![]() ![]() My question was ‘Am I going to have to hire another new soccer coach after next year?’ and he said no. That was the first and foremost question. “He’s going be here and stay here, which is one of the things you have to make sure of in the process. He was the Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2015, but the program fell on hard times the past three seasons, causing his dismissal. ![]() In nine years with the Scarlet Knights, Donigan’s teams went 55-95-16 with two NCAA tournament berths. Louis University, Donigan became the Billikens’ head coach and in 10 years amassed a 117-40-30 record and six NCAA Tournament berths. He went on to the University of Connecticut, where he earned National Player of the Year and Big East Player of the Decade. This is a great day for Notre Dame and Notre Dame soccer.”ĭonigan’s legend began in the early 1980s when he was an All-State performer for Steinert and set the school’s single-season goal scoring record. “It’s a coup, no doubt about it,” Roche said. It is an outstanding hire for Notre Dame, and Athletic Director Rich Roche cannot hide his excitement. But his final years at Rutgers cannot taint his overall success as a college soccer coach for over 20 years. It was lousy karma four months ago when Donigan was fired as Rutgers coach after the Scarlet Knights went 4-13-1. My brother is getting into the Steinert Hall of Fame and my family is getting into the Mercer County Soccer Hall of Fame. What better day to accept this opportunity than this? There are a lot of good things happening that he would be proud of. “When you take a big step in your life, and I would consider this to be a very big deal, I’m sure he’s smiling down on me today. “My dad passed away 10 years ago in 2009, and he would have been 81 today,” Donigan said. Notre Dame High School gave Patrick a posthumous birthday present Monday when it hired his son, Dan Donigan, as its new head varsity soccer coach. LAWRENCE – Happy birthday, Patrick Donigan. ![]()
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