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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 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.
Chamberlin is in her 21st season at the helm for the Sea Gulls in
2007.
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 20 NCAA
tournament appearances during Chamberlin's tenure, which includes
14 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.
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 National Field Hockey Coaches Association 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 48 Division III All-Americans and 97
NFCHA All-South Region players. The Sea Gulls have also been
honored with six straight CAC Player of the Year awards, 11 overall
in the past 12 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.
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