Named Duke's head men's lacrosse coach on July 21, 2006,
John Danowski has guided the Blue Devils to 253 wins, nine ACC regular season championships, four ACC Tournament titles, 16 NCAA Tournament appearances including 12 Final Four berths and three national crowns in 2010, 2013 and 2014. The first NCAA Division I head coach to reach the 400-win plateau in men's lacrosse history, doing so in 2019, he has received ACC Coach of the Year accolades four times while garnering National Coach of the Year honors in 2010 following the Blue Devils' national championship run. With 472 career coaching victories compiled at Long Island University-C.W. Post (27-16; 1983-85), Hofstra (192-123; 1986-2006) and Duke (253-80; 2007-present), the East Meadow, N.Y., native is the NCAA Division I all-time leader for wins. In addition,
John Danowski served as the head coach of the United States National Team for an unprecedented two terms, guiding Team USA to gold medals at the Federation of International Lacrosse Championship in both 2018 and 2023. A 1976 graduate of Rutgers University where he lettered four seasons in lacrosse and set school single-game, season and career records for assists,
John Danowski was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2023.