Kanute Drugan was named the head women's soccer coachat Washington College in July 2012. In his first season as theShorewomen's head coach, he guided them to best-ever CentennialConference record, their fewest losses ever in a season, and theirbest winning percentage in 10 years.
Prior to arriving in Chestertown, Drugan spent theprevious 15 seasons at Aurora University in Illinois, where hecompiled an outstanding win-loss record of 229-85-13 and guided theSpartans to 12 conference championships and eight NCAA Division IIITournament appearances. His 229 wins rank 27th all-time in NCAADivision III women's soccer history. His winning percentage of .720ranks 23rd all-time in Division III and 50th all-time across allthree NCAA Divisions.
Drugan's first nine seasons were Aurora's last nineas a member of the Northern Illinois Iowa Conference (NIIC) and theSpartans won the NIIC Championship in six of those seasons - 1997,1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2005. In 2006, Aurora moved to thenewly-formed Northern Athletics Conference (NAC) and the Spartanswon each of that league's first six conference championships underDrugan. He was named the NIIC's Coach of the Year four times (1997,1999, 2000, 2005) and the NAC's Coach of the Year three times(2006, 2007, 2010).
In addition to leading Aurora to eight NCAATournament appearances, Drugan coached the Spartans to finalnational rankings of ninth in 2002 and 25th in 2007. Aurorafinished the season regionally-ranked eight times in his final 10seasons as head coach.
Under Drugan's guidance, Spartan student-athletesearned 93 All-Conference first-team awards, 13 All-Region awards,12 Conference Player of the Year awards, and one All-America honor.They also excelled in the classroom, boasting the highest teamgrade-point average among all of Aurora's varsity sports duringeach of Drugan's 15 seasons and annually earning a National SoccerCoaches Association of America (NSCAA) College Team AcademicAward.
A leader in the coaching community, Drugan servedseven years on the NCAA Regional Advisory Committee for the CentralRegion, eight years as his conference's women's soccer committeechair, and nine years as the soccer commissioner for the City ofAurora Sports Festival.
In addition to coaching women's soccer, Druganfulfilled a variety of other duties during his tenure at Aurora,including over 11 years as the Athletic Recruitment Coordinator,eight years as assistant and - later - associate head coach formen's basketball, and a two-month stint as interim head coach forwomen's basketball.
Prior to arriving at Aurora, Drugan accumulatedextensive soccer coaching experience in the Amateur Athletic Union(AAU), Northern Illinois Soccer League (NISL), and Illinois Women'sSoccer League (IWSL). He also spent 16 seasons as an AAU basketballhead coach, posting a record of 258-150 and leading both boys andgirls teams to AAU National and Regional Championships.
Drugan graduated cum laude with a B.A. in English andGovernment from Ohio University in 1977. He was a four-sportathlete while attending Southern Local High School in Ohio.
