Duke Lacrosse Update - Duke University Athletics
Duke Lacrosse Update - Duke University Athletics
Duke Lacrosse Update - Duke University Athletics
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Cemented as one of the top coaches in college lacrosse, John<br />
Danowski has helped lead the <strong>Duke</strong> men's lacrosse team to<br />
unprecedented success during his seven-year tenure. Danowski<br />
was introduced as <strong>Duke</strong>'s eighth head men's lacrosse coach on<br />
July 21, 2006 and quickly led the Blue Devils to some of the<br />
most successful lacrosse seasons in school history and to a pair<br />
of NCAA Championships in four seasons.<br />
In Danowski's seven years at the helm of the Blue Devil<br />
lacrosse program, he has compiled an impressive 111-29<br />
record in leading <strong>Duke</strong> to six ACC regular season titles and<br />
four ACC tournament titles, seven appearances in the national semifinals, three in the<br />
NCAA title match and ultimately to the 2010 and 2013 national titles. A winner of 80<br />
percent of his games at <strong>Duke</strong>, the individual awards Blue Devil players have garnered is<br />
equally impressive. In only seven seasons, Danowski helped mentor 44 All-America<br />
selections, 22 All-ACC choices, two Tewaaraton Trophy winners, two USILA<br />
Attackman of the Year award recipients, a USILA Defenseman of the Year, a USILA<br />
Midfielder of the Year and 11 USILA Scholar All-America picks.<br />
Danowski, second among active coaches with 330 career victories, etched his name in the<br />
NCAA lacrosse records book in 2013 as he became the 11th head coach to win multiple<br />
national titles after he guide the Blue Devils to the NCAA crown with a 16-10 win over<br />
top-seeded Syracuse.<br />
<strong>Duke</strong> finished 2013 with a 16-5 record and a share of the ACC regular season title after<br />
starting the year 2-4 and falling out of the rankings. Under Danowski's expertise, the Blue<br />
Devils righted the ship and won 14 of its final 15 games of the season. The longtime head<br />
coach also became the first coach to lead his team to seven consecutive championship<br />
weekend appearances in his first seven seasons at the helm after <strong>Duke</strong> upended Notre<br />
Dame, 12-11.<br />
<strong>Duke</strong> landed seven players on the USILA All-America squads with Brendan Fowler and<br />
David Lawson leading the way with first team honors. Fowler also garnered the ACC<br />
Defensive Player of the Year award after leading the ACC in faceoffs and ground balls,<br />
while Lawson and Jordan Wolf joined him on the All-ACC squad. It marked the second<br />
straight season <strong>Duke</strong> had won the Defensive Player of the Year honor.<br />
After starting the year 2-4 and with reigning NCAA Champion Loyola and perennial<br />
power North Carolina on the horizon, the Blue Devils won nine straight to move back<br />
into the top 20 en route to taking home the ultimate prize. <strong>Duke</strong> won 14 of its final 15<br />
games of the season with the lone loss coming to No. 1 North Carolina.<br />
Following one-goal victories over Loyola and Notre Dame, the Blue Devils held off a<br />
feisty Cornell squad to earn a chance to play on Memorial Day for the third time under<br />
Danowski. After getting off to a slow start against top-seeded Syracuse, Fowler took over<br />
at the faceoff X, winning 13 straight draws to spark a 13-2 run that put <strong>Duke</strong> ahead 13-7.
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