Jim Berkman
| Sport(s) | Lacrosse |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Salisbury University |
| Record | 480-51 (.904) |
| Annual salary | $110,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Watertown, New York |
| Playing career | |
| 1979-1982 | St. Lawrence |
| Position(s) | Midfielder |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1983-1984 | Salisbury (asst.) |
| 1985 | Potsdam State |
| 1986-1988 | St. Lawrence (asst.) |
| 1989-present | Salisbury |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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11 NCAA Division III National Championships (1994, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016) ICAC Basketball Championship (1988) CAC Women's Soccer Championship: (1994, 2000) |
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| Awards | |
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USILA Division III Coach of the Year (1991, 2008, 2012) As Lacrosse Player: |
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| Records | |
11 NCAA Division III National Championships (1994, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016)
19 CAC Championships (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)
USILA Division III Coach of the Year (1991, 2008, 2012)
CAC Coach of the Year (1996, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)
FieldTurf Tarkett Division III Coach of the Year (2006, 2007)
USILA Howdy Myers Man of the Year (2012)
National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
As Lacrosse Player:
Second-Team All-American 1982
James "Jim" Berkman is an American NCAA Division III head lacrosse coach. He has served as the head coach at Salisbury University since 1989, after spending one season as the head coach at SUNY Potsdam. Salisbury has won 11Division III National Championships and 19 Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) Championships during his tenure with the Sea Gulls. He has been named the Division III coach of the year four times and the CAC Coach of the Year ten times.
In 2008, Berkman surpassed Jack Emmer's former record of 326 wins to become the all-time winningest NCAA men's lacrosse coach. As of the end of the 2016 season, Berkman possesses the highest all-time winning percentage of a lacrosse coach at any level at .897 with an overall coaching record of (489-56). Most recently, Berkman lead the Gulls to a 14-13 victory over Tufts University in the 2016 Division III Men's Lacrosse National Championship.
Berkman grew up in Watertown, New York. He attended nearby St. Lawrence University, where he played basketball and lacrosse as a midfielder. He scored thirty goals to finish his college career as the third all-time scorer for the Saints. In basketball, he averaged 8.2 points per game and finished his career as the all-time leader in assists. As a senior in 1982, he was named a second-team lacrosse All-American and played in the North-South All-Star Game. That year, he was named the Most Valuable Player on both the lacrosse and basketball teams and the Outstanding Male Senior Athlete.
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