Eric Sieger completed his seventh season as the Carleton women's golf head coach by being named the MIAC and MWCGA Coach of the Year after leading the Knights to their most successful season in program history in 2007-08. The Knights were nationally ranked the entire spring season, rising as high as 17th in the GolfWeek/NGCA Division III Coaches poll. Carleton didn't lose to an unranked team the entire spring season, and defeated 15th-ranked Wartburg, 17th-ranked McMurry and 22nd-ranked Rhodes during the year. They posted wins over three NCAA Championships team qualifiers (Wartburg, McMurry and Illinois College). For the second straight year, the Knights had an individual qualifier to the NCAA Championships, as Katrina Wood '09 tied for 37th. The Knights set new team records for 18-, 36- and 54-hole totals and tallied five of the program's top 12 single round team scores during the season. Laura Knutson '11 set new first-year scoring records for 18-, 36- and 54-hole totals, as well as single season average.

Sieger has led the Knights to their best MIAC Championships finishes in school history. For two consecutive seasons Golf Digest has ranked Carleton's program as one of the best in the country, regardless of Division, in the magazine's "Academics First" category, which recognized collegiate programs where student-athletes can receive a top-notch education and be a part of a very competitive golf environment. The magazine also ranked Carleton in the top 20 percent of all programs in terms of player improvement. Carleton is one of only three programs nationally to earn the NGCA's team academic award in each of the first three seasons of the awards existence.

Under his direction the Knights have improved their MIAC Championships team finish in each of his first four years and notched the program's best conference championships finish by placing fourth at the 2006 MIAC Championships. The Knights spent much of the 2006-07 season ranked in the top 30 and finished third in the final Golfstat/NCAA rankings among conference programs. The Knights ended the regular season with one of the lowest rounds in school history, finishing third at the Minnesota State Championships, and ended up setting a new school single-season scoring average record by a whopping seven strokes. Kassie Wells '07 and Katrina Wood '09 earned the program's first all-conference citations and Wells repeated as an all-region player. She capped her career as Carleton's first female representative at the NCAA Championships, finishing 34th at the national championships. Everyone in Carleton's starting line-up qualified for Academic All-Conference honors and National Golf Coaches Association's (NGCA) Academic All-Scholar honors, and Wells capped her career with an NCAA Championships appearance, the first for the program. She also earned a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. The Knights collectively posted a 3.749 team grade-point average, the third-best in all of college golf to earn the NGCA's All-Scholar Team award for the third consecutive year.

In 2005-06 the Knights were ranked in the national top 30 and region’s top 10. In 2005-06 the Knights fired two of the lowest 18-hole team scores in school history and the second-lowest 36-hole score in school history. Wells was named to the NGCA all-region squad and set a new single-season school scoring record. For the third straight year, Carleton sported a trio of NGCA Scholar All-Americans and placed 21st in the country in team grade point average.

In 2004-05, the Knights set a new 18- and 36-hole school record by firing a 677 team score at its own Small College Desert Classic. For the second straight season, three players were named to the of National Golf Coach Association (NGCA) Scholar All-America squad. The Knights ranked ninth in the nation in team grade-point average, second among all Division III schools, and ranked 19th in the “Academics First” category in Golf Digest’s College Golf Guide.

In the 2003-04 season, the Knights moved into the national top 30 and the regional top 10 for the first time, posting a school-record 362.88 stroke average. The team rewrote the school record book, setting a then 18-hole mark with a 335 at the MWCGA State Championships and broke 700 for 36 holes for the first time in school history. The team also featured a trio of NGCA Scholar All-Americans, one of the few programs nationally to place multiple players on the prestigious team.

After finishing eighth at the MIAC Championships in 2000 and 2001, Carleton moved up to sixth in 2002 and fifth in 2003. The 2002-03 season saw the Knights improve their team stroke average by 73 strokes over the previous season. The Knights were ranked in the top 15 of the region for much of 2002-03 and set new 18-hole school scoring records three different times. The first-year class in 2002-03 was ranked in the nation's top five for most of the season as well.

An active member of the NGCA, Sieger is the chairperson of the Division III awards committee and serves as a voter in the NGCA Division III top 25.

Sieger, also the College’s director of media and public relations, comes from a strong high school and college golf background. He was a two-year letterwinner for Luther College (Iowa), as the Norse captured the 1997 Iowa Conference championship, their first league title since 1973. At the high school level, Sieger competed for three years at the varsity level for Durango (Colo.) High School, as the Demons produced 12 collegiate golfers and four touring professionals in the 1990s.

Sieger came to Carleton as the school's first-ever full-time sports information director in September 2000. He previously served in the same capacity at Carleton when the position was at the internship level during the 1997-98 school year. He was Alma College (Mich.) sports information director from July 1998 to August 2000, and also served as Alma's assistant director of athletics for one year. He has previous coaching experience as Northfield High School’s ninth-grade boys’ basketball coach from 1997-98, and held a similar position at North Winnishiek High School (Iowa) from 1995-97.

Sieger and his wife, Amanda, reside in Dundas with their son, Evan, and daughter, Marea.

Assistant Coach Scott Theriault
Scott Theriault joins the Knights coaching staff for the spring 2009 season, bringing a track record of success to the Knights. A three-time all-conference player and two-time all-state pick for Eden Prairie (Minn.) High School, he led his squad to the 1999 Minnesota state golf title. He attended Luther College (Iowa) for two years, capturing the 1999-2000 Iowa Conference player of the year award and the 2000 IIAC Championships individual title. He later played professionally on the Dakota Tour in 2005 before recently regaining his amateur status. The 2004 Olympic Hills club champion has worked at various private golf clubs in Minnesota and Florida.