Michael Lambeck is The College of Wooster men's soccer team's assistant coach. He arrived in Wooster in spring 2022.

Lambeck, a first-team All-North Coast Athletic Conference goalkeeper as a senior at archrival Wittenberg University, spent three years as head coach at Div. III McMurry University. While there, he guided the team to a 6-10-1 record in his lone full season.

Prior to his first head coaching job, Lambeck was an assistant at University of the Ozarks, a fellow Div. III member. While serving as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, Lambeck helped the program to three consecutive conference tournament berths and 20 all-conference selections. Lambeck got his start in coaching at the University of Akron, where he mentored the Zips’ goalkeepers and assisted with recruiting. Next, he spent three seasons at Wittenberg, assisting with the men’s soccer program.

As a collegiate athlete, Lambeck was a four-year starter at Wittenberg and was a two-time All-Ohio selection. He helped the program to a 2008 NCAA Div. III Championships berth and a program-record 16 victories. Lambeck’s 315 saves are the second-most in program history. He continued his career after graduation with Zanesville Athletic F.C., playing a year in the National Premier Soccer League.

Lambeck, who graduated with a degree in sociology from Wittenberg in 2012, furthered his education with a masters of sports administration degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 2019. He has extensive club coaching experience and was a member of Wittenberg’s student-athlete advisory committee as an undergraduate.