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Salisbury coach Dawn Chamberlin

DAWN CHAMBERLIN

Position: Head Coach

E-mail: drchamberlin@salisbury.edu

Experience: 21st season at SU

Alma Mater: Iowa '85


Coach Chamberlin is the most successful field hockey coach in Salisbury University history and is one of the all-time greats in Division III. Chamberlin earned her 300th career win on November 1, 2006, to become the eighth field hockey coach (sixth active) in NCAA Division III history to reach the special milestone. She also became the 20th field hockey coach to win 300 at any NCAA level.

Chamberlin is in her 21st season at the helm for the Sea Gulls in 2007.

The Sea Gulls have transformed into a national powerhouse under Coach Chamberlin's guidance at Salisbury where the program became the first-ever, in Division III, to win three straight national championships (2003, '04, '05). The Gulls hold the record of 12 straight Division III postseason victories. SU was national semifinalists in 2000 and 2002 as well. Salisbury has made 20 NCAA tournament appearances during Chamberlin's tenure, which includes 14 straight.

Salisbury has dominated the Capital Athletic Conference since it joined in 1994. Under the leadership of Coach Chamberlin the Sea Gulls have won 13 consecutive conference titles from 1995 until present. Chamberlin has been honored by her peers as the CAC Coach of the Year 11 times.

Nationally, Chamberlin has been recognized as one of the nation's best coaches. She was named NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year in back-to-back seasons (2004, '05) and has been honored as the National Field Hockey Coaches Association South Region Coach of the Year six different times.

Chamberlin's players have also been recognized nationally during her tenure. The program has produced 42 Division III All-Americans and 93 NFCHA All-South Region players. The Sea Gulls have also been honored with six straight CAC Player of the Year awards, 11 overall in the past 12 years.

Chamberlin is a 1985 graduate of the University of Iowa, where she was a four-year letterwinner on the highly successful field hockey team. The Hawkeyes won the Big Ten championship outright from 1981 to 1983, before sharing the top spot in 1984. The '84 squad finished second in the nation. Chamberlin, Iowa's co-captain as both a junior and senior, was also a member of the national indoor championship team and was selected to the All-Big Ten team during her senior year.

While at Iowa, she also received the Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Academic Award (1982-1985) and the Physical Education Academic Achievement Award (1983-1985). Chamberlin earned her Master of Education from Salisbury in 1987 and her doctorate from the University of Maryland in 2000.

Coach Chamberlin By The Numbers

Year Record Highlights
1987 12-5-1 NCAA Semifinals
1988 16-3-3 NCAA Semifinals
1989 15-4-1 NCAA Tournament
1990 13-4-1 NCAA Tournament
1991 11-6-1 NCAA Tournament
1992 12-7-1 NCAA Semifinals
1993   7-9  
1994 12-7 NCAA Tournament
1995 13-6 NCAA Tournament, CAC Champions
1996 15-3 NCAA Tournament, CAC Champions
1997 17-3 NCAA Tournament, CAC Champions
1998 13-6 NCAA Tournament, CAC Champions
1999 15-4 NCAA Tournament, CAC Champions
2000 17-4 NCAA Semifinals, CAC Champions
2001 16-3 NCAA Tournament, CAC Champions
2002 17-3 NCAA Semifinals, CAC Champions
2003 20-1 National Champions, CAC Champions
2004 22-0 National Champions, CAC Champions
2005 21-1 National Champions, CAC Champions
2006 17-4 NCAA Tournament, CAC Champions
2007 20-1 NCAA Tournament, CAC Champions
Totals 321-84-8 3 national championships,
20 NCAA tournament appearances,
13 CAC championships

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