Salisbury has won 12 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championships and 19 Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) titles during his tenure with the Sea Gulls.
In 2008, Berkman surpassed Jack Emmer's former record of 326 wins to become the all-time winningest NCAA men's lacrosse coach.
[3] That year, he was named the Most Valuable Player on both the lacrosse and basketball teams and the Outstanding Male Senior Athlete.
He then attended graduate school for two years at Salisbury University, where he also served as an assistant lacrosse coach.
He then returned to his alma mater and, in addition to coaching lacrosse, he led the men's basketball team to the ICAC championship during the 1987–88 season.
[3] His nephew, Rick Berkman, was an all American player for his uncle at Salisbury and has been the men's lacrosse coach at SUNY Potsdam for 29 years.