Wittenberg Men's Soccer Assistant Coach Michael Lambeck

Bio

Michael Lambeck returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach in 2025. This is his second stint on the Wittenberg men's soccer coaching staff.

A four-year letterwinner from 2008 to 2011, Lambeck was named team MVP in 2010 while garnering first-team All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) and All-Ohio recognition, and appeared again on the All-Ohio squad in 2011 on the third team. His career total of 315 saves ranks second in school history.

After graduating from Wittenberg, Lambeck was the goalkeeper for the Zanesville Athletic FC of United Soccer League 2 for the 2012 season.

Lambeck started his coaching career as an assistant with the University of Akron's women's soccer team, where his responsibilities included recruiting and scouting. Lambeck the returned to Wittenberg as an assistant coach in 2013, and he was a part of the staff for three seasons. Lambeck's other coaching stops include the University of the Ozarks (assistant 2016-19), McMurry University (head coach 2019-22), the College of Wooster (assistant 2022-23), and Johnson & Wales in Charlotte, NC (head coach 2024).

Lambeck has also coached goalkeepers with Akron's men's soccer team summer camps, and he has worked camps organized a variety of clubs, organizations, and schools, including Buckeye Soccer Camps at Wittenberg, Team Ohio FC, Team Dayton, and girls' U-9 through U-17 with the Internationals Soccer Club in Akron.

Lambeck graduated from Wittenberg in 2012 with a bachelor of arts in sociology, and he also attained a master's of sport administration from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 2019. He resides in Dublin, Ohio.