John Danowski was introduced as Duke's eighth head men's lacrosse coach on July 21, 2006.

Danowski enters his third year at the helm of the Blue Devil lacrosse program after helping Duke to two of its finest lacrosse seasons in school history. In just two seasons in Durham, Danowski lays claim to a 35-5 record, two ACC regular season and tournament titles, and two appearances in the national semifinals and the title tilt once.

In 2008, he guided the team to an 18-2 overall record, the ACC regular season and tournament championships and the squad's second consecutive appearance in the national semifinals. He mentored nine All-Americas, including three first-team honorees, the USILA Player of the Year as well as the USILA's picks for attackman and defenseman of the year.

The Blue Devils achieved an equal amount of success in the classroom under Danowski's watch as 15 players earned a spot on the ACC All-Academic Team and Max Quinzani collected ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American honors. Duke also garnered the ACC Sportsmanship award during the 2008 season.

In his first year at the helm of the Blue Devil program, Danowski guided Duke to the finest season in school history. The Blue Devils went 17-3, captured both the ACC and regular season championships, earned the program's first number one seed in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the national title game.

For his efforts, he was named the ACC Coach of the Year as well as the Person of the Year by US Lacrosse. The 2007 campaign yielded four first team All-America honorees while attackman Matt Danowski was the consensus national player of the year.