Entering his fifth season at the helm of Miami's women's soccer program is veteran head coach Bobby Kramig. Kramig, who has headed the women's program since its inception in 1997, has been the mentor of Miami Soccer for the past 18 years.

As women's coach, Kramig has successfully guided the program through its transition from club to varsity status. In 1997, the inaugural team finished the season ranked fourth in the nation among first-year programs and placed three players on the Soccer Buzz magazine first-year all-national team. In 1999, Kramig led the RedHawks to a landmark season that included a trip to the MAC Championship match and a Miami men's and women's record 17 wins.

Last season, Kramig led the Red and White deep into the postseason, guiding the RedHawks to a 13-8-0 overall record, a MAC Tournament Championship and an NCAA Tournament berth. Kramig's soccer team was the only Miami team sport to make an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2000.

During his four-year tenure as women's coach, Kramig has mentored eight all-MAC selections, 15 all-Ohio honorees, six NSCAA all-Great Lakes Region selections, a MAC Freshman of the Year, a Soccer Buzz Freshman all-American and, last season, an NSCAA first-team all-American in Andrea Cunningham.

Over the past three seasons, Miami has compiled a 42-32-4 mark (.564), including an astonishing mark of 30-11-1 (.726) and consecutive MAC Championship appearances over the past two seasons.

Kramig arrived at Miami in 1983 to take over a men's soccer program that was being reinstated after a one-year absence. After struggling through a 3-12 season in 1983, he took a firm grip on the reins and guided Miami to a three-year record of 34-11-9 from 1984-86, culminating in a Mid-American Soccer Conference (MASC) Championship in 1986. For his efforts, Kramig was honored as the Ohio Coach of the Year in both 1985 and 1986, and the MASC Coach of the Year in 1986.

Miami soccer's mentor brought the men's program to the height of its domination in the early 1990's, compiling 51 wins from 1991-94. In 1993, Kramig guided the program to its first Top 25 ranking, as Miami won both the Diadora Kickoff Classic and the Nike Great Lakes Classic. Kramig shared MAC Coach of the Year honors while five of his players earned all-conference plaudits during the historic season.

Miami's men's soccer program achieved its pinnacle in 1994, when Kramig's squad amassed a school record 15 wins, a MAC Championship and an appearance in the play-in round of the NCAA Tournament. Kramig was named MAC Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season while three of his players earned all-MAC, all-state and all-Mideast honors and one was selected MAC and Ohio Collegiate Player of the Year.

In all, Kramig compiled a 138-143-21 (.492) mark as the head of the men's program. His 138 wins accounted for more than two-thirds of the program's total victories. The products of Kramig's program accounted for 23 all-Mideast region honorees, 47 all Ohioans and 33 all-conference selections.

Kramig, a standout prep goalkeeper while at Wyoming High School in Cincinnati, earned all-city honors under Coach Dave Gaston. He went on to play collegiately at Florida Southern College, where he competed for Sam Snow. Kramig was team captain and MVP as a junior and senior and an all-state selection in 1981.

Following his graduation, Kramig began his coaching career as the goalkeeper coach at his alma mater while also serving as a staff coach for the Florida Olympic Development Program.

In the fall of 1982, Kramig accepted his first full-time position as head women's and assistant men's coach at Morehead State (Ky.). He directed the women's program to a 13-3 mark and the Kentucky Intercollegiate Soccer Association Championship and was named Kentucky Coach of the Year.

Kramig is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), a past president of the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Coaches Association (OCSCA) and serves as chairman of the McGuffey Foundation School Board of Trustees. He also serves as a member of the MAC Soccer Advisory Committee and holds an NSCAA Advanced National Coaching Diploma and a United States Soccer Federation "A" coaching license.

Kramig and his wife, Karen, live in Oxford with their son Robby (13) and daughter Anna (6).

The Kramig File

Women's

1982    Morehead St.    13-3-0  .813
1997    Miami   	     7-13-0  .350
1998    Miami   	     5-8-3   .406
1999    Miami   	     17-3-1  .833
2000    Miami   	     13-8-0  .619
Total           	     55-35-4 .606

Men's

1983    Miami   3-12-0  .200
1984    Miami   10-3-4  .706
1985    Miami   14-2-2  .833
1986    Miami   10-6-3  .625
1987    Miami   5-13-1  .289
1988    Miami   9-12-0  .429
1989    Miami   8-13-0  .381
1990    Miami   6-13-1  .325
1991    Miami   12-6-2  .667
1992    Miami   12-5-1  .714
1993    Miami   12-6-1  .667
1994    Miami   15-5-1  .714
1995    Miami   8-10-1  .447
1996    Miami   2-12-3  .206
1997    Miami   8-11-1  .425
1998    Miami   4-14-0  .222
Total       138-143-21  .492

Combined

at Miami        180-175-25      .507
Overall         193-178-25      .519

Coaching Achievements

Ohio Coach of the Year          1985
		              1986
MASC Coach of the Year          1986
MAC Coach of the Year           1993
        	                  	    1994
Kentucky Coach of the Year      1982