Dugan on Sweetlax Regional Development Programs

I am really excited about the vision for our Sweetlax Regional Development Programs. They are going to enable us to get in the trenches of various communities where we can help grow the game, offer player development opportunities on a weekly basis and expose a larger audience of high school lacrosse players to our recruiting guidance and college placement efforts.

Kevin Dugan

Director, Sweetlax Florida

About Kevin Dugan

In September of 2018, Sweetlax hired Kevin Dugan into a newly created full time role of Florida Director. In this position Dugan oversees Sweetlax’s statewide elite teams that compete as members of the National Lacrosse Federation (NLF). His duties also include supporting the growth of the Sweetlax Regional Development Program (RDP). Dugan is also tasked with exploring opportunities for lacrosse based social impact and diversity initiatives.

“We are excited to welcome Kevin to the Sweetlax family. He joins us with a diverse background in coaching, administration and international lacrosse development,” said Kevin Martin, Sweetlax Director of College Recruiting. ” He will help us serve our Sweetlax families and will ultimately have a very positive impact on the Florida lacrosse community.”

Dugan, a former midfielder at the University of Notre Dame, brings twelve years of NCAA coaching experience with him to Sweetlax. His resume includes stops at Yale, Gordon, Scranton, Notre Dame and Wheeling Jesuit. He compiled a 53-21 (.71 %) record as a head coach at the NCAA level earning Conference Coach of the Year honors twice (TCC NCAA DIII, ECAC NCAA DII) and spent time learning from some of the sport’s best coaches; Andy Shay (Yale), Kevin Corrigan (Notre Dame) and Bear Davis (Ohio Machine, MLL).

Dugan is a member of the Federation of International Lacrosse Development Committee. IN 2015 he was given the Hayes FIL Development award for pioneering the sports of lacrosse in East Africa and Jamaica, ultimately leading to the formation of lacrosse associations in Uganda and Jamaica. He has served as an FIL clinician in Haiti, Kenya, Colombia, France, Spain and Mexico. Dugan continues to travel regularly to Kingston, Jamaica, where he helps coordinate the Taino and Maroon Cup high school competitions.

A graduate of Notre Dame, Dugan was part of their 2001 NCAA Final Four squad and earned a degree in Finance before going on to get his MBA.  He was on the Faculty Board of Athletics Academic Honor Roll each semester. Dugan prepped at Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, NJ and is a native of Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ.