| David Duggan | |
| Current Title: | Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach |
| Current Team: | Kent State |
| Current Conference: | MAC |
| Birth Date: | July 16, 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Concord, Massachusetts |
| Alma Mater: | New Hampshire |
| Player Years1: | 1982–1986 |
| Player Team1: | New Hampshire |
| Player Positions: | Linebacker |
| Coach Years1: | 1987 |
| Coach Team1: | Allegheny College (ILB) |
| Coach Years2: | 1988–1991 |
| Coach Team2: | New Hampshire (ILB) |
| Coach Years3: | 1992–1994 |
| Coach Team3: | Holy Cross (ILB) |
| Coach Years4: | 1995-1997 |
| Coach Team4: | Colgate (LB) |
| Coach Years5: | 1998–2000 |
| Coach Team5: | Brown (DC/LB) |
| Coach Years6: | 2001–2003 |
| Coach Team6: | Berlin Thunder (DC/LB) |
| Coach Years7: | 2004–2005 |
| Coach Team7: | Cologne Centurions (DC/LB) |
| Coach Years8: | 2006–2007 |
| Coach Team8: | Cologne Centurions |
| Coach Years9: | 2008–2010 |
| Coach Team9: | Southern Miss (LB) |
| Coach Years10: | 2011 |
| Coach Team10: | Southern Miss (Co-DC/LB) |
| Coach Years11: | 2012 |
| Coach Team11: | North Carolina (OLB/ST) |
| Coach Years12: | 2013–2015 |
| Coach Team12: | Southern Miss (DC/LB) |
| Coach Years13: | 2016–2018 |
| Coach Team13: | Western Michigan (LB) |
| Coach Years14: | 2019–2020 |
| Coach Team14: | Arkansas State (DC) |
| Coach Years15: | 2023–present |
| Coach Team15: | Kent State (DC/LB) |
| Admin Years1: | 2021–2022 |
| Admin Team1: | Troy (director of recruiting) |
| Overall Record: | 10–9 (NFL Europe) 1–1 (college) |
David Duggan (born July 16, 1963) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the defensive coordinator at Kent State. Prior to Kent State he was the director of recruiting at Troy University. Duggan served as the head coach for the Cologne Centurions of NFL Europe from 2006 to 2007, where he compiled a record of 10–9.
A native of Maynard, Massachusetts, Duggan played four years of football at the University of New Hampshire. He served as captain in 1986 while playing linebacker for the Wildcats.
Duggan began his coaching career in 1987 at Allegheny College where he worked with the inside linebackers. During his one year stay with the Gators, they won the North Coast Athletic Conference title and participated in the NCAA Division III playoffs. In 1988, he returned to his alma mater for a four-year stint as linebackers coach with the Wildcats. In his final year at UNH, the Wildcats won the Yankee Conference title and participated in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs.
After the 2011 season, Duggan followed head coach Larry Fedora to the University of North Carolina, where he was named outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator on January 3, 2012.[1] He spent one season in that capacity before returning to Southern Miss as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach under newly hired head coach Todd Monken in January 2013.[2]
On August 19, 2019, Duggan was named acting head coach of Arkansas State following head coach Blake Anderson's decision to take a leave of absence. Duggan had been named defensive coordinator of the team earlier in the year.
Duggan was fired on October 16, 2020, less than 24 hours after the Red Wolves defense gave up 52 points against Georgia State.[3]
Duggan was named the director of recruiting at Troy on March 31, 2021.[4]
In late December 2022, Duggan was named the defensive coordinator at Kent State under brand-new head coach Kenni Burns.[5]
Duggan and his wife, Lynne, have two daughters, Olivia and Grace. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1986 with a degree in physical education.
| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | |||
| COL | 2006 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 4th | – | – | — | — | |
| COL | 2007 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .600 | 3rd | – | – | — | — | |
| Total | 10 | 9 | 0 | .526 | – | – | — | ||||