Education
Lamphear attended the University of Wisconsin where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1992 to 1995.
Lamphear attended the University of Wisconsin where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1992 to 1995.
He was a 1995 first team All American and the team Most Valuable Player on the 1995 National Collegiate Athletic Association championship Wisconsin Badgers soccer team He later served as an assistant coach with the Colorado College men’s and women's soccer teams. On March 4, 1996, the MetroStars selected Lamphear in the 2nd round (11th overall) of the 1996 Master of Library Science College Draft.
However, he negotiated with the MetroStars to allow him to finish his degree before joining the team
He graduated in December 1996 with a bachelor"s degree in chemical engineering. In 2011, the Badgers inducted Lamphear into the school"s Hall of Fame.
In the spring of 1997, he joined the MetroStars, but was cut during the preseason. He then played for the Rockford Raptors of the USISL during the 1996 and 1997 seasons and the Chicago Stingers in 1998.
In 2001, Colorado College hired Lamphear as an assistant coach with its National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III men’s team
In April 2003, Lamphear became an assistant with the school’s National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women's team He held that position until April 2006.