Gene Corrigan
Biographical details
Born(1928-04-14)April 14, 1928[1]
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
DiedJanuary 25, 2020(2020-01-25) (aged 91)
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
Lacrosse
1948–1951Duke
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Lacrosse
1956–1958Washington and Lee
1959–1967Virginia
Soccer
1955–1957Washington and Lee
1958–1965Virginia
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1969–1971Washington and Lee
1971–1981Virginia
1981–1987Notre Dame
1987–1995ACC (commissioner)
1995–1997NCAA (president)
Head coaching record
Overall67–64 (lacrosse)
55–49–9 (soccer)

Eugene Francis Corrigan (April 14, 1928 – January 25, 2020) was an American lacrosse player, coach of lacrosse and soccer, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head men's lacrosse coach at Washington and Lee University from 1956 to 1958 and at the University of Virginia from 1959 to 1967, compiling a career college lacrosse record of 67–64. Corrigan was also the head men's soccer coach at Washington and Lee from 1955 to 1957 and at Virginia from 1958 to 1965, tallying a career college soccer mark of 55–49–9.

Corrigan served as athletic director at the University of Virginia from 1971 to 1981. From 1981 to 1987 Corrigan was the athletic director at the University of Notre Dame.

He served as the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) from 1987 to 1995, and president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association from 1995 to 1997.[2]

Corrigan was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1993, the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2007[2] and the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.[3] In 1996, he was a Gold Medal Recipient from the National Football Foundation.[4]

Corrigan was the father of Boo Corrigan, athletic director at North Carolina State University;[5] Kevin Corrigan, Head Men's Lacrosse Coach at the University of Notre Dame; and Tim Corrigan, ESPN's Senior Coordinating Producer for the NBA on ESPN. Women's Basketball Hall of Fame coach Debbie Ryan was his niece.[6]

He graduated from Loyola High School in Baltimore in 1946. Upon graduation, he served in the United States Army for 18 months.

Corrigan died on January 25, 2020, at the age of 91 in Charlottesville, Virginia.[5][7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Eugene Francis Corrigan". dignitymemorial.com. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Euguene F. "Gene" Corrigan". Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. 25 August 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "Gene Corrigan". North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  4. ^ "National Football Foundation - Eugene F. Corrigan". Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Former ACC commissioner, NCAA president Gene Corrigan dies at 91 years old". cbssports.com. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "Colleagues remember Former UVa AD, ACC commissioner Gene Corrigan, 91". Roanoke Times. 25 January 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  7. ^ "Gene Corrigan, Former Notre Dame Athletics Director, Passes Away". Notre Dame Fighting Irish - Official Athletics Website. University of Notre Dame. January 25, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  8. ^ Shifflett, John (January 25, 2020). "Former Virginia athletic director Gene Corrigan dies at 91". The Daily Progress. BH Media Group, Inc. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
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