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Delta College

University Center, MI 48710
Michigan Midwest
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Damon Amey

Damon Amey brings a tremendous amount of coaching experience to the Pioneer coaching staff. Damon is entering his third year as head coach for the pioneers and 11th year as part of the program. In 2017, he became a Co-Head Coach with Coach Stenglein.


After leading these Pioneers to a NJCAA Region 12 Tournament Championship in 2019, 2018, & 2017 he was honored as the NJCAA Regional Coach of the Year for 2017-2019. In 2019 the Pioneers won their 2nd consecutive MCCAA Conference Championship, he was again awarded Coach of the Year honors. He helped lead the Pioneers into back to back to back NJCAA D3 National Final Fours, with a second place finish in 2018 & 2019. After the Pioneers finished Runner-up in the National Tournament, with the only loss in 2019 being the National Championship game, the coaching staff was honored with Midwest Region Staff of the Year for the 2nd consecutive year. In the last three years Damon and his Pioneers have a record of 49-5-2 making them one of the most prominent NJCAA DIII Women’s Soccer programs in the nation. This is not only due to his dedication to coaching and recruiting top level Academic and All American Players. They have been an Academic All American team for the past several years.


He had been coaching locally for 25 years, including 20 years of women's soccer at both the high school and club level. Damon has been coaching college soccer for 15 years, 6 years at SVSU as an assistant, and 1 year as interim head coach.


Before Delta, he was the women's assistant at Saginaw Valley State University as the head recruiting coach, and being interim head coach for 1 year, as well as being the Head Coach at D1 Heritage High School in Saginaw, Michigan, after leaving his head coaching position at D1 Bay City Western High School. He has earned SVL Conference Coach of the Year honors for both Heritage and Bay City Western High Schools.


Damon holds an Advanced National Coaching license from the United Soccer Coaches Association to add to his vast coaching experience.


Along with all of his coaching Damon is a full time teacher in the Saginaw Township Community Schools. He has taught Science, and currently Physical Education in grades K-8. He also served as Middle School Athletic Director at White Pine Middle School for six years. During this time, he received Middle School Athletic Director of the year (2017). He has been married to his wife Melissa for 18 years, and he has two children Brett age 14 and Chad age 12.


Damon is highly respected throughout the soccer community and he has added a tremendous amount to making the Delta Pioneer team into a nationally strong program. He is a highly gifted teaching coach that is tremendously gifted as a clinician. He also is a great student of the game, and he is continually educating himself on new concepts that will benefit the program. The Pioneers are blessed to have his skills and talents in a leadership role in our program.


Damon received a Bachelor of Arts from Saginaw Valley State University in 1999, a Masters in Educational Leadership from SVSU in 2006, and an Educational Specialist in Educational Leadership from SVSU in 2008.

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Paul Stenglein

Along with creating and continuing to lead the girl's soccer program at Frankenmuth High School over the past 24 years, in 2011 Coach Stenglein was hired to lead the brand new Women's Soccer program at Delta College. He started his college experience here at Delta in the mid-70's and he has felt that this opportunity to coach the Pioneers has been a special blessing. As he says, "It's good to be back home again at Delta." He holds a NSCAA National Coaching License and has coached High School and Travel Teams for over 30 years. After leading these Pioneers to a NJCAA Region 12 Tournament Championship in 2011, 2012, 2017, & 2018 he was honored as the 2011, 2012, 2017, & 2018 NJCAA Regional Coach of the Year.


In 2018, the Pioneers won their first MCCAA Conference Championship and he was again awarded Coach of the Year honors. He helped lead the Pioneers into back to back NJCAA D3 National Final Fours, with a second place finish in 2018. After the Pioneers finished Runner-up in the National Tournament, the coaching staff was honored with MidWest Region Staff of the Year. He has also been awarded the MHSSCA Division III State Coach of the Year honor in 1998, 2004, and 2011. In 24 years at Frankenmuth, he has earned 400 wins and led Frankenmuth High School to 15 Conference Championships, 12 District Championships, and 3 Regional Championships.


Stenglein has been happily married to his wife Vicki for over 40 years, and has two children Jeff and Heather, who have been coaching with him for a number of years. His philosophy is to challenge his players to reach their full potential on and off the field. He believes that it is critical for the players to enjoy being involved with his teams so he can get the most from them individually and collectively. He is detail orientated and puts a high regard on mastering core technical skills as well as understanding higher level tactical concepts. His defensive style is extremly high pressure with emphasis on a very free flowing unpredictable attacking unit. We invite you to check out this website and learn more about how our program may fit your needs as a student-athlete.

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