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Erin Kasmarik-Mallett enters her seventh season as head women's soccer coach at Southwest Minnesota State in 2021. She was named to the position on July 23, 2015, and has compiled a career record of 30-56-3 overall, including 27-46-2 in conference play. The 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19.

SMSU had a big bounce back season in 2019, starting the season 6-1 and qualifying for the NSIC Tournament for the first time since 2015. SMSU finished the season 11-7 overall, posting the program's first winning season since 2014. SMSU had three players earn All-NSIC honors, including Alli Miskowiec, who was also named second team all-region. It was the program's first all-region honoree since 2015.

In her inaugural season in 2015, she led SMSU to an 8-9-2 overall record and a seventh place finish in the NSIC with a 8-6-1 mark. The eight wins were the most by a first year head soccer coach in school history. SMSU also made the NSIC tournament for the third consecutive year, but suffered a 1-0 loss to Augustana (S.D.) in the first round.

Kasmarik-Mallett's 2016 team finished with a 6-11-1 overall record and a 5-9-1 NSIC record, finishing just five league points out of qualifying for SMSU's fourth consecutive NSIC tournament. 

SMSU struggled in 2017 with just one victory, but started the 2018 season 3-5, including 3-3 in NSIC play before finishing with a 4-13 overall record.

Kasmarik-Mallett, the fifth head coach in program history, came to SMSU after serving as the head boys’ soccer coach at Brookings (S.D.) High School for two seasons (2013-14) and also served as an assistant women’s soccer coach at South Dakota State University. She has also coached several club teams in the state of South Dakota since 2010.
 
Kasmarik-Mallett began her coaching career in 2010 spending two seasons as a graduate assistant at SDSU. During her first two seasons she helped lead the squad to 23 victories, including one conference championship.
 
Originally from Coon Rapids, Minnesota, Kasmarik-Mallett was a standout player for the SDSU women’s soccer team from 2005-08. She was a first team All-Summit League honoree during her senior season, leading the league with six game-winning goals, tied for the league lead in goals and ranked second in points. She helped lead the Jackrabbits to their first ever NCAA tournament appearance in 2008, scoring a team-high 24 points with 10 goals. She closed her career recording 39 points with 15 goals and nine assists in 75 games.
 
A standout in the classroom, Kasmarik-Mallett was a second team CoSIDA Academic All-America in 2008.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and athletic training from South Dakota State in 2010 and received her master’s degree from SDSU in sport science in 2012.

Erin and her husband, Sean, live in Lynd and have four children.