Dawn Strunk begins her first season as the head women's lacrosse and assistant field hockey coach. Prior to coming to Bloomsburg, Strunk was the head lacrosse coach at LIU-Brooklyn where she coached the start-up program to a two-year mark of 7-18.

Strunk was also the head lacrosse coach at Montclair State from 1999-2001. She guided the team to a three-year record of 22-22 and had the program's first winning season in 20 years (9-6) in 2001. During her tenure, Montclair State had three players ranked among national statistics leaders and set nine school records.

Strunk was also the head field hockey coach at Montclair and posted a 46-31 mark over four seasons, including 13-6 in 2000 and a school-best 15-4 record in 2001. After losing the ECAC Division III Mid-Atlantic title game in 2000, the Red Hawks returned the following year to defeat Catholic, 1-0, for the school's first crown in 11 years.

She also notched the highest winning percentage (.597) since the program's debut in 1961 and the back-to-back postseason bids were the Red Hawks' first in over a decade. She coached seven all-conference players, including a Division III All-American.

Strunk spent one season at her alma mater, East Stroudsburg University, earning her Masters in Health and Physical Education while serving as a graduate assistant for the lacrosse and field hockey programs. She was also the lacrosse and field hockey coach during the 1996-97 school year at Mercyhurst College.

As a player Strunk was a Division II first team All-American field hockey goalkeeper for East Stroudsburg and was tabbed ECAC Most Valuable Player in 1993. In lacrosse, Strunk was awarded the school's coaches award. Also the chairperson of ESU's Athletes Council and the school's Athlete of the Year as a senior, Strunk graduated in 1993 with a B.S. in Sports Administration.