Field Hockey

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 will be inducted into the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Hall of Fame on January 17, 2009 as one of six honorees in the Class of 2008.

Chamberlin will enter her 23rd season at the helm for the Sea Gulls in 2009.

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.

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, 2002 and in 2007. Salisbury has made 21 NCAA tournament appearances during Chamberlin's tenure, which includes 15 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. In 2007, the Sea Gulls won 20 straight games as the maroon and gold advanced to the national semifinals and finished the year with a 20-2 record.

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 NFHCA South Region Coach of the Year seven different times, most recently in 2007.

Chamberlin's players have also been recognized nationally during her tenure as she has coached 50 Division III All-Americans and 97 NFCHA All-South Region players. The Sea Gulls have also been honored with seven straight CAC Player of the Year awards, 12 overall in the past 13 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 News
01/17/09 Coach Chamberlin enters NFHCA Hall of Fame
11/14/08 Salisbury sweeps CAC Field Hockey Awards; Hancock, McGovern, Chamberlin honored; 7 on All-CAC teams
09/22/08 Coach Chamberlin to be inducted into NFHCA Hall of Fame
07/29/08 Chamberlin and DiBartolo promoted to Assistant Athletic Director positions at SU
12/12/07 Chamberlin named NFHCA South Region Coach of the Year
11/01/06 Chamberlin joins exclusive club with win No. 300

Coach Chamberlin's Record at SU