Longtime Sonoma State soccer coach Marcus Ziemer, eldest of Bay Area brothers coaching dynasty, dies in Germany

Longtime Sonoma State soccer coach Marcus Ziemer, eldest of Bay Area brothers coaching dynasty, dies in Germany

By Carlos E. Castañeda Marcus Ziemer, the eldest brother of a Bay Area soccer coaching dynasty and longtime head coach of the Sonoma State University men’s soccer team before the school eliminated athletics last year, died in Germany early Tuesday morning after a weekend accident. He was 63. His family announced on social media that Ziemer, a resident of Rohnert Park, had died after watching a Borussia Dortmund match on Saturday. The Press Democ…

Obituary: Marcus Ziemer made an enormous impact on California soccer - Soccer America

Marcus Ziemer, Sonoma State’s longtime soccer coach and a member of Northern California’s prominent Ziemer soccer family, died at the age of 63. The post Obituary: Marcus Ziemer made an enormous impact on California soccer appeared first on Soccer America.