Dambach joined the Chestnut Hill College men’s lacrosse coaching staff in 2017, after a stellar collegiate career in the Scarlet and Gold. A two-year captain, two-time Most Valuable Player (MVP), two-time All-East Coast Conference (ECC) performer, and recipient of the Chestnut Hill College Athletic Director’s Award (2016-2017), Dambach ranks among the program’s top-10 all-time in 11 categories including ground balls (4th, 127), goals (2nd, 89), points (2nd, 170), and assists (1st, 81).
Dambach had an impressive freshman season (2014) at Chestnut Hill College, helping the Griffins to their first ECC Men’s Lacrosse Championship Tournament in program history. He finished the year as the team leader in assists (20) and second in points (36). He totaled 16 goals with five of them coming in a 20-8 ECC win at Dominican College on April 12; he recorded nine points in all in that contest, which stood as the program’s all-time, single-game high until he masterminded a 12-point (5 goals, 7 assists) performance in a 22-4 triumph over Georgian Court University on April 11, 2017.
He continued to serve as a potent point man in his sophomore season (2015), totaling 27 points with 14 goals and 13 assists. Six of those assists came in an 18-6 Senior Day rout of Roberts Wesleyan College on April 18, tying the program’s all-time, single-game high before breaking it in the 12-point effort versus the Lions in 2017.
Serving his first term as a team captain, Dambach earned his first of two MVP awards and two All-ECC accolades (2nd Team) as a junior (2016). He tied the program’s all-time, single-season scoring mark of 57 points with 37 goals and 20 assists and also tied the single-game goal mark with six in a 15-5 win over Dominican College on April 2.
As a senior (2017) – his second season as a team captain, MVP, and All-ECC (1st Team) honors - Dambach led the Scarlet and Gold with 50 points (22 goals, 28 assists), helping return the Griffins to the ECC postseason with a program-best 8-5 overall mark and a 6-2 league standing. He was recognized at the annual Athletics Award Reception as Chestnut Hill College’s male Athletic Director’s Award recipient; demonstrating excellence both on and off the field.
Academically, Dambach collected a range of scholarly accolades. He was a six-time member of the Chestnut Hill College Dean’s List and Athletic Academic Honor Rolls (Fall ’14, Spring ’15, Fall ’15, Spring ’15, Fall ’16, Spring ’17), a three-time member of the ECC Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017), as well as, a two-time recipient of the Division II Athletic Directors Association (D2ADA) Academic Achievement Award (2015-2016, 2016-2017), and a member of the 2016 Philadelphia Inquirer Men’s Lacrosse Academic All-Area Team. Dambach finished his collegiate career as a USILA/Nike Division II Scholar All-American, earning honors in 2017.
In addition to coaching the Griffins, Dambach has remained an active staff member for the Leading Edge South Lacrosse Club’s Sixth-Grade Team, the Howell High School Lacrosse Futures Clinic, and United Lacrosse of Monmouth and Ocean Counties (N.J.).
Dambach graduated from Chestnut Hill College in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and immediately became a member of the College’s fulltime staff as an academic advisor in the school of undergraduate studies. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in clinical and counseling psychology with a concentration in trauma.
