Ben Shepherd enters his first season as a graduate assistant for the Cardinal Stritch University Wolves menโ€™s soccer program in 2012.

Prior to joining the Wolves, Shepherd spent two seasons as an assistant coach for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers.ย  During his two seasons as an assistant with the Panthers, the program went 12-20-5

Shepherd originally came to Milwaukee before the 2010 from NCAA Division II Limestone College in Gaffney, S.C. He spent five seasons as the assistant coach following a playing career at the same school where he was a four-year starter as a defender and in the midfield and a three-time team captain. He helped lead the program to new levels as part of the coaching staff, with the Saints going 54-30-12 in his tenure, including 52-17-9 his final four years and 27-9-4 in Conference Carolinas play over that same span.