University of Maryland Athletics

A longtime Terrapin, Kerry Dziczkaniec serves in the role as Coordinator for Olympic Sports at Maryland as she assists in the day to day operations of Men's Soccer, Track & Field, Men's and Women's Golf, and Tennis. 

Dziczkaniec spent nearly 30 years coaching women's soccer, including two stints at Maryland from 1999-2004 and 2019-21. In 2022-23, she served as Director of Operations for the 2022 Big Ten Champion Maryland Men's soccer program. 

During her time with the Terps' women's soccer staff in 2019, she helped Maryland to its best season since joining the Big Ten. The Terps finished 9-8-3 overall, the program’s first winning season since 2012, and finished with the team’s best home record (7-1-2) in nine seasons. 

Dziczkaniec returned to College Park in 2019 after previously serving on the staff of National Soccer Hall of Famer Shannon Higgins-Cirovski from 1999 to 2004. Dziczkaniec oversaw some of the most successful teams in program history, as the Terrapins made four NCAA Tournament appearances and she worked with two All-ACC goalkeepers.

Prior to her second tenure with the Terrapins, she spent 11 seasons as an assistant women's soccer coach at Virginia. She was recognized as the 2013 NSCAA National Assistant Coach of the Year. During the 11 seasons from 2008-18, the Cavaliers have posted a 185-47-26 record, won the 2012 ACC Championship, the 2013 ACC regular season title on the way to the 2013 NCAA College Cup, advanced to the finals of the NCAA College Cup in 2014 and then followed it up with another ACC regular season title in 2015. Upon her return to Charlottesville, she worked for four seasons with goalkeeper Chantel Jones, who set the ACC career shutout record. Most recently, Dziczkaniec was instrumental in the development of goalkeeper Morgan Stearns, who set the UVA career win record with 69 victories in goal in 2016.

Prior to Virginia, Dziczkaniec spent four seasons as the head coach at Vermont. She twice led the Catamounts to the America East Conference playoffs, including the program's first conference tournament appearance in seven years in 2005. Her 2006 and 2007 recruiting classes were both ranked among the best in the region, marking the first time in school history for back-to-back ranked classes. Her 2007 squad led the fall sports teams in the conference by having 24 of 25 players earn America East Academic Honors.

Dziczkaniec began her collegiate coaching career at Virginia where she served on Lauren Gregg's staff in 1994 and 1995 and April Heinrichs' staff in the spring of 1996. She was also an assistant coach at Florida State for three seasons (1996-98) before her tenure at Maryland for six seasons (1999-2004).

A 1993 graduate of George Washington with a major of Exercise and Sport Science, Dziczkaniec was a four-year letterwinner on the Colonials' soccer team. A two-year starter in goal, she was the team's MVP in 1991 when she posted a career-high six shutouts and was a two-year team captain. Following college, she played several seasons in the USISL W-League, including leading the Maryland Pride to the 1996 National Championship, being named to the all-tournament team.

She holds a "C" coaching license from the U.S. Soccer Federation and has served as a coach of the Region I ODP staff.