 at Wright State in First Round Editorial assistance provided by Kevin O’Connor and Kevin Conway of the UWM Sports Infor- Letterwinners Returning/Lost ............ 15/4 mation Offi ce and men’s soccer coaches Jon Coleman and Jesse Rosen. Photographs courtesy of Starters Returning/Lost ..........................8/3 Trevor Th ompson, John Ward, Peter Jakubowski (cover), Milwaukee Convention and Visitors Newcomers ................................................12 Bureau and UWM Photographic Services. Printing by CCI, Hartland, Wis. 1 SSix-Timeix-Time HHorizonorizon LLeagueeague ChampionsChampions Coleman was very happy to con- tinue his long-time relationship at JJonon ColemanColeman UWM by taking the next step. HHeadead CCoachoach Coleman’s career with the Panthers started on the fi eld, as he was a four- Fourth Season year letterwinner from 1993-96. He played in 73 games as a midfi elder, starting 63. In 1995, he was named Jon Coleman was named the men’s soccer coach at Milwaukee an All-Midwestern Collegiate Con- on Dec. 27, 2005, becoming just the fi ft h head coach in school ference team selection and also won history. Th e 2009 season will mark his 17th-straight at UWM as the Coach’s Award his senior year as a coach, assistant coach or player. a team captain. He posted an over- all record of 56-22-6 (.702 winning Th ree seasons into his coaching career, Coleman has fi elded percentage) on the playing fi eld in teams that have been competitive and strong defensively, yet have his four seasons, spending three struggled to have much to show for it in the win-loss column. years under the direction of Brian Aft er a 4-10-5 record during the 2008 season, 22 of UWM’s 31 Tompkins. His teams also went 25- losses over the past three years have been by just one goal. Fol- 7-3 in league play, winning a con- r e lowing a 3-3-3 start through nine games last fall, the Panthers ference title in 1993. c struggled to a 1-7-2 fi nish and were eliminated in the fi rst round c o of the Horizon League Tournament against Wright State. He joined Louis Bennett’s staff aft er fi nishing his playing career S in 1996, serving as a volunteer assistant until being named a s ’ “Th is is a pivotal year and it is going to take hard work and dis- full-time assistant prior to the 2001 season. In Coleman’s tenure n e cipline to make some national noise, but we have the schedule to as an assistant, the Panthers posted an overall record of 123-59- do it,” Coleman said. “We need to bring it every day and fi ght for 14 (.663) and enjoyed unprecedented success. M Men’s Soccer Men’s s everything. With the right mentality and never-give-up attitude, r we can put UWM soccer back on top.” In 2005, they reached the NCAA Tournament for the fi ft h-con- e h secutive season and became one of only seven schools to post t Aft er a slow start in 2007, Milwaukee rebounded to go 5-2-1 in victories in each of those previous four tournaments when they n a Horizon League play to earn the No. 2 seed in the league tour- made it to the second round for the fourth-straight