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Honors and Awards: ACC Coach of The Year ('07); NCAA Coach of The Year ('93); LI Lax Hall of Fame; 3 Time Joseph "Frenchy" Julien Sportsmanship Award ('88, '89, '94);
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About Me: John Danowski was introduced as Duke's eighth head men's lacrosse coach on July 21, 2006.
In his first year at the helm of the Blue Devil program, Danowski guided Duke to the finest season in school history. The Blue Devils went 17-3, captured both the ACC and regular season championships, earned the program's first number one seed in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the national title game.
For his efforts, he was named the ACC Coach of the Year as well as the Person of the Year by US Lacrosse. The 2007 campaign yielded four first team All-America honorees while attackman Matt Danowski was the consensus national player of the year.
A veteran coach entering his 26th season as a collegiate head coach in 2007, Danowski spent 21 campaigns (1986-06) at Hofstra, compiling an overall record of 192-123 (.609) with eight conference championships, eight NCAA Tournament bids and 17 final national rankings among the top 20 teams in the nation.
With an overall coaching ledger of 236-142 (.624), Danowski is
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More about me: A 1976 graduate of Rutgers University where he earned a bachelor of science degree in Environmental Science/Education, Danowski was a four-year letterman in lacrosse and continues to hold several Scarlet Knight records. He established school single-game records for assists (13 vs. Penn State, 1973) and total points (14 vs. Penn State, 1974) and a single-season standard for assists with 54 in 1973. He currently ranks second on Rutgers' all-time list for assists (120) and is eighth in total points (177). Danowski, who helped the Scarlet Knights to NCAA Tournament appearances in 1973 and 1974, was a three-time recipient of the program's Sasser Award, an honor presented annually to the team's leader in assists. Born March 12, 1954 in Bronxville, N.Y., Danowski went on to earn a master's degree in Counseling/College Student Development from LIU-C.W. Post in 1978.
Danowski's father, Ed, was an All-America halfback on the gridiron at Fordham in 1932 and 1933 who later starred for the New York Giants in the National Football League. The elder Danowski led the NFL in passing in 1935 and 1938, earning All-NFL honors in both of those seasons, and guided the Giants to league championships in 1934 and 1938. He later served as the head football coach at his alma mater from 1946-54.
Danowski and his wife, Patricia, have two children, Kate, a former lacrosse letterwinner and 2005 graduate of Quinnipiac University, and Matt, a senior at Duke and team captain of the lacrosse program.
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