Coaches & Team Staff

Coaches

Greg Muhr

Head Coach

Greg Muhr took the reigns as Ambush head coach in May, 2021.

As a player, Muhr enjoyed a professional arena soccer career that spanned nine seasons from 1989 to 1998. He played four seasons with the Chicago Power, two with the St. Louis Storm, one with the St. Louis Ambush and two with the Detroit Rockers. In 239 career games, the defender tallied 43 goals and 47 assists and blocked 475 opposing shots. Greg also played outdoor soccer with the Chicago Stingers in the USISL D-3 league.

After his playing career, Muhr embraced coaching full time. Muhr brings over 27 years of coaching experience to the Ambush. He s currently the Girls Director for the Sporting St. Louis Soccer Club and also serves as a coach for the Missouri Youth Soccer Association’s Olympic Development Program. He has also been the Women’s Soccer Assistant Coach at Depaul University and head coach of two USL women’s league teams.

Greg is a native of Hoffman Esttates, Illinois. Prior to turning pro, Muhr played four years of collegiate soccer at Eastern Illinois University, where he graduated with a degree in psychology.

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Jamie Swanner

Assistant Coach

Jamie Swanner has played for the St. Louis Ambush, Canton Invaders, Buffalo Blizzard and Kansas City Attack in a career that spanned 16 seasons.

Swanner was instrumental in the Ambush capturing the 1994-95 NPSL Championship. Jamie was Head Coach of the Ambush for the 1999-2000 season. Swanner was owner and Head Coach of the St. Louis Illusion (PASL-Pro) from 2008 to 2010. In 1997, Swanner became an assistant coach with both the Duchesne High School and Lewis and Clark Community College teams.

Prior to turning pro, Swanner was a member of the 1984 US Olympic Team and the 1984 US National Team. Swanner attended Southwest High School in St. Louis. After graduating from high school, he was a goalkeeper on Clemson University’s men’s soccer team. In 1983, his senior season, he earned first team All American honors and was named the ISAA Goalkeeper of the Year. He also lettered in baseball at Clemson in 1983.

Swanner became Assistant Coach and Goalkeeper Coach of the Ambush in December 2015. The 2019-20 season marks his fifth as Assistant Coach for the team.

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Donnie Alberty

Assistant Coach

Donnie Alberty joined the Ambush as an Assistant Coach in November, 2020. Alberty is also Head Coach of Men’s Soccer at Fontbonne University.

Alberty brings over 25 years of coaching experience to the Ambush, including four years at Fontbonne. In his time at Fontbonne, the program has produced one Defensive Player of the Year, two All-Region, three SLIAC First Team All-Conference, five Second Team All-Conference, and four Third Team All-Conference selectees.

In 2017, his first season at Fontbonne, Alberty guided the Griffins to a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Regular Season Championship, its first since the 2013 season. The team finished with 13 wins that season which gave Alberty the SLIAC Coach of the Year and his win total is second most in program history for a first-year head coach at Fontbonne.

Prior to joining the Griffins, Alberty spent two seasons as head men’s soccer coach at St. Charles Community College. There, he helped develop one All-Region, four Second Team All-Region, three First Team All-Conference, and four other players that were named to the All-Conference Second Team.

In addition to his coaching role, Coach Alberty serves as the SLIAC representative on the NCAA Central Region Rankings Committee, is a member of the Fontbonne University Mental Health Awareness Committee and this past summer was promoted to Director of Compliance.

Coach Alberty has coached with numerous clubs in the St. Louis area and holds a USSF License.

Coach Alberty earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Missouri Baptist University. He resides in St. Peters with his wife Tammy and children, Bryce and Abby.

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