The Grutzner File

Birthday: April 26, 1973

Hometown: Madison, Wis.

Alma Mater (Year): UW-Green Bay (1995) | Master's degree: University of Phoenix (2004)

Degree: Communications

Coaching Experience:

2022-present: Head Coach, Green Bay

2021: Assistant coach, Green Bay

2020: Assistant coach, Vassar College

2019: Head Coach, SUNY-Purchase

2006-18: Head Coach, Oregon High School

Honors and awards:

Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Coach of the Year

NSCAA WI Coach of the Year

Wisconsin State Journal All-Area Coach of the Year

Madison Sports Hall of Fame Special Recognition Award

All-Conference Second Team (as a player)

All-Tournament Team (as a player)

Championships:

WIAA State Champion (as a coach in 2015 and 2018)

Worth noting:

She served as the top assistant coach at Edgewood College from 2015-17. She also coached for the Wisconsin ODP (Olympic Development) program for several years. Prior to that, she was the assistant coach at Middleton High School and Robbinsdale Armstrong High School in Minnesota. Grutzner also coached club soccer for the Oregon Soccer Club, Madison 56ers, and the Wayzata Soccer Club. Grutzner was also a three-sport athlete at Madison Lafollette High School, competing year-round on the volleyball, basketball and soccer teams. She also played for the Madison 56ers.

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Grutzner was named the 13th Green Bay women's soccer head coach in December of 2021 following a successful stint as the program's interim head coach during the 2021 season. Grutzner assumed interim duties midway through the season and helped GB make their first Horizon League Tournament appearance since 2014, grabbing the four seed with an 8-3-6 record. Under Grutzner's leadership, the Phoenix registered an emphatic 4-0 HL quarterfinal win over No. 5 Cleveland State before falling 2-0 to the eventual HL champions, Milwaukee in the semis. GB sported one of the HL's stingiest defenses during the 2021 season, allowing only 16 goals in 17 games played. Three players were named All-League under Grutzner in 2021, with Savanna Hayes highlighting the list for the Phoenix with a First Team selection, while McKayla Kertscher received a Second Team nod, and Emily Sirois earned a spot on the All-Freshman team.

Grutzner came to Green Bay prior to the 2021 season as an assistant coach following her tenure as assistant coach at Vassar College and head coach of women's soccer at SUNY Purchase, both in New York. During her tenure at Purchase College, she helped guide the Panthers to a 7-8 overall record in 2019, going 3-7 in Skyline Conference action. The team scored three or more goals six times during the season, while two players were named to the All-Skyline Conference First Team.

Before her time at Purchase, Grutzner spent 13 years at the helm of Oregon High School's soccer program where she boasted a career coaching record of 169-62-32 overall. Under her guidance, the Oregon girls team won the WIAA Division 2 State Title in 2015, were runner-up in 2016 and 2018, and were state qualifiers in 2017. 

Following the 2015 season, Grutzner was named Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Coach of the Year, NSCAA WI Coach of the Year and the Wisconsin State Journal All Area Coach of the Year. She returned as the WI State Journal Coach of the Year in 2016, was co-coach in 2017, and won it again in 2018. Grutzner also received the Madison Sports Hall of Fame Special Recognition Award for the undefeated 2015 season (23-0-1).

In addition to her notable coaching career at OHS, Grutzner was a teacher at St. Ann School for 10 years (2008-18).

Playing collegiately for the UW-Green Bay women's soccer team, Grutzner helped lead the women's soccer team to a regional ranking and its most successful record to date at 13-4-2 during her junior campaign. She was named team captain her senior year and finished the season on the All-Conference2nd team and All-Tournament Team. She capped a

stellar playing career with two years of semi-professional soccer for the Madison Freeze (1996-97).

She also holds a USSF C License, USSF Youth National License, United Soccer Coaches Association National Diploma, United Soccer Coaches Association Advanced National Diploma,and a United Soccer Association Level 1 Goalkeeper License.

The UW-Green Bay graduate earned her bachelor's in communications in 1995, later earning a master's degree in elementary education from the University of Phoenix in 2004.

Julie and her husband, Jon, live in Green Bay with their daughter Madeline.

Julie Grutzner All-Time Head Coaching Record

Year

School

Record

Conference Finish / Postseason

2021*

Green Bay

2-2-1

4th (Horizon League)

2022

Green Bay

3-11-2

11th (Horizon League)

2023

Green Bay

0-11-5

11th (Horizon League)

*took over as Interim Head Coach

Overall Record (3 seasons): 5-24-8

Green Bay: 5-24-8 (3 seasons)