After a couple of stints down south, David Duggan is headed north to continue his coaching career as the long-time assistant was announced as Western Michigan’s new linebackers coach.
The past three seasons, Duggan was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Southern Miss. His first go ‘round at Southern Miss, from 2008-11, the 52-year-old Duggan was linebackers coach while also adding the co-coordinator title in 2011.
In between, Duggan was the special teams coordinator at North Carolina in 2012. He also handled the Tar Heels’ outside linebackers in his lone season with the ACC school.
“Coach David Duggan was an absolute no-brainer hire,” head coach P.J. Fleck, who’ll open his fourth spring practice in Kalamazoo later Tuesday, said. “To be honest I think it was a little bit of a surprise he was available. A former NFL head coach in NFL Europe, defensive coordinator at multiple stops, he has an incredible resume and incredible energy and a passion to teach and coach along with a willingness to come take our program to a completely different level. I hope our players truly understand the resource they now have at the linebacker position. We want to welcome him, his wife Lynn and his two daughters Olivia and Grace.”
Prior to his first stint at Southern Miss, Duggan was the head coach of the Cologne Centurions of NFL Europe (2006-07). He spent the first 15 or so years of his coaching career at the collegiate level in the Northeast, including stops at New Hampshire, Holy Cross, Colgate and Brown.