Don Zimmerman (lacrosse)

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Don Zimmerman
Biographical details
Born1953
Baltimore, Maryland
Playing career
1975–1976Johns Hopkins
Position(s)Midfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977Johns Hopkins (B squad)
1978Princeton (assistant)
1979–1982North Carolina (assistant)
1983Johns Hopkins (assistant)
1984–1990Johns Hopkins
1991–1993Loyola (MD) (assistant)
1994–2016UMBC
Head coaching record
Overall237–171
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 NCAA D-I (
1987)
3 America East tournament (2006, 2008, 2009)
5 America East regular season (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Awards
IMLCA Lifetime Achievement Award
America East Coach of the Year (2006, 2008, 2009)
1976 honorable mention All-American
U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2017

Donald Zimmerman (born c. 1953) is a television analyst and former American college

National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2017.[3]

Early life

Zimmerman attended

Randolph-Macon College before he transferred to Johns Hopkins University. He played lacrosse as a midfielder for the Blue Jays in 1975 and 1976.[5][6] His senior year, he received honorable mention All-American honors and the Turnbull-Reynold Award for leadership and sportsmanship. He graduated in 1976.[4]

Coaching career

Early coaching positions

After graduating, Zimmerman remained at Hopkins for a season to coach the lacrosse program's B squad in 1977. He spent the following season as an assistant coach at

1982.[4]

Johns Hopkins

In 1983, he returned to his alma mater, and became the head coach in 1984 after the retirement of Henry Ciccarone. That year, he led the Blue Jays to a perfect 14–0 season and became the first head coach to win an NCAA championship in his first season. In 1985, Hopkins again won the national title while suffering one loss. The following year, the Blue Jays compiled a 10–2 record, and were eliminated in the semifinals in overtime by the eventual national champions, North Carolina. In 1987, Zimmerman led the team to a 10–3 record and a third title.[4] Upon expiration of his contract,[7] he left Hopkins after compiling a 6–5 record in 1990.[4] The reason he cited was the pressure associated with the high-profile position.[7] In total, Zimmerman's teams at Johns Hopkins posted a 73–15 record.[4]

Former Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala spent his entire college playing career under Zimmerman, from 1986 to 1989.[5] Former North Carolina and Hopkins head coach John Haus played for the Tar Heels under Zimmerman and then served as his assistant at Johns Hopkins.[8][9] Zimmerman was the United States men's national lacrosse team's assistant coach for the 1986 World Lacrosse Championship.[10]

UMBC

Zimmerman spent three years at

North-South Senior All-Star Game.[10]

In 2005, UMBC posted a 5–1 conference mark to achieve the

another berth in the NCAA tournament. There, they upset seventh-seeded Maryland in the first round for the school's first appearance in the NCAA quarterfinals.[11]

In 2008, UMBC again faced Albany in the America East championship game. Halfway through the second period, the Retrievers trailed 11–2, but rallied to edge their opponents, 14–13.[13] Zimmerman was named the 2008 America East Coach of the Year.[12] In June, he was considered the frontrunner to replace John Haus who had been fired as North Carolina's head coach, but Zimmerman removed his name from consideration. He said, "The people at UMBC have been good to me, and this is my home ... these are my kids and I recruited them. I just didn't think this was the right time to move."[14]

In 2009, UMBC captured its fifth consecutive outright or shared America East regular season title.

NCAA tournament, the Retrievers faced sixth-seeded North Carolina. UMBC entered the game with the number-one ranked midfield in the nation, but it was lacking in depth, and the first-string was thus forced to play most of the 90 °F (32 °C) game. The Retrievers led 8–6 at halftime, but North Carolina assumed control during the third period and went on to win, 15–13.[18]

While coach at UMBC, Zimmerman has traveled to

United States Lacrosse Hall of Fame inducted Zimmerman on January 25, 2003.[10][19]

Personal life

Zimmerman lives in Towson, Maryland with his wife, Dorothy. They have two adult children, a son and a daughter.

References

  1. ^ Lee, Edward (May 16, 2017). "Former Johns Hopkins, UMBC men's lacrosse coach Don Zimmerman content with 'new chapter' as ESPN analyst". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  2. ^ Lee, Edward (May 2, 2016). "Don Zimmerman retires after 23 years as head coach of UMBC men's lacrosse". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  3. ^ Lee, Edward (May 24, 2017). "Former Johns Hopkins, UMBC coach Don Zimmerman to be inducted into National Lacrosse Hall of Fame". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Don Zimmerman". UMBC. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  5. ^ a b Johns Hopkins-UMBC Men's Lacrosse Notes[permanent dead link], National Collegiate Athletic Association, March 3, 2008. [dead link]
  6. ^ Letterwinners since 1950 Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), 2009 Johns Hopkins Men's Lacrosse Media Guide, p. 106, Johns Hopkins University, 2009.
  7. ^ a b Hopkins lacrosse coach Zimmerman steps down, The Washington Times, June 12, 1990.
  8. ^ Greg Rienzi, Coach Haus gets down to business, The Johns Hopkins Gazette, September 21, 1998.
  9. ^ John Haus, University of North Carolina, retrieved July 9, 2009. Archived June 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ a b c A classroom with goals Archived 2009-03-31 at the Wayback Machine, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, retrieved May 18, 2009.
  11. ^ a b "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). UMBC. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  12. ^ a b c Edward Lee, UMBC sweeps America East Conference honors, The Baltimore Sun, April 28, 2009.
  13. ^ UMBC Edges Albany 14–13 On Miraculous Comeback Archived 2009-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, Lax.com, May 4, 2008.
  14. ^ Mike Preston, Zimmerman sticking it out at UMBC, The Baltimore Sun, June 11, 2008.
  15. ^ Edward Lee, Binghamton at UMBC: Three things to watch, The Baltimore Sun, April 29, 2009.
  16. ^ Edward Lee, Postscript from Binghamton at UMBC, The Baltimore Sun, April 30, 2009.
  17. ^ UMBC quickly turns showdown into a rout, The Record, April 12, 2009.
  18. ^ Christian Swezey, Warrior May Madness: NCAA First Round In-Game Blog - UMBC at No. 6 North Carolina Archived 2009-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, Inside Lacrosse, May 9, 2009.
  19. ^ a b Don Zimmerman Helps Bring Lacrosse to Argentina, Insights, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, December 9, 2004. Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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