Entering his 11th season as the head coach of the LIU Post women's soccer team in 2018, Mark Dawson is the all-time winningest coach in the history of the program. Dawson currently holds a record of 141-39-22 and became the program's first coach with 100 victories with a 4-0 triumph over New York Institute of Technology on Sept. 19, 2015.
 

Coach Dawson had a marquee moment during the 2013 season, as the team's 3-1 win over Caldwell College on Sept. 23 gave him 70 career coaching wins, surpassing legendary head coach Bob Blitz for second all-time on the wins list.
 

The 2010 squad put together an excellent season, winning the ECC Championship and advancing to the third round of the NCAA Championships with a final record of 14-2-4.  LIU Post ended the season ranked 13th in the nation and swept the ECC major awards. The ECC Offensive Player of the Year went to Ivana Babic; ECC Defensive Player of the Year was Anna Svensson; ECC Goalkeeper of the Year was Allie Weiser; ECC Rookie of the Year was Alexa Niciforo; and Dawson earned Coach of the Year.  In addition, seven players earned All-Conference honors, three players earned NSCAA All-Region accolades, and Danielle DeLuca was named an NSCAA All-American.
 

Dawson’s teams continued to perform well in the classroom as well as on the field, as Svensson and Babic earned CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-District honors and Svensson was named CoSIDA/ESPN Second Team Academic All-America.

Under his guidance, Dawson’s squad earned its second consecutive ECC tournament berth with a 12-6-1 record in 2009, falling just short of returning to the NCAA East Regional.
 

During his debut season at the helm, Dawson guided the Pioneers to their second consecutive East Coast Conference Championship and appearance in the NCAA Division II Northeast Regional. With a record of 17-3-1, Dawson and the Pioneers tied the program record for wins, previously set during the 2007 season.  For his efforts, Dawson was selected as the 2008 ECC Coach off the Year.
 

As an assistant in 2005, Dawson helped the team to their first-ever NYCAC tournament championship, defeating conference rival Adelphi and 10th ranked New Haven. The Pioneers advanced to the NCAA Division II Women’s Soccer Championship tournament, marking the first time the Pioneers had reached the national tourney since 1999.
 

Dawson has extensive knowledge of soccer in the Northeast Region, both with the LIU Post program, and with the former Long Island University – Southampton College. He originally joined the Pioneers after a seven-year stint at Southampton where he was the head coach of the women’s program.
 

He led the Colonials to an 80-50-6 mark during that time span, as well as a No. 3 national ranking in the 2004 campaign when Southampton played host to the NCAA Division II Championship’s Northeast Regional. A two-time NYCAC Coach of the Year (2001, ‘04), Dawson also received Northeast Region Coach of the Year accolades from the NSCAA in his final season with the program.
 

The Mastic, N.Y. resident also served as an assistant coach with Southampton’s men’s soccer program from 1996-2004, helping the Colonials to the “round of eight” in an NCAA Division II Championship tournament.  
 

In addition to his coaching duties at LIU Post, Dawson serves as a physical education instructor in the William Floyd School District.