Samantha Schoessow
Samantha Schoessow

Bio

Samantha Schoessow completed her seventh season as the Concordia University Wisconsin field hockey head coach in 2022. Schoessow, who built the Falcons program beginning in 2016, has the future looking bright for CUW Field Hockey.

The 2022 season saw six victories including two conference victories.  Four Falcons were named to the All-SAA team and one to the SAA All-Sportsmanship Team.  The Blue and White excelled in the classroom with 10 SAA Honor Roll selections and eighth NFHCA National Academic selections.

She also helped lead CUW into new settings in 2021 when the Falcons and coach Schoessow hosted the SAA Tournament and showcased Wisconsin field hockey. 

The Falcons were one of only a very few teams that were able to compete in the 2020 season.

In 2019, the CUW field hockey team secured a first-round bye in the SAA Tournament and finished the year with a 6-11 record. The Falcons landed a program-record five All-SAA selections in 2019. Megan McPike and Sam Dunn earned NFHCA All-Region selections. The team also traveled to Costa Rica after the season.

The 2018 Falcons soared to new heights in 2018. The Falcons secured a program-best 7-8 record and won their first-ever SAA Tournament game. CUW finished with three All-SAA selections in Samm Dunn, Megan McPike, and Callie Neumann. McPike was also named the SAA Newcomer of the Year. Dunn and McPike also earned all-region honors.

The Falcons went 2-4 in SAA play in 2017 and were the fifth seed in the SAA Tournament, falling 3-1 to Sewanee in the opening round of the tournament. The Falcons roster was comprised of one junior, the rest of the players being underclassmen.

In 2017, Schoessow coached several players to postseason awards. Highlighting those was Sam Dunn, who became the program's first-ever All-Region selection, a Second Team All-Great Lakes pick. CUW was also well-represented with All-Conference awards in 2017, as Landis-Schoessow coached three players to SAA recognition, including 2017 SAA Newcomer of the Year, Callie Neumann. Sam Dunn joined Neumann on the First Team, while Kelsey Fulton, the program's leading scorer after two seasons, was named to the Second Team.

The Falcons won six games in year one under Landis-Schoessow. Included in those six wins was a victory in the only home game of the season, a 6-0 decision over Lindenwood Belleville. The Falcons home contest featured the second-largest crowd in NCAA Division III history. Landis-Schoessow followed that up with a 5-9 record in year two, which included a transition into the Southern Athletic Association, the Falcons first season in a conference.

 

Schoessow also served as interim head coach of the CUW women's lacrosse team in the spring of 2017, leading CUW to a share of the MWLC Regular Season championship.

Schoessow is no stranger to field hockey as she was a two-time All-Commonwealth Conference selection and a Second-Team All-Region selection her senior year. She also served as an assistant coach at her high school, Warrior Run Area.

She is the mother of Colton. 


Samantha Schoessow Career Coaching Record 

Season Overall  Conference Conference Finish
2022 6-10 (.375) 2-3 (.400) 4th
2021 7-11 (.389) 2-2 (.500) 3rd
2020 0-2 (.000) -- --
2019 6-11 (.353) 1-3 (.250) 3rd
2018 7-8 (.467) 2-3 (.400) 4th
2017 5-9 (.357) 2-4 (.333) 5th
2016 6-12 (.333) NA NA
Career 37-63 (.370)  9-15 (.375)