Women's Soccer January 09, 2015

Milwaukee Names Fabiano Women’s Soccer Coach

Former Parkside coach takes over for Panthers

MILWAUKEE – Troy Fabiano has been named the head women's soccer coach at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Director of Athletics Amanda Braun announced today.

Fabiano comes to Milwaukee after 17 years as the head women's soccer coach at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, where he compiled a remarkable .770 winning percentage and boasted a 222-74-29 record.

"We are very excited to have someone with Troy's tremendous experience join our team," Braun said. "He is a great coach and recruiter and he is a proven winner. We're looking forward to having him in Milwaukee working as an educator and leader for our young women."

Fabiano is the eighth coach in Milwaukee program history, and takes over a program that has made 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, won 15 regular season league titles and 10 league tournament trophies.

"I'd like to thank Amanda Braun, Kathy Litzau and the entire search committee for entrusting me with the opportunity to lead the Milwaukee women's soccer program into the future," Fabiano said. "It's a great opportunity for me and my family. Throughout the process, I was really impressed with everybody in the athletic department and their vision for the program moving forward.

"It was very noticeable how tightly knit the Panther community is and the support the coaches have to be successful, both on and off the field."

Fabiano guided Parkside to 16 consecutive winning seasons, eight NCAA Tournament appearances and five Great Lakes Valley Conference championships. He earned three GLVC Coach of the Year awards, and was named the Midwest Region Coach of the Year in 2008, 2010 and 2014.

During his time with the Rangers he helped coach seven All-Americans, including one Capital One Academic All-American First-Team selection in 2014.

Fabiano guided Parkside to another memorable season in the fall, finishing with an 18-1-3 record and a berth in the NCAA Sweet 16 before falling to the eventual national champion in overtime. The Rangers were also ranked as high as No. 3 in the nation during the 2014 campaign that saw them clinch both the GLVC regular season and tournament titles. His team also boasted the best goals against average in the nation this season, yielding just 0.265 per game.

Fabiano began his coaching career as a men's assistant at his alma mater, Robert Morris. He then went on to become the interim head men's coach at NCAA Division I Eastern Illinois, before returning to his hometown of Kenosha to take the assistant position with the Parkside women's program in 1996. After one season, Fabiano was promoted to head coach and he led the Rangers to the GLVC's Final Four in just his third year at the helm and to the league championship game one season later.

Fabiano had a superlative playing career before going on to be a highly successful coach. He played locally at Kenosha Bradford High School before earning a scholarship to play soccer at Robert Morris University. While with the Colonials, Fabiano was member of the All-Northeast Conference first team all four years. He was the Northeast Conference Player of the Year and finished 10th in the nation in scoring as a senior.

Fabiano's soccer skills were employed in the professional ranks after his term at Robert Morris. He played one season with the Pittsburgh Stingers of the CISL; one season with perennial power Milwaukee Wave of the NPSL; and one season with the Milwaukee Rampage of the USISL.

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