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Dan McLaughlin retires after 15 years as Wayne State football coach

Wayne State College head football coach Dan McLaughlin announced late Thursday afternoon that he is retiring after 15 years on the Wildcat sidelines.  Wayne State College Director of Athletics Mike Powicki said the search for McLaughlin's replacement will begin immediately.  McLaughlin leaves Wayne State as the school's all-time wins leader, posting a 79-88 record overall (.473) and 75-77 mark (.493) in NSIC games.  Inheriting a struggling program that had nine straight losing seasons when he became head coach in 2005, McLaughlin built Wayne State into a constant winner producing six straight winning seasons from 2007-12 (a feat never accomplished in 104 years of the program) that included the school's only NCAA Division II playoff trip in 2008 and a berth in the Mineral Water Bowl in 2007.