Ryan Quamme enters his 11th season as the head women's soccer coach at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2022.
Quamme entered the 2021 season ranked 21st among active NCAA Division III head coaches in winning percentage. He has led UW-Whitewater to five Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships, five WIAC Tournament titles and seven NCAA Tournament appearances, including a trip to the national quarterfinals in 2015.
Quamme has been named WIAC Coach of the Year in five of his 10 seasons at the helm. The Warhawks have compiled a 144-44-13 record (52-12-2 WIAC), including a 33-match WIAC regular season win streak from 2012-15, during that span.
Quamme became the program's all-time leader in coaching wins during the 2019 season, when he led UW-Whitewater to a sweep of the WIAC regular season and tournament championships for the fourth time in program history. He passed former coach Greg Henschel on Oct. 23, 2019, with his 127th career victory, a 2-0 triumph against UW-Platteville.
In 2017, the Warhawks claimed their seventh straight NCAA Tournament appearance and finished as WIAC Tournament runner-up. Quamme earned his 100th career win on Sept. 27, when the team defeated Luther (Iowa) by a 4-0 score.
In 2016, for the third straight season, UW-Whitewater broke its school record for wins with a 22-2 record, including a school-record 21-match winning streak. The team swept the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships and reached the NCAA Tournament Round of 16 for the second consecutive season.
The 2015 Warhawks captured the WIAC Tournament title en route to the program's first trip to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III Tournament. The team finished the year with school records in goals (68), assists (53) and points (189) and earned final national rankings of No. 11 (National Soccer Coaches Association of America) and No. 12 (D3soccer.com).
In 2014, UW-Whitewater tallied a then-school record 18 victories, including a 15-match win streak. The Warhawks reached the NCAA Tournament for the third time under Quamme and the fourth straight season, and finished 23rd in the final National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division III Top 25.
In 2013, UW-Whitewater won 17 matches and finished the season ranked 19th in the NSCAA Top 25. The Warhawks reached the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament for the second straight year and Quamme was named NSCAA North Region Coach of the Year.
Under Quamme's tutelage, UW-Whitewater has earned 47 All-WIAC honors and 29 all-region accolades. In 2013, Jenna Woodson became the school's third women's soccer All-American, and Samantha Hoerchner became the second player in program history to earn the WIAC Women's Soccer Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete award. The Warhawks repeated the honors in 2014 as Sarah Sedlar garnered second team All-America accolades and Kelsey Beld was named WIAC Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year. In 2015, Brianna Reid was selected as an All-American by both the NSCAA and D3soccer.com, and Jenna Woodson was tabbed WIAC Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year. One year later, Reid and Carina Krausert were selected All-Americans by the NSCAA, and Krausert became the program's first-ever NSCAA Scholar All-American and added CoSIDA Academic All-America and WIAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year accolades. In 2018, Payton DeLuga earned the WIAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and teammate Anna Boyd earned All-Region, and both were awarded All-WIAC honors. In 2019, Sara Klimisch was named WIAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Katy Kusswurm was selected as a second team Academic All-American by CoSIDA, and seven Warhawks garnered first team All-WIAC accolades. Boyd and Kusswurm grabbed WIAC Women's Soccer Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete honors in back-to-back seasons (2020, 2021), giving the Warhawks eight of the last nine Scholar-Athlete awards.
Quamme was UW-Whitewater’s top assistant for both the men’s and women’s soccer teams from 2007-10. He also served as the varsity girls coach at Milton High School in 2010, when he also began work with the Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association as an Olympic Development Program staff coach. For 11 years (1999-2010) he worked in the Middleton Yahara Soccer Club, coaching a variety of teams, and in two of those years (2003-2004) he was the varsity girls' coach at Madison East High School. His first coaching job was with the U13 and U14 boys' teams for the Verona Area Soccer Club 1997-1999.
Quamme also oversees soccer operations and soccer camps and clinics. As director of soccer operations he is also the program manager for the Kachel Multi-Sport Outdoor Complex, which includes Fiskum Field (soccer) and Rex Foster Track (track and field).
Quamme has earned a number of soccer coaching credentials. He received a United States Soccer Federation D License in 1999, National Soccer Coaches Association of America Youth Diploma in 2001, a NSCAA National Diploma in 2002, a NSCAA Advanced National Diploma in 2004, NSCAA State and Regional Goalkeeper Certificate in 2004, and NSCAA Premier Diploma in 2006. In January 2019, Quamme earned the United Soccer Coaches' Master Coach Diploma, the highest educational degree offered by the United Soccer Coaches. As part of the degree, Quamme completed his apprenticeship with Chelsea Football Club in London. His final project was presented at the United Soccer Coaches Convention. It focused on the implementation of VX Sport athlete monitoring products into the women's soccer program at UW-Whitewater. The VX System combines the tracking of physical and readiness data with simple planning tools that empower coaches to improve athlete performance.
Quamme earned an associate degree in business management from Madison Area Technical College in 1999, and a bachelor’s in organizational management from Ashford University in 2009.
Quamme resides in Fort Atkinson with his wife, Kate, and sons Beckham and Nolan.
| Year |
W-L |
Pct. |
WIAC |
Pct. |
WIAC Finish |
WIAC Tournament |
NCAA Finish |
| 2012 |
16-5-1 |
.750 |
8-0 |
1.000 |
1st |
1st |
2nd Round |
| 2013 |
17-1-4 |
.864 |
8-0 |
1.000 |
1st |
1st |
2nd Round |
| 2014 |
18-4 |
.818 |
8-0 |
1.000 |
1st |
2nd |
1st Round |
| 2015 |
20-5 |
.800 |
5-2 |
.714 |
3rd |
1st |
Quarterfinals |
| 2016 |
22-2 |
.917 |
7-0 |
1.000 |
1st |
1st |
3rd Round |
| 2017 |
14-4-4 |
.727 |
4-2-1 |
.643 |
2nd |
2nd |
1st Round |
| 2018 |
10-10-1 |
.500 |
3-4 |
.429 |
5th |
T-3rd |
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| 2019 |
14-6-3 |
.674 |
5-1-1 |
.786 |
1st |
1st |
1st Round |
| 2021 |
13-7 |
.650 |
4-3 |
.571 |
T-3rd |
T-5th |
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| Totals |
144-44-13 |
.749 |
52-12-2 |
.803 |
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(Updated July 22, 2022)
