QuoteWisconsin Lutheran College Athletics announced today that Head Men's Soccer Coach Joe Luedke is stepping down from his position after 26 seasons leading the Warriors. Luedke will transition into a full-time role as Director of Coaching for Elmbrook United Soccer Club.

Luedke, the second-longest tenured head men's soccer coach in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference, departs as the winningest coach in program history with 161 career victories.

Under Luedke's leadership, WLC recorded three seasons with 10 or more wins, including a school-record 11 victories in 2012. In 2007, he was named NAC Coach of the Year after guiding Wisconsin Lutheran to its first-ever 10-win season in program history. Over his 26 seasons, the Warriors qualified for the conference tournament 15 times.

One of the program's most notable postseason runs came in 2016, when WLC entered the conference tournament as the No. 6 seed and upset No. 3 MSOE and No. 1 Dominican in consecutive matches, coming one game shy of an NCAA Tournament berth. More recently, Wisconsin Lutheran achieved a milestone in 2024, earning its first-ever regional ranking after posting the best start to a season in program history at 7-2-2.

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Quote from: deiscanton on Yesterday at 11:37:25 AMI will be watching this weekend's action on FloCollege-- I may watch the NYU at WashU game live on the bedroom Roku TV, and put the Brandeis women at UChicago on the computer. 

Understood.
Sometimes I've got a few games going & a few on pause to get back to later. 

Not sure anyone will slow down NYU during the regular season...maybe even beyond.
However, if there's a chance for someone to knock them off, it would probably be at Wash U.

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Quote from: Patrick Coleman on January 20, 2026, 01:20:57 PMFirst off, I agree that thousands of kids get horrifically bad advice.

Using the portal is not required at the moment, but as of Aug. 1, it will be as the result of a vote just taken last week at the NCAA convention.

Even so, frankly, why would you not put yourself in the portal, since that's where all of the coaches' eyeballs are?

If I was a D3 football player, I'd accept the fact that I am not likely to get paid to play football and I would work towards my degree and build lifelong relationships through the greatest sport known to man.  If I was to transfer, it would be to win. 

Small school football players transferring around from school to school is nuts and there is no way that they could ever graduate.  But I'm sure that their agent, or uncle has told them that they are "league bound". The top % of D3FB players that move up are hearing from the bigger programs, not from some bs agent

A small school player goes into the portal to see if they can get a scholarship at a larger school.

Why would a kid stay at a d3 school and pay 20k a year when they can go to a scholarship school for free?

Quote from: D3fanboy on January 20, 2026, 01:43:36 PM

Quote from: Patrick Coleman on January 20, 2026, 01:20:57 PMFirst off, I agree that thousands of kids get horrifically bad advice.

Using the portal is not required at the moment, but as of Aug. 1, it will be as the result of a vote just taken last week at the NCAA convention.

Even so, frankly, why would you not put yourself in the portal, since that's where all of the coaches' eyeballs are?

If I was a D3 football player, I'd accept the fact that I am not likely to get paid to play football and I would work towards my degree and build lifelong relationships through the greatest sport known to man.  If I was to transfer, it would be to win. 

Small school football players transferring around from school to school is nuts and there is no way that they could ever graduate.  But I'm sure that their agent, or uncle has told them that they are "league bound". The top % of D3FB players that move up are hearing from the bigger programs, not from some bs agent

Quote from: Hopkins92 on Yesterday at 10:42:13 AMIt's a great topic, but I don't think you're going to find a like-for-like in any sport. The closest thing I think of in the NFL is a hypothetical where the Jets somehow go from - whatever that is -- to winning a Super Bowl.

Quote from: deiscanton on Yesterday at 11:37:25 AMI will be watching this weekend's action on FloCollege-- I may watch the NYU at WashU game live on the bedroom Roku TV, and put the Brandeis women at UChicago on the computer.