Don Zimmerman (lacrosse)
| Sport(s) | Lacrosse |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UMBC |
| Conference | America East |
| Annual salary | $150,000 (contract through 2014) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1953 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Playing career | |
| 1975–1976 | Johns Hopkins |
| Position(s) | Midfielder |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1977 | Johns Hopkins (B squad) |
| 1978 | Princeton (asst.) |
| 1979–1982 | North Carolina (asst.) |
| 1983 | Johns Hopkins (asst.) |
| 1984–1990 | Johns Hopkins |
| 1991–1993 | Loyola (asst.) |
| 1994–present | UMBC |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 198–114 (0.635) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
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Donald "Don" Zimmerman (born c. 1953) is an American lacrosse coach. He is currently serving as the head coach for the UMBC Retrievers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, a position he has held since 1994. Between 1984 and 1987, Zimmerman coached Johns Hopkins to three national championships. In 2009, The Baltimore Sun called him "the best coach in college lacrosse."
Zimmerman attended St. Paul's School in Brooklandville, Maryland. While there, the lacrosse team on which he played won three Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) championships. Zimmerman then 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. His senior year, he received honorable mention All-American honors and the Turnbull-Reynold Award for leadership and sportsmanship. He graduated in 1976.
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 Princeton University. From 1979 to 1982, he served as an assistant under Willie Scroggs at the University of North Carolina. While there, the Tar Heels won the national championship in 1981 and 1982.
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