Will Lemke
Head Coach
First Season
84-55-7, Eight Seasons
UW-LaCrosse, 1996   

    Will Lemke became the fifth head coach in the Youngstown State soccer program's history in January 2009. Lemke comes to YSU after a successful tenure at NAIA Viterbo University where he won more than 80 games and was the winningest coach in the school's history.
    Lemke posted an 84-55-7 mark in his eight seasons with the V-Hawks. He led the program to two NAIA Regional Tournament appearances and was the Midwest Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year in 2006.
    Off the field, Lemke's charges annually posted one of the top team grade-point averages at the school. He will have nine student-athletes graduate this year alone from VU.
    He helped turn Viterbo into a perennial conference-title contender after the program had won just 24 games in the six years prior to his arrival. At Youngstown State, Lemke will face a similar task in turning a relatively new program -- 13 years -- into a contender in the highly-competitive Horizon League.
    Lemke took over the V-Hawks program in 2001 after spending three seasons as an assistant coach at  Division II Winona State (1998-01).
    After posting a 3-12-1 mark his first season, Viterbo posted seven straight winning campaigns. His 12 wins in 2002 were a school best at the time. The school won MCC Championships in 2005 and 2006. The 2005 squad won a school-record 16 games and posted a .800 winning percentage. They finished 6-1-0 in the MCC that year and followed it the next season with a perfect 7-0-0 mark in 2006.
    The V-Hawks had the schools' only two NAIA Regional Tournament appearances in 2005 and 2006 as well. The 2005 bid came after winning the conference's postseason tournament.
    Lemke's teams won at least 11 games in all but two of his seasons at the helm of the V-Hawks. After the squad finished fourth in the MCC for three straight campaigns, the program finished in the top three in each of his final four seasons. In 2008, the V-Hawks were 11-8-1 overall placing second in the conference at 6-2.
    During his time at Viterbo he served as the Athletic Department's Event Management Coordinator. His duties included overseeing management support systems for all athletic events on campus as well as developing policies and management system procedures. Lemke was responsible for directing annual fundraising actives for soccer program that grossed more than the annual operating budget.
    While an assistant coach at Winona State, he worked with the head coach to help develop and maintain a Top 20 NCAA Division II program. Lemke was directly responsible for developing the goalkeepers who were voted all-conference each year. He helped with recruiting and worked as the team’s strength and conditioning coach. The Warriors won two conference championships and two tournament championships in a three-year span.
    Lemke served as the district select director and coach of the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association Olympic Development Program. He worked to create a new ODP district in Winona, Minn., and developed training programs. Lemke also served as a recruiter and trainer for 25 ODP District Select participants.
    Since 2004 Lemke worked as the technical director of the La Crescent Soccer Club in La Crescent, Minn. He created a training and certification program for all club coaches and year round youth training programs. He also coached a Minnesota state championship team and two runner-up teams.
    Lemke played basketball and soccer at the University of Wisconsin Rock County and soccer at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. While at UW-Rock County, Lemke was a two-time all-conference and all-regional performer as well as team captain. Lemke played for the LaCrosse United Premier Soccer Club from 1992-2001.
    In his free time Lemke is involved with Habitat for Humanity. He co-founded the UW-LaCrosse Collegiate Chapter for Habitat for Humanity and held the position of President for two years and vice president for a year. Lemke has stayed actively involved with the organization for more than 14 years.
    Lemke, an Edgerton, Wis., native, earned an Associate's Degree from UW-Rock County in 1992. He furthered his education at the UW-LaCrosse where earned his bachelors in Education and History in 1996. Most recently Lemke completed his Masters of Educational Leadership from Winona State University in 2007.
    In soccer circles, Lemke holds a NSCAA Advanced National Diploma, a NSCAA National Diploma and a NSCAA Level II Goalkeeping Diploma.
 

Year	School	Record	Pct.	Midwest Collegiate Conference
2008	Viterbo	11-8-1	.575	6-2-0 (2nd)
2007	Viterbo	9-8-1	.528	5-2-1 (T-3rd)
2006	Viterbo	11-5-2	.667	7-0-0 (1st)
2005	Viterbo	16-4-0	.800	6-1-0 (1st)
2004	Viterbo	12-4-1	.735	4-3-0 (4th)
2003	Viterbo	10-6-1	.618	4-3-0 (4th)
2002	Viterbo	12-8-0	.600	3-3-0 (4th)
2001	Viterbo	3-12-1	.218	2-5-0
Total	8 Years	84-55-7	.599	37-19-1 (.658)