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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth Athletics
 6083 Alumni Gym Hanover, NH 03755
Division 1 New Hampshire Northeast
Private Medium National competitor
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Taylor Schram

Taylor Schram was named the Stacy Branca '94 Family Head Coach of Women's Soccer in December of 2022. Schram will lead the program for the second season in 2024.


At the helm of the program, Schram has led the Big Green to a 14-9-8 overall record, including the program's first result against Brown since 2018.


Prior to Dartmouth Schram served as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at Boston College for a year and a half. While with the Eagles, she assisted the head coach in all facets of the program, including developing training and game plans, enhancing the student-athlete experience and operations tasks such as budgeting and NCAA compliance affairs.


Schram spent two years as an assistant coach for the Big Green while also serving as the program's recruiting coordinator. Among her duties were analyzing team film and opponent film to plan for upcoming matches, as well as working with each student-athlete to create individualized development plans.


Schram was an assistant coach at Florida Gulf Coast University for one year where she helped lead the Eagles to a 13-4-2 record and a spot in the ASUN Conference semifinal. Schram is a U20 World Cup champion, three-time Big Ten champion, former Binghamton assistant coach and former graduate assistant at West Virginia.


Prior to FGCU, Schram spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons at Binghamton as the program's first assistant, turning the program around from a last-place finish in the America East in 2016 to conference champions in 2017 with an 11-4-4 record. That performance led to Staff of the Year honors for Schram and the Binghamton coaching staff.


A four-year starter at Penn State, Schram helped the Nittany Lions to three Big Ten titles and four NCAA Tournament appearances including a runner-up finish in 2012. During her time in State College, Schram was a two-time All-Big Ten selection, a member of the 2012 NCAA All-Tournament Team, a Third Team All-Region honoree as well as a First Team Academic All-American.


Her time at Penn State did not go unnoticed as Schram was called into the United States U20 National Team camp where she later earned a spot on the side that went to Tokyo for the U20 World Cup. There, the US finished second in the group to Germany, advancing to the knockout stage. The Americans then took down North Korea and Nigeria, setting up a rematch with the Germans in the final. The United States prevailed 1-0, the third U20 World Cup title for the US.


Upon graduation in 2014, Schram accepted a graduate assistant coaching position at West Virginia, helping the Mountaineers make the Elite Eight in 2015 and finish the season No. 2 in the country. West Virginia won the Big 12 in both of Schram's seasons as graduate assistant coach.


Schram holds USSF "B" and "C" licenses as well as an NSCAA Premier National Diploma and United Soccer Coaches Association Premier Diploma.

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Rachel Pitman

Taylor Schram, Stacy Branca '94 Family Head Coach of Women's Soccer, announced the addition of Rachel Pitman as the program's newest associate head coach in August of 2024.


"We are excited to welcome Rachel to the Dartmouth Athletics community and to the Dartmouth Women's Soccer family," said Schram.


"Rachel's passion for the game and her ability to connect with and develop student-athletes at the highest level has helped her to emerge as one of the most talented coaches in the game. Rachel's expertise stems from an elite playing career where she had the opportunity to represent England in the U17 World Cup at the youth level in addition to competing professionally for four years both in the Champions and the Women's Super League. Rachel's defensive expertise, global recruiting network, and her commitment to holistic development will be invaluable in continuing to elevate Dartmouth Women's Soccer to new heights."


Born and raised in Bristol, England, Pitman comes to Hanover with a decorated coaching and player background. With over 13 years of experience, Pitman is ready to make a positive impact on the Big Green.


Her most recent coaching experience was at DePaul University, where she spent the last six years with the Blue Demons. Starting as a graduate assistant in 2018, Pitman worked up the ranks as a second assistant to first assistant and most recently as the associate head coach. Pitman has dedicated countless hours and effort to the Blue Demons and is ready to bring her knowledge to the Big Green.


At DePaul, she conducted statistical analysis and scouting reports to present to the team, while also creating practice plans and regularly leading field sessions. Pitman also handled administrative duties and led the team in goal-setting and culture-building. She also created a new out-of-possession principle for the Blue Demons to improve the defensive unit's goals allowed stat by 30% last season.


Additionally, Pitman recruited top prospective student-athletes who made All-Big East First Team and the Big East's leading goal scorer in 2022. She also aided in the development of professional players playing in Europe.


As a player, Pitman played for DePaul from 2011-14, leading DePaul to consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in 2013 and 2014. In 2014, DePaul set a program record going 17-1-4 with a 20-match streak without a loss, the longest in the nation along with UCLA at the time. DePaul led her team to both the Big East regular-season and tournament titles while and was selected to the All-BIG EAST First Team and was NSCAA All-Northeast Region Second Team


As a student-athlete, Pitman was named to the Capital One Academic All-America First Team and was a four-time Big East All-Academic Team selection. Competing on England's U-17 and U-23 national teams, Pitman scored five goals and helped lead the English to the U-17 World Cup Semifinals. She has also played with England's U-15 and U-17 teams. Later, she embarked on her professional career with the Sunderland Ladies AFC Club in Sunderland, England where she made four appearances in the Champions League.


Pitman holds a UEFA B license.

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Hayley Dowd

Hayley Dowd joined the Big Green in August 2024, serving as an assistant coach. A native of Peabody, Massachusetts, Dowd comes off a decorated professional and collegiate soccer career.


Graduating from Boston College, a member of the ACC, Dowd played for the Eagles from 2013 to 2016. There, she made a significant impact for BC. Highlighting some of the best parts of her collegiate career, Dowd was named All-ACC Academic Team all four seasons, All-ACC Second Team for three consecutive seasons, was the Junior Scholar Athlete of the Year and was named team captain during her last season wearing the maroon and gold.


As a freshman, she played in all 24 games, starting five. Finishing the season tied for third on the team with 14 points, on five goals and four assists. Had one game-winning goal, at Illinois on in the NCAA Tournament game. In her first season, Dowd was named to the All-ACC Academic Team and also earned the Athletic Director's Award for Academic Achievement.


In her second year, Dowd started and played in all 19 games and notched a goal or assist in 11 of 19 games. She led BC in scoring 15 goals and three assists for 33 points, to lead third overall in the ACC and led BC with 62 shots, 32 on goal. Dowd was named an All-ACC second-team selection, earned NSCAA All-Southeast Regional second-team honors and was an All-ACC Academic team honoree.

At the end of the regular season, Dowd led the conference in scoring and was third in points. She finished the season with five game-winning goals and had multiple standout performances, a two goal and one assist game against North Florida and a five game scoring streak that saw her post six goals and one assist.


In Dowd's junior year, she started all 20 games for the Eagles. She netted 12 goals and added two assists for 26 total points, ranking second on the team in goals and overall points. She rode three scoring streaks throughout the season, including two five-game scoring streaks.


In her final season as an Eagle, Dowd played in all 19 games and started in 18. Her seven goals and 17 total points were a second best on the team. Dowd continued the clutch scoring, netting four game winning goals to lead the team.


After wrapping up her time with the Eagles, Dowd took her talents professionally. She was selected in the fourth round of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) by the Boston Breakers. Dowd then went on to play in the United States and abroad in Sweden and France across five different teams. Dowd captained her team in Sweden in 2020.

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Kathleen Duwve

Duwve comes to Dartmouth from Iowa State, where she served as an assistant coach for two seasons. During her time with the Cyclones, she established Avery Gillahan as a goalkeeper, earning 159 saves through her sophomore season, as well as Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Week and Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors.


She began her coaching career at DePaul University in August 2021, serving as an assistant coach. While with the Blue Demons, Duwve cultivated a competitive culture and since then, has seen goalkeepers Mollie Eriksson and Elena Milam kick off professional careers with Ottawa Rapids FC and Salmon Bay FC.


Hailing from Sylvania, Ohio, Duwve spent her collegiate career at Bowling Green State University. She holds the program records in winning percentage (64.5), as well as goals-against average (1.02). Before graduating in 2020, she earned a number of accolades, including being selected to the All-MAC First Team, Academic All-MAC Team, and named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete.


As a goalkeeper for the Falcons, Duwve had 216 saves, 14 clean sheets, 32 wins, and a .797 save percentage through 5045 minutes of work. Additionally, she guided her team to two back-to-back MAC and NCAA championships.


Duwve began her professional career in Apulia Trani ASD in Italy's Serie C, then returned to the U.S. to play for the Women's Premier Soccer League's Gotham Reserves.


"I'm thrilled to be joining Taylor, Rachel, and Hayley on staff. The vision Taylor has for this program, paired with the current staff, is something that I couldn't resist being a part of. I look forward to contributing to the development of our student-athletes both on and off the field." Duwve said.

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