Jim Berkman has served as the head coach at Salisbury University since 1989, after spending one season as the head coach at State University of New York at Potsdam in 1985.
12 Facts About Jim Berkman
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Jim Berkman has been named the Division III coach of the year four times and the CAC Coach of the Year ten times.
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In 2008, Berkman surpassed Jack Emmer's former record of 326 wins to become the all-time winningest NCAA men's lacrosse coach.
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Jim Berkman attended nearby St Lawrence University, where he played basketball and lacrosse as a midfielder.
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Jim Berkman scored thirty goals to finish his college career as the third all-time scorer for the Saints.
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Jim Berkman then attended graduate school for two years at Salisbury University, where he served as an assistant lacrosse coach.
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Jim Berkman took over as the Salisbury men's lacrosse head coach in 1989.
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The Sea Gulls under Jim Berkman have secured the Division III national championship in 1994,1995,1999,2003,2004,2005,2007,2008,2011,2012,2016,2017, and 2023, and appeared in the final in 1991,2000,2006,2010,2014,2018, and 2021.
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Jim Berkman was awarded the 1991 Francis "Babe" Kraus Award, the 2008 United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division III Coach of the Year honors, and the FieldTurf Tarkett Coach of the Year honors in 2006 and 2007.
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Jim Berkman was named the CAC Coach of the Year in 1991,1996,2002,2003, and each year from 2005 to 2008.
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Under Jim Berkman, Salisbury has secured numerous records for winning streaks.
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Jim Berkman's nephew, Rick Berkman, was an all American player for his uncle at Salisbury and has been the men's lacrosse coach at SUNY Potsdam for 29 years.