It's official: Vermont soccer head coach Rob Dow is bound for Penn State.

The Catamounts bench boss since 2017 who steered the program to their first national championship nearly one year ago has been hired by Penn State, both schools announced in separate news releases on Thursday, Dec. 11 .

On Wednesday evening, media reports surfaced of Dow being in line for the open Nittany Lions ' position. Jon Sauber of Centre Daily Times reported Penn State was set to hire Dow. Prior to Sauber's online report, WCAX-TV's Jack Fitzsimmons and Michael Dugan broke news that Dow and the Nittany Lions were in "deep negotiations ."

In nine seasons as head coach in Burlington, Dow went 109-41-21 with four America East tournament crowns, three conference regular-season titles and that 2024

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