Ed McLaughlin is the current director of athletics for

Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a Public university, public research university in Richmond, Virginia, United States. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virgin ...

. He previously served as athletic director for

Niagara University Niagara University (NU) is a private Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition in the census-designated place Niagara University, New York, in the town of Lewiston near Niagara Falls. It is run by the Congregation of the Mission and ...

from 2006 to 2012, and as an assistant athletic director at

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and

Merrimack College Merrimack College is a Private university, private Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian university in North Andover, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1947 by the Order of St. Augustine with an initial goal to educate World War II veterans. It en ...

prior to his tenure at Niagara. During his tenure at Niagara, he made the decision to eliminate the school's

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program in 2012, as part of an effort to re-allocate resources towards starting a women's lacrosse team, per new

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league rules. McLaughlin graduated from

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with a bachelor's degree in 1995, and

with a master's degree in 2005. McLaughlin was named athletic director at

on July 24, 2012.

References

External links

VCU profile
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