Erica Demers enters her fourth season as an assistant coach for Grand Valley State. Over the past three seasons, Demers had helped the Lakers capture the first GLIAC and Great Lakes Regional titles in school history.

The Lakers have tallied their three best season goal totals under Demers in the last three seasons, scoring 75 in 2005 and an astounding 86 in 2006 before setting the school record with 88 goals in 2007. GVSU outscored opponents by 3.35 goals per game last season.

Before coming to Grand Valley State, Demers played four years of Division I soccer at Oakland University. Following that, she spent one year as a graduate assistant at The Citadel.

In addition to coaching collegiate soccer, Demers was also an instructor for the U-18 girls and U-6 boys and girls at Oakland University's soccer camps. She also trained the U-17 girls' Mesa Soccer Club.

Demers played in 81 games during her four years as a Golden Grizzly. In her senior season, she was named the Mid-Continent Conference Tournament MVP after leading her team to its fourth consecutive conference tournament title and third straight NCAA appearance. She was a two-time Mid-Continent Conference First Team selection and earned Mid-Con Player of the Year honors in 2002. Demers ended her career at OU with 15 goals, 25 assists and 55 points.

Demers also played for the Canadian U-21 National Team Pool and was part of the Canadian National Championship team in 2000. In 1997-98, she played for the National Training Centre team and for five years was a member of the Ontario Provincial Team.

In 2004, Demers graduated from Oakland University with a Bachelor of Science in Health Science and is pursuing her master's degree at Grand Valley State. She also recently earned her D-license in coaching.

A native of Welland, Ontario, Canada, she graduated from Centennial Secondary High School in 2000, where, in addition to being her soccer team's MVP, she played basketball, volleyball and badminton.