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Happy Birthday, Doc!

Doc Minnegan with fellow coaches in 1951

TOWSON, Md. - Today, August 25, is Donald "Doc" Minnegan's birthday, and Towson Athletics celebrate Doc and the legacy he left for the Tigers.

Doc Minnegan

Born in 1902, he was a teacher, coach, physical education department chairman and director of athletics at Towson for more than four decades. A member of three halls of fame, Minnegan founded or supported the founding of many of Towson's athletics teams, including football in 1969. He coached soccer, baseball, basketball, track and swimming.

He is also responsible for Towson changing its nickname from "Golden Knights" to "Tigers." Minnegan often called his soccer teams his "tigers," and the name stuck.

Minnegan had an effect on athletics locally and internationally. In addition to his coaching duties at Towson, he also founded soccer clinics for thousands of Maryland's youth. He is the only American to publish an article in the English Football Association Yearbook, and he was appointed by the US State Department for overseas training programs for American troops after World War II and during the conflict in Korea. Doc Minnegan coaching

He died in 2002, two weeks shy of his 100th birthday.

The Tiger football stadium was named after him in 1983 and stood until 2002 when Unitas Stadium was built. The playing field at Unitas remains Minnegan field in tribute to "Doc."

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