Dave Campbell - CT Lacrosse Hall of Fame
Dave excelled as a goalie during a highly successful career at New Canaan High School and Middlebury College. After college, Dave embarked on an equally successful career as a collegiate coach and is currently in his 14th season as the head coach at Middlebury College.
Dave played four years of varsity lacrosse at New Canaan High School from 1993-1996 under Connecticut Lacrosse Hall of Fame coach Howard Benedict. In his senior year in 1996 he helped captain the team that captured the CT State Championship and finished the season ranked 11th in the country by [Lacrosse Magazine]. That same year Dave received First Team All-FCIAC, First Team All-State and high school All-America honors. Dave was also named CT Player of the Year and played in the CT North-South Senior All-Star game.
After high school, Dave attended Middlebury College where he played four years of varsity lacrosse from 1997-2000. Middlebury won its first NCAA Division III National Championship in Dave’s senior year in 2000 after a runner-up finish in 1999. Dave was selected First Team All-NESCAC in both 1999 and 2000 and was selected Second Team All-America in 1999 and Third Team All-America in 2000. Dave finished his collegiate career playing in the annual North-South Senior All-Star game in 2000.
After graduation from Middlebury, Dave stayed on as an assistant coach under Erin Quinn and was part of the staff that went on to win their second of three consecutive NCAA Championships in 2001. Dave then moved on to serve as an assistant coach for two seasons at Notre Dame. In 2003, he became the head coach at Connecticut College where he led the team to a pair of NESCAC Tournament appearances in 2004 and 2005.
In 2006, he became the head coach at Middlebury, and led the team to a NESCAC Championship in 2007 and to seven NCAA Division III Tournament bids, including a semifinal appearance in 2009. Dave was named the NESCAC Coach of the Year in 2009 and has a career record of 141-82 with the Panthers through the 2019 season. In his 13 seasons at the helm his players have been named USILA All-Americans 38 times and All-NESCAC on 42 occasions. He has also coached 17 Scholar All-Americans during his time at Middlebury.