University of Northern Iowa Women's Soccer

In his first season at the helm of the UNI women's soccer program, Bruce Erickson guided the Panthers to a school record 14 victories and their first appearance in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship game. UNI recorded a program-best 14 victories in 2017 - besting the previous mark of 10 set in 2003. The team also set single-season marks in points (97), goals (34), goals per game (1.70), assists (29), shots (309), shots on goal (142) and shutouts (11). UNI Director of Athletics David Harris announced the hiring of Bruce Erickson as the new head womens soccer coach for the Panthers on Feb. 10, 2017. Erickson became the sixth head coach in the programs history and brought a wealth of experience to the position. Erickson most recently served as the head womens soccer coach at Wayne State (Neb.) for the past two years and prior to that was the head womens soccer coach at Creighton University from 1999-2014. In 24 years as a head coach at the collegiate level, Erickson has compiled an overall record of 246-203-42 (.544). We are excited to announce the addition of Bruce Erickson as the head coach of the UNI womens soccer program, Harris said. We believe that Bruce has the right combination of leadership, experience and a proven track record of success within the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). Our soccer program made significant strides this past season and is poised to build on that momentum in 2017 and beyond. Bruce has won multiple MVC regular season and tournament championships and taken five teams to the NCAA tournament. We expect that Bruce will help us continue to build on our foundation while also giving our student-athletes stability in the leadership of our program. We look forward to having Bruce join the Panther family. Id like to thank Christina Roybal (UNIs Senior Woman Administrator) and David Harris for this great opportunity to lead UNI women's soccer, Erickson said. I have been blessed to work for great administrators in the past and look forward to working with them both in continuing the success of UNI soccer. I was impressed with everyone I met on my interview and can see why the athletic department is successful. I look forward to working with the team as we pursue winning a Missouri Valley Conference championship. Erickson guided Wayne State to nine victories in 2016, the most wins for the NCAA Division II program since the 2006 season. In each season he was at Wayne State, the Wildcats earned the NSCAA team academic award. At Creighton, Erickson was a two-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year (2002, 2010) and helped guide the Bluejays to five NCAA Tournament appearances (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010). Erickson ended his 16-year tenure at Creighton as the winningest coach in school history with a record of 163-125-32. Erickson earned his bachelor of science degree in industrial organizational psychology from Viterbo University in 1990.

Jami is in her 3rd season as an assistant coach with the University of Northern Iowa Jami will focus on training our Goalkeepers, scouting opponents, assist with fundraising, player development and other duties as assigned. Jami was also named to the 2019 Central Region Team, Heartland Conference, playing for FC Wichita in the WPSL. In 2022 she was named to the all conference team playing for FC Wichita in the UWS In college she played her Junior and Senior seasons at the University of Northern Iowa. As a senior she was selected to the MVC All Tournament team and set a new school record for career shutouts with a total of 18. As a junior she set the single season conference record for shutouts with 11 and was named to the All-MVC Second Team. Her Freshman and Sophomore seasons were completed at Butler Community College. As a Freshman she set single season team records in shutouts (18), lead the NJCAA in games played (24), wins (21), shutouts (18) and minutes played (2187:00). Earned All-KCCC and All-Region VI second team honors while placing third in the NJCAA National Tournament. As a sophomore she was Named KJCCC West Defensive player of the conference while earning first team KJCCC West and All Region VI.

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