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Head Coach Dan McLaughlin

Dan McLaughlin is in his third season as head football coach at Wayne State College, guiding the Wildcats to a 9-13 overall mark and an 8-7 mark in Northern Sun Conference play. The Wildcats have posted their best-ever finishes in NSIC play under McLaughlin, going 4-3 in 2005 and 4-4 in 2006. The tie for third place in conference play during the 2006 season was the highest finish for a WSC football team since joining the NSIC in 1999.

Under McLaughlin in 2006, the Wildcats recorded their first three-game winning streak in football since 1995 and posted back-to-back shutout wins for the first time since the 1976 season. Also serving as offensive line coach, the Wildcats allowed an NSIC-low two sacks in league play under the coaching of McLaughlin in the 2006 season.

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 University 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.