Doug Mandigo, a 1996 graduate of Middlebury College and a veteran college assistant coach in both football and baseball for 10 years, has been appointed a full-time member of the Wesleyan University athletic staff with responsibilities as an assistant coach in both football and baseball, Athletics Director John Biddiscombe announced.
        An assistant coach in football, baseball and women's ice hockey at his alma mater the year following his graduation, Mandigo moved on to St. Anselm College where he served as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach in football during the 1997 and 1998 seasons.  The 1999 and 2000 seasons found Mandigo serving as a graduate assistant in football at Boston College while earning his M.Ed. degree in 2001.  He returned to Middlebury for the 2001 season, hired as an assistant professor in physical education while serving as defensive coordinator and secondary coach in football and assistant baseball coach through the spring of 2004.  He then moved out west and served as assistant baseball coach at Ohlone College in 2005 and as head football coach at Piedmont (Calif.) High School this past fall, receiving conference Coach of the Year honors.
        As an undergraduate at Middlebury, Mandigo was a rare three-sport athlete, lettering in football, ice hockey and baseball, and served as a team captain in the latter activity his senior year.
        "Doug has significant experience in the NESCAC conference and will make an outstanding contribution to both the Wesleyan football and baseball team," Biddiscombe said..  "We are excited he agreed to join our coaching staff and I am sure that his impact on our teams will be immediate."
        Mandigo's appointment is effective as of June 1, 2006.


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