Dominick Dawes
{{Short description|American ice hockey coach (born 1980)}}
{{distinguish|Dominique Dawes}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Dominick Dawes
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|12|20}}
| birth_place = Utica, New York, USA
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| current_title = Head Coach
| current_team = Stevenson
| current_conference = UCHC
| alma_mater = Norwich University
| player_years1 = 2000–2004
| player_team1 = Norwich
| player_years2 = 2004–2005
| player_team2 = Macon Trax
| player_years3 = 2005–2006
| player_team3 = Florida Seals
| player_positions = Defenseman
| coach_years1 = 2006–2008
| coach_team1 = Hamilton (asst.)
| coach_years2 = 2008–2015
| coach_team2 = Neumann
| coach_years3 = 2015–Present
| coach_team3 = Stevenson
| overall_record = 168–110–37 ({{winpct|168|110|37}})
| tournament_record = 4–0 ({{winpct|4|0}})
| championships = 2009 ECAC West tournament champion
2009 NCAA National Champion
2013 ECAC West tournament champion
| awards = 2009 Edward Jeremiah Award
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Dominick Dawes is an American ice hockey coach and former player who was the NCAA Division III coach of the year in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.ahcahockey.com/coty.html |title=American Hockey Coaches Association |access-date=2012-07-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116180435/http://www.ahcahockey.com/coty.html |archive-date=2010-01-16 }}
Career
Dawes played for Thomas R. Proctor High School in Utica, New York.{{Cite web |title=Utica's Dawes, team capture national title |url=https://www.uticaod.com/story/news/education/graduation/2009/03/22/utica-s-dawes-team-capture/44883944007/ |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Utica Observer Dispatch |language=en-US|date=2009-03-22}} Upon graduating, Dawes played four years at Norwich for head coach Mike McShane. In his junior season, Dawes helped the Cadets win the program's second National Championship. After graduating with a degree in business management, Dawes played two years of professional hockey in the low-level Southern Professional Hockey League where he lost every fight he was in before retiring as a player.
In 2006, Dawes began his coaching career, first serving as an assistant at Hamilton. After two years, he was named as the head coach for Neumann and looked to help the 10-year-old program continue to improve. In his first season, Dawes led the Knights to a respectable record but the team shone once the postseason began. Neumann won three games to win its first ever conference tournament and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Neumann received the fifth eastern seed and played its first tournament game against conference rival Elmira. After a narrow win in the first round, they took down #1 overall seed Plattsburgh State 5–4 in overtime. The Knights continued their magical run with a 2–0 shutout in the national semifinal and then pulled off probably the most surprising championship victory when they downed Gustavus Adolphus in the final.{{cite web |url=https://www.uscho.com/2009/04/01/american-hockey-coaches-association-name-neumann-colleges-dominick-dawes-as-mens-division-iii-coach-of-the-year/ |title=American Hockey Coaches Association Name Neumann College's Dominick Dawes as Men's Division III Coach of the Year |work=USCHO |date=April 1, 2009 |accessdate=March 5, 2022}} Dawes was named as the National Division III coach of the year and became just the second person to win a D-III title as both a player and a coach, the first being Tim Coghlin.{{cite web |url=https://www.neumannathletics.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster/coaches/dominick-dawes/39 |title=Dominick Dawes |work=Neumann Knights |accessdate=March 5, 2022}}
After the title, Dawes began taking classes at Neumann and earned a master's in strategic leadership.{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominick-dawes-67595b34 |title=Dominick Dawes |work=Linked In |accessdate=March 5, 2022}} Dawes continued to lead his team to winning records in each of the next four seasons, capturing a second conference championship in 2013. Unfortunately, because the ECAC West had lost its automatic qualifier due to a lack of membership programs, he wasn't able to get Neumann back to the NCAA Tournament. In 2015, Dawes left Neumann to become the first head coach for the program at Stevenson, which would begin play the following year. Despite being a brand new team, the Mustangs played well out of the gate, posting a winning record in just their second year and finishing near the top of the conference more often than not.{{cite web |url=https://www.gomustangsports.com/sports/mice/coaches/Dawes_Dominick?view=bio |title=Dominick Dawes |work=Stevenson Mustangs |accessdate=March 5, 2022}}
Statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular Season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs | |||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | |||||||||
| 2000–01
| Norwich | 23 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2001–02 | Norwich | 25 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002–03
| Norwich | 25 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2003–04 | Norwich | 28 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05
| SPHL | 56 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2005–06 | SPHL | 56 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 71 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
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! colspan="3" | NCAA totals ! 101 !! 16 !! 31 !! 47 !! 52 !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — | |||||||||
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! colspan="3" | SPHL totals ! 112 !! 15 !! 36 !! 51 !! 163 !! 14 !! 0 !! 3 !! 3 !! 22 |
Head coaching record
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Neumann Knights
|color = color:white; background:#003466; {{box-shadow border|a|#FFD102|2px}}
|startyear = 2008
|conference = ECAC West
|endyear = 2015
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| season = 2008–09
| name = Neumann
| overall = 21–9–2
| conference = 8–5–2
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = NCAA National Champion
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2009–10
| name = Neumann
| overall = 15–9–3
| conference = 7–5–3
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = ECAC West Semifinal
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2010–11
| name = Neumann
| overall = 14–9–5
| conference = 7–4–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = ECAC West Runner-Up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2011–12
| name = Neumann
| overall = 15–8–3
| conference = 3–6–3
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = ECAC West Runner-Up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2012–13
| name = Neumann
| overall = 19–6–3
| conference = 8–6–1
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = ECAC West Champion
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013–14
| name = Neumann
| overall = 9–12–5
| conference = 4–8–3
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = ECAC West Quarterfinal
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–15
| name = Neumann
| overall = 14–9–4
| conference = 9–5–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = ECAC West Runner-Up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Neumann
| overall = 107–62–25
| confrecord = 46–39–14
}}
{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Stevenson Mustangs
|color = color:white; background:#004E42; {{box-shadow border|a|#000000|2px}}
|startyear = 2016
|conference = ECAC West
|endyear = 2017
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2016–17
| name = Stevenson
| overall = 10–14–2
| conference = 4–9–1
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason = ECAC West Quarterfinal
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Stevenson
| overall = 10–14–2
| confrecord = 4–9–1
}}
{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Stevenson Mustangs
|color = color:white; background:#004E42; {{box-shadow border|a|#000000|2px}}
|startyear = 2017
|conflong = United Collegiate Hockey Conference
|conference = UCHC
|endyear =
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2017–18
| name = Stevenson
| overall = 11–8–7
| conference = 9–3–4
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = UCHC Semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–19
| name = Stevenson
| overall = 10–15–0
| conference = 7–11–0
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–20
| name = Stevenson
| overall = 18–8–2
| conference = 13–4–1
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = UCHC Semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = Stevenson
| overall = 12–3–1
| conference = 7–1–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = UCHC Runner-Up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Stevenson
| overall = 51–34–10
| confrecord = 36–19–6
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall = 168–110–37
|conference =
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References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats|nhl=|euro=|elite=78729|hockeydb=81566}}
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{{succession box | before = Tim Coghlin | title = Edward Jeremiah Award| years = 2008–09 | after = Mike McShane}}
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