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NNCAACAA TTournamentournament PParticipantsarticipants • 11979979 • 11980980 • 11990990 • 22001001 • 22002002 • 22003003 • 22004004 • 22005005 1 General Information School ...University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee City/Zip ..............Milwaukee, Wis. 53211 Founded ............................................... 1885 Enrollment ........................................ 28,042 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 ..............Bud Haidet Associate AD/SWA .............Kathy Litzau Athletics Phone...................414-229-5151 TV/Radio Roster ................Inside Front 2008 Opponents Ticket Offi ce Phone ...........414-229-5886 Quick Facts/Table of Contents ............1 Bradley/UW-Whitewater/Drake ....44 Panther Staff Missouri State/Dayton/Santa Clara ..45 History Head Coach Jon Coleman ...............2 Binghamton/CS-Northridge/SIUE....46 First Year of Soccer ............................ 1973 Assistant Coach Chris Dadaian .....3 Valparaiso/Butler/Detroit .............47 Assistant Coach Jesse Rosen ..........3 Cleveland State/Wisconsin/Green Bay ..48 All-Time Record ..........401-235-56 (.620) / of Contents T Table NCAA Appearances/Last ..............8/2005 Support Staff ......................................4 NIU/Loyola/Marquette .................49 a Last NCAA App./Result ..2005, Second Round Composite Horizon League Schedule ...5 UIC/Wright State............................50 b l ..........................................W, 2-0 at Bradley 2008 Milwaukee Schedule ....................5 Horizon League Tournament .......50 e ...........T, 2-2 (2OT) at No. 1 New Mexico 2008 Season Preview .........................6-7 Program History and Legacy o Media Information .................................8 All-Time Coaching Records ...............52 f .......................................... (Fell 5-3 on PK’s) All-Time NCAA Tournament Record ...4-7-1 Roster Information ........................10-11 Year-by-Year Leaders .....................53-54 C o Returning Players School Records ...............................55-58 n Media Relations Ryan Germann ..........................12-13 All-Time Honors ............................59-60 t e Asst. SID/Men’s Soccer Contact ... Chris Zills Adam Skalecki ...........................14-15 Record vs. All-Time Opponents ........61 n Offi ce Phone ........................414-229-4593 Travis Phillips ............................16-17 All-Time Series Histories ..............62-67 t s Cell Phone ............................414-750-2090 Grant Fernstrum .......................18-19 Year-By-Year Results ......................68-72 / E-mail .............................. [email protected] Senior Salute ....................................20 NCAA Teams ..................................74-82 / Quick Facts Sports Information Director ....Kevin O’Connor Nkuti Ndely ......................................21 Panther Letterwinners ..................83-84 Offi ce Phone ........................414-229-5674 Nicholas Gerard-Larson ................22 A Decade of Dombrowski’s ..........85-87 Assistant SID ......................Kevin Conway Abe Gibbons ....................................23 Panthers in the Pros .......................88-91 Offi ce Phone ........................414-229-2413 Robert Refai .....................................24 A Cradle of Coaches ............................92 SID Fax .................................414-229-5749 Greg Rosenthal ................................25 Th is is UWM Mailing Address..............UWM Athletics Peter Sanger .....................................26 Milwaukee .............................................94 .................................................. P.O. Box 413 Incoming Players and Redshirts UWM ......................................................95 ...............................Milwaukee, Wis. 53201 Bartzis/Barnes/Gibbons ................27 University Administration Overnight Address .........UWM Athletics Wehrli/Dundon/Van Osdol ..........28 Carlos Santiago, Chancellor .........96 ..............................Th e Pavilion, Room 140 Maxey/Mejia/Cáceres ...................29 UWM Administration ...................96 ......................3409 North Downer Avenue Wuebben/Protasiewicz/DJ Alexander ..30 Bud Haidet, Director of Athletics .. 97 ...............................Milwaukee, Wis. 53211 Frazier/Romanello ............................ 31 Athletics Administration ....................98 Shakon/S. Alexander ........................32 Athletics Board .....................................98 Men’s Soccer Information Panther Captains ..................................32 Th e Student-Athlete ............................99 Head Coach ...........................Jon Coleman 2007 in Review ......................................34 UWM Athletics ......................... 100-101 Alma Mater ..........UW-Milwaukee, 1996 2007 Results...........................................35 Th e Pavilion .........................................102 Record at School (Years) ........13-21-5 (2) 2007 Statistics .......................................36 Staff Directory .....................................102 Career Record ....................................Same 2007 Team Stats ....................................37 Th e Horizon League ..........................103 Assistant Coach .................Chris Dadaian Horizon League ....................................38 Engelmann Field .................................104 Assistant Coach ......................Jesse Rosen League Leaders .....................................39 Engelmann Field ..................Inside Back 2007 Record ......................................5-12-3 2007 Boxes and Recaps .................40-42 2008 Season Schedule .................... Back League Record/Finish ...............5-2-1/2nd Tournament Results ................................... Th e 2008 Men’s Soccer Media Guide was written and edited by UWM Assistant SID Chris .............L, 1-0 (OT) vs. UIC in Semifi nals Zills. Editorial assistance provided by Kevin O’Connor and Kevin Conway of the UWM Letterwinners Returning/Lost ........10/10 Sports Information Offi ce and men’s soccer coaches Chris Dadaian and Jesse Rosen. Pho- Starters Returning/Lost ....................... 6/5 tographs courtesy of Trevor Th ompson, John Ward, Milwaukee Convention and Visitors Newcomers ...............................................16 Bureau and UWM Photographic Services. Printing by CCI, Hartland, Wis. 22008008 MMILWAUKEEILWAUKEE PPANTHERSANTHERS SSocceroccer 2 HHorizonorizon LeagueLeague ChampionsChampions • 19971997 • 20012001 • 20022002 • 20032003 • 20042004 • 20052005 for so long, Coleman was very happy to continue his long-time JJonon CColemanoleman relationship at UWM by taking HHeadead CoachCoach the next step. Coleman’s career with the Pan- Third Season thers started on the fi eld, as he was a four-year letterwinner from 1993-96. He played in 73 games as Jon Coleman was named the men’s soccer coach at Milwau- a midfi elder, starting 63. In 1995, kee on Dec. 27, 2005, just the fi fth head coach in school his- he was named an All-Midwestern tory. Th e 2008 season will mark his 16th-straight at UWM as Collegiate Conference team se- a coach, assistant coach or player. lection and also won the Coach’s Award his senior year as a team Two seasons into his coaching career, Coleman has fi elded captain. He posted an overall teams that have been competitive and strong defensively, record of 56-22-6 (.702 winning yet have struggled to have much to show for it in the win- percentage) on the playing fi eld in loss column. After a 5-12-3 record in the 2007 season, 17 his four seasons, spending three of UWM’s 21 losses over the past two years have been by years under the direction of Brian just one goal. Following a slow start a year ago, the Panthers Tompkins. His teams also went rebounded to go 5-2-1 in Horizon League play to earn the 25-7-3 in league play, winning a No. 2 seed in the league tournament. Th e one-goal loss came conference title in 1993. back to haunt them again in the postseason, as they fell, 1-0, in overtime to a UIC team that went on to advance to the He joined Louis Bennett’s staff after fi nishing his playing ca- Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. reer in 1996, serving as a volunteer assistant until being named a full-time assistant prior to the 2001 season. In Coleman’s “I was proud of the way the team fought hard throughout the tenure as an assistant, the Panthers posted an overall record season last year,” Coleman said. “Even though we were on of 123-59-14 (.663) and enjoyed unprecedented success. the short end of some really close games, we didn’t lose sight of winning the conference and fi nished strong in the league. In 2005, they reached the NCAA Tournament for the fi fth-con- Jon Coleman Th is is the kind of resilience and perseverance we need to secutive season and became one of only seven schools to post h bring to the fi eld this fall.” victories in each of the last four tournaments when they made c a it to the second round for the fourth-straight year. Addition- o Th e Panthers went 8-9-2 in his fi rst season at the helm, with ally, the Panthers claimed fi ve regular season conference titles C eight of the nine losses coming by one