After three successful seasons, Tracy Hamm will be calling San Francisco State University her new home, after taking a job offer at the Division II level to be the top soccer coach.

She was in Disneyland Dec. 21 when she got the job offer.

“It’s very bittersweet,” Hamm told the Press Democrat. “I loved Santa Rosa, I loved my department, I loved all of my student athletes.

Hamn had an overall record of 43-16-5 and she led the Bear Cubs to a Big 8 Conference championship and was named Conference Coach of the year.

“It was the most welcoming experience I have ever been a part of in my career,” Hamm said of her three years with the Bear Cubs. “There is really a great energy, a winning mentality. It helped me grow as a coach, working with student athletes that come from such an eclectic background. I think it helped me really understand and mature as a coach and as a person.”

Before playing professionally, Hamm was a Pac-10 All-Conference and All-West defender at the University of California at Berkeley.

“She’s a great role model for the players,” Bear Cubs athletic director Ron Myers said. “You read her comments by the players, they highly respected her.”