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Samantha Gribowicz

  • Title
    Assistant Women's Soccer Coach
  • Year at California (PA)
    8th
  • Alma Mater
    Pittsburgh - 2014
  • E-Mail
    gribowicz@pennwest.edu
Samantha Gribowicz enters her fifth year as an assistant coach at California (PA) in 2022.

Gribowicz currently works as a goalkeeper coach andĀ oversees training for several youth clubs around the Pittsburgh area for whom she has also organized goalkeeper camps and clinics. She has also assisted and been the head coach for various PA West youth soccer club teams since 2014.

As a college goalkeeper, Gribowicz totaled over 900 minutes while playing in 15 career games with seven starts in two seasons at Washington & Jefferson, a NCAA Division III program. As a freshman in 2010, she helped the Presidents capture their third-straight Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship and return to the NCAA Tournament for a third-consecutive year. Gribowicz later transferred to Pittsburgh and helped the women’s club soccer team capture two regional championships and make a pair of appearances at the national tournament in 2012-13.

Gribowicz earned a bachelor’s degree with a dual major in psychology and German language and cultural studies from Pittsburgh in 2014. She has worked in the mental health field as a service coordinator with Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (UPMC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the past seven years.

A native of Bethel Park, Gribowicz currently holds a ā€œCā€ license from U.S. Soccer. She also holds a United Soccer Coaches Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma and a Level 1 Performance Analysis accreditation through ISPAS.