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Kevin Corrigan

b. 1958

Lacrosse player and coach

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About Kevin Corrigan

Born 1958.

Kevin Michael Corrigan (born 1958) is an American college lacrosse coach who is the head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Serving since 1988, he is the longest active tenured coach in men's lacrosse at the Division I level.

Personal life Corrigan was born in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1958 to an athletic family; his father, Gene Corrigan, and three brothers are all former lacrosse players and coaches. His cousins Lee and Booker Corrigan are also involved in the sport; Lee was the head coach of the Maryland Roughriders and Booker works as an announcer for ESPN.

Corrigan and his wife have three children together; including a son who played lacrosse for Notre Dame under Corrigan's guidance before becoming an assistant coach at Washington and Lee University. While playing as a midfielder for three seasons, he recorded five goals and six assists. before accepting an assistant coaching position with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse team. He returned to his alma mater under head coach Jim Adams before accepting a promotion to Head Coach at the University of Notre Dame. In his first few years at Notre Dame, the team played a mostly NCAA Division III schedule and lacked funding. Therefore, he recruited graduate assistants to work as security guards and the team travelled solely by bus. He chose to stay at Notre Dame, however, and was the recipient of the 2001 Great Western Lacrosse League Coach of the Year award. In 2009, he received the Frenchy Julien Service Award from the USILA for "outstanding and continuous service to the sport."

In 2015, John Baumer and his wife donated $3 million for the University of Notre Dame to endow the head coaching position of the Fighting Irish men's lacrosse team. In his endowed role, Corrigan became the longest active tenured coach in men's lacrosse at the Division I level. Upon entering the 2019 season, he was 24th overall in winningest coaches of all time by percentage, and eighth among those who are active. On April 10, 2019, Corrigan became the third NCAA Division I level lacrosse coach to reach 300 wins, tying him for second in all-time most wins at a single school.

In 2023, Corrigan led the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to the NCAA Division 1 National Championship – the first in the program's history.

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1958, Charlottesville
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Who is Kevin Corrigan?

Lacrosse player and coach

When was Kevin Corrigan born?

Kevin Corrigan was born in 1958 in Charlottesville.

Sources & further reading

Β· Wikipedia: Kevin Corrigan

Β· Wikidata: Q93536648

Β· DBpedia: Kevin Corrigan (lacrosse)

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