Meghan Duggan, a two-time Olympic silver-medalist and captain for Team USA's gold-medal winning squad at the 2015 IIHF World Championship, returned to the collegiate ranks as a new assistant coach for Clarkson in 2014-15.
Duggan helped to guide Carkson to a 24-11-3 overall record, a share of the ECAC Hockey regular season title with a 16-4-2 conference mark, the number one seed in the league playoffs and a third consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament.
"I am very excited to welcome Meghan to our staff here at Clarkson," said Desrosiers upon the hiring. "With her wealth of experience as a player and proven leadership abilities she will certainly be a great mentor to our players. Meghan's passion and work ethic will be contagious to not only the players on our roster, but also to the young women we are recruiting.
"She is a great ambassador of Women's Hockey and will prove to be an excellent role model for young females in our community."
A two-time Olympic silver-medalist with USA Women's Hockey, Duggan has extensive experience with the United States National program. She skated in both the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, serving as USA's captain at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. A native of Danvers, MA, Duggan also represented the U.S. at six Women's World Championships, capturing a gold medal five times (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) and one silver (2007).
An all-star forward in college for four seasons (2006-09, 2010-11) at the University of Wisconsin, Duggan helped to lead the Badgers to three NCAA National Titles (2007, 2009, 2011). She graduated (Biology '11) as the leading scorer in Wisconsin's history with 238 points on 108 goals and 130 assists in 159 career games. Duggan was honored with the 2011 Patty Kazmaier Award as the top player in NCAA Division I Women's Hockey in her senior campaign.
She has also played professionally in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), skating with the Boston Blades since 2012.
Duggan has served as an instructor with the Canadian Hockey Enterprise – Just for Girls Hockey Camp in Lake Placid since 2010, and at the Scott Fusco Summer Hockey Camp (2010-12). She has also been involved with Special Olympics, Ronald McDonald House, Habitat for Humanity, Sled/Wheel Chair Hockey and Athletes in Action along with numerous motivational speaking engagements.
