Amber Zimmerlink - Women's Lacrosse Coach - Davidson College Athletics

Amber Zimmerlink

Title:
Volunteer Assistant Coach
Email:
amzimmerlink@davidson.edu

Amber Zimmerlink returns to Davidson as the volunteer assistant for the 2019 season. Zimmerlink was an assistant coach under head coach Kim Wayne from 2016-17 with the Davidson women's lacrosse team.

Before coming to Davidson in 2016, Zimmerlink was the head coach for the Division II women’s lacrosse program at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. in 2015. She guided the Hawks to their third straight Northeast-10 Championship berth. They reached the quarterfinal round before having their season end there to finish at an even 8-8, while finishing ranked 20th in the country. Zimmerlink coached four NE-10 all-conference team members last year, with three of the players earning spots on the second team. The fourth player earned a spot on the all-rookie team.

In addition, she was the head coach of the NH Tomahawks Girls Elite Club Team in Bedford, N.H., where she organized and planned all the practices and game plans, while coaching, training and developing the athletes.

Prior to her one-year stay at Saint Anselm, Zimmerlink did a two-year stint as an assistant coach and the defensive coordinator for Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo. During her two seasons with the Lions, they went 30-6 and made the NCAA Tournament in their first year eligible in 2014. Lindenwood, which climbed as high as No. 5 in the national rankings during just its third season as an NCAA program, finished 14-3 during the regular season, won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference with a perfect 5-0 mark and then captured its NCAA first-round game against second-ranked Limestone College, before falling in the national semifinals to No. 5 Lock Haven, 10-9.

During that season, Zimmerlink's defense ranked 10th in the country, allowing just 7.74 goals per game.

In addition to running the defense at Lindenwood, Zimmerlink was responsible for identifying and evaluating talent as one of the Lions' top recruiters.

During her time at Lindenwood, Zimmerlink also was at the helm of the Brave Lacrosse Elite Club Team from St. Louis, Mo.

Zimmerlink graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Iona College in 2012, where she was a four-year starter on defense, two-time first-team All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference pick and team captain for the Gaels. She went on to earn her master’s degree in education at Lindenwood, graduating in 2014.