Moving on up, to the Upper East Side — such is the case for former Michigan center Patrick Kugler. But the recent Auburn graduate assistant isn’t heading to New York, he’s heading to the Upper East Side of the country.
The Maine football program announced on Monday that Kugler is the team’s new offensive line coach. While it’s not Kugler’s first time holding the position (he was the OL coach at Howard for one year under former Wolverines analyst Ron Prince), after several years of being a graduate assistant, Kugler gets to run his own unit once again, this time with the Black Bears.
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— Maine Football (@BlackBearsFB) January 31, 2022
Coming from a family of coaches, Kugler got his start at his alma mater as a grad assistant.
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Full release
University of Maine head football coach Jordan Stevens has announced that Patrick Kugler has been added to the coaching staff as the Black Bears offensive line coach, effective Feb. 1.
“Patrick is an enthusiastic coach with a passion for developing student-athletes,” Stevens says. “He brings a wealth of knowledge and toughness to our offensive line. Patrick will develop meaningful relationships with our players and challenge them to get better every day.”
Kugler joins the Black Bears after serving as a graduate assistant for one season at Auburn University (2021), one graduate assistant stint season at San Diego State University (2020), and one graduate year on staff at his alma mater, the University of Michigan (2018). In between his time at Michigan and San Diego State, Kugler was the offensive line coach for one season at Howard University, where he served the final four games of the 2019 season as the run game coordinator. In his four games as the run game coordinator, Howard averaged 222.4 rush yards per game while only allowing four total sacks in the span.
A full scholarship, three year letterwinner offensive lineman at Michigan, Kugler appeared in 26 games with 15 starts for the Wolverines from 2013 through the 2018 season. Kugler earned All-B1G honorable mention honors at center during his career at Michigan.
Kugler graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelors of Arts in Literature, Science, and The Arts in 2017 before obtaining his Masters of Arts in Social Work in 2018. Kugler went on to also earn Masters of Arts in School of MALAS from San Diego State University in 2020 and Masters of Arts in School of Adult Education from Auburn in 2021.
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