Pawlikowski joins the Rebels after spending the 2021-22 season as head women's volleyball coach for the Brondy Volleyball Club, part of the Professional Volleyball League in Brondy, Denmark. During his time there he led the team to the Danish Senior League Championship title, the Denmark Cup National Championship title and the first seed in the Danish Elite League with 20+ wins.
Dan also worked as the head men's volleyball coach and assistant women's volleyball coach for the Gentofte Volley, part of the Professional Volleyball League in Copenhagen, Denmark. He helped the men become two time Danish League Champions with back-to-back undefeated seasons, 42-0 (2019-21). He assisted with the women to guide them to their highest ever league finish in back-to-back seasons, ending the 2021 season with a silver medal.
Prior to his time in Denmark, Pawlikowski served as the second ever head men's volleyball coach in program history at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, from 2017-19. In his first season at the helm for Dominican, Pawlikowski guided the Stars to the inaugural Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Tournament title, earning Dominican’s second bid to the NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship tournament in program history. The Stars went on to win a pair of national tournament contests, earning a spot in the national semifinal round. Under Pawlikowski, Dominican’s Doug Burchett was named the AVCA National Assistant Coach of the Year while Luke Spicer was named to the AVCA All-America First Team and Ethan Klosak garnered honorable mention for the All-America Team.
Prior to Dominican, Pawlikowski served as an assistant coach and later associate head coach at Division I Stony Brook University from 2013-2016 after breaking into college coaching in 2004 at Loyola University where he spent three seasons as an assistant men's volleyball coach. In between, Pawlikowski had stops at North Park University, Northern Illinois University and University of Wisconsin.
Before starting his coaching career, Pawlikowski enjoyed success as a player at both the high school and club level in college. At Loyola Academy, Pawlikowski was named First Team All-State in 1996 and later inducted into the Loyola Academy Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016. At the University of Illinois, Pawlikowski helped the men's club volleyball team to four top ten finishes, two Big Ten and Two MIVA championships.
Dan graduated from the University of Illinois in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and a minor in Cinema Studies.
