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WSC Football Staff
Head Coach Dan McLaughlin
Years at Wayne State:
Second year
Education:
Bachelors degree - Bellevue College 1982
Masters degree - Wayne State College 1992
Previous Positions:
Head Coach-Broken Bow (Neb.) High School-1987
Head Coach-Norfolk (Neb.) High School-1988-94
Head Coach-Millard West (Neb.) High School-1995-2002
Assistant Coach-University of Nebraska-2003
Offensive Coordinator-Minnesota State-2004
Contact Information:
Phone: (402)375-7315
E-mail: damclau1@wsc.edu
It was a year of many firsts for the Wayne State football
team in Dan McLaughlin's debut season as head coach of the
Wildcats in 2005. Wayne State finished Northern Sun Conference
play with a winning record for the first time since joining
the league in 1999 as the 'Cats went 4-3 against NSIC foes.
The tie for fourth place in the NSIC also marked the highest
finish for a WSC football team in league play.
McLaughlin, who also serves as the offensive coordinator,
guided the Wildcats to a 4-7 overall mark and a 4-3 NSIC record
in his first season as head coach. The Wildcats averaged 28.0
points per game in NSIC play, the most points scored by a
WSC football team since joining the Northern Sun Conference.
Dan McLaughlin was hired as the 21st head football coach
at Wayne State College on Dec. 9, 2004. He comes to Wayne
State after spending one season as offensive coordinator at
Minnesota State in Mankato, Minnesota where he helped the
Mavericks to a 6-5 record in 2004 after the team went 0-11
in 2003. It was Minnesota State's first winning season in
football since 1994. He also served as offensive line coach
with the Mavericks under head coach Jeff Jamrog. In 2003,
McLaughlin was a graduate assistant coach at the Unviersity
of Nebraska, working as an assistant offensive line coach
and assistant special teams coach while coordinating Nebraska's
walk-on program.
Before moving to the college ranks, McLaughlin achieved success
at the high school level in Nebraska by winning state championships
at three different schools. He was the head coach at Millard
West from 1995 to 2002, guiding the Wildcats to seven consecutive
playoff appearances. His 2001 team went 12-1 and captured
the Class A state title. McLaughlin was the head coach at
Norfolk High School from 1988 to 1994, leading the Panthers
to the Class A state title in 1994. McLaughlin also coached
at Broken Bow High School in 1987 and led the school to the
Class B state crown in his only season at Broken Bow.
Believed to be the only head coach in Nebraska high school
football history to win state titles at three different schools,
McLaughlin compiled a high school coaching record of 110-59.
McLaughlin earned his master's degree from Wayne State College
in 1992. He is a native of Sheridan, Montana and is a 1982
graduate of Bellevue College. Dan and his wife Nadine have
two sons, Scott and Sean, and reside in Pilger, Neb.
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