DETROIT (9/1/2021) -- The University of Detroit Mercy women's lacrosse program has a new assistant coach as local product and Michigan native Madeline Dugan joins the Titan family, it was announced by head coach Dwayne Hicks.

Dugan, a native of Rochester, Michigan, joins the Titans after spending the past five years as the head coach of Trine University in Indiana. Dugan played collegiately for Adrian College in Michigan.

"We are excited to have Maddie joining our staff," Hicks said. "Her head coaching experience will add to our leadership and help us continue pushing our program in the right direction. We're glad to welcome her back to Michigan."

Dugan helped re-build the Trine women's lacrosse program during her tenure with the team steadily increasing its win total in her first three years as head coach. She helped the 2019 squad to its most wins since the 2011 season and coached three players to All-Conference laurels in three of her final four seasons with the program. During her final season as head coach at Trine, the squad reached the MIAA Tournament quarterfinals.

During her tenure at Trine, the Thunder set numerous single-season and career records for points, goals, assists and draw controls, among other records.

Her Trine squads were also standouts in the classroom as she coached 31 total student-athletes to MIAA Academic Honor Roll laurels (3.5 GPA or higher) and the 2020 and 2021 squads had team GPAs of 3.61 and 3.60, respectively.

"I am extremely excited to start this new chapter in my coaching career," Dugan said. "I am grateful to coach Hicks for giving me this opportunity to positively impact the Titan lacrosse program. I am looking forward to getting started and cannot wait to see what the future holds for this team!"

Dugan began her coaching career at Wartburg College (Iowa) in 2014-15 as an assistant coach, where she helped establish a first-year program. She helped coach the team to a 3-4 mark in conference play in its first season of competition.

She returned to her alma mater at Adrian College as an assistant coach in 2015-16 and helped coach the team to a four-win improvement from the previous season. Dugan worked primarily with the attackers and helped the Bulldogs accumulate 9.8 goals per game and 192 total points, an 81-point improvement from the previous season.

Dugan also has coached several highly successful club lacrosse teams, both with Pure Advantage Lacrosse and Detroit Coyotes Lacrosse.

She was a two-time All-Conference performer as an attacker with Adrian. Dugan tallied 159 points (106 goals, 53 assists) during her Adrian career and helped the Bulldogs to four consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament during her playing career. She earned First Team All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association honors as a senior in 2014.

Dugan graduated from Adrian College in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice.