Archbishop Spalding girls soccer coach Bob Dieterle started his coaching career like so many others. When his daughter was old enough to sign up for soccer, the recreation league team needed a volunteer and he was the one to raise his hand.

Soon after, coaching became a passion and he went on to start a Crofton travel team in the prestigious Washington Area Girls Soccer (WAGS) program with his current assistant Bob Wagner.

When some of his club players asked him to help out at Spalding, he couldn't say no.

After spending the 2001 season as an assistant coach, he took over an average-at-best program in the above-average Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference and quickly took the Cavaliers to new heights, reaching the pinnacle in 2006 when the program won its first league championship and went 19-0-2.

In his seventh season, Dieterle is one win shy of 100 with the Cavaliers taking on Seton Keough on Thursday.

-- Glenn Graham