Patrick Kugler

University of Maine Athletics

Title

Offensive Line
Email Address

patrick.kugler@maine.edu
Twitter

@Coach_Kugs
Recruiting Areas

Western N.Y., Western PA, West Virginia, Northeast Ohio

Patrick Kugler was hired as the offensive line coach with the Black Bears on Feb. 1, 2022.

In his first season at Maine, Kugler helped to further develop center Michael Gerace who went on to earn All-CAA second team honors. Under his guidance, the Black Bears ranked sixth in the league in sacks against.

Kugler joined 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, he 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, he 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.