Michelle Caddigan brings 22 years of administrative and coaching experience to Wingate’s Athletic Department in 2018-19. She was promoted to Deputy Director of Athletics in January of 2019 and continues her role of Senior Woman Administrator. Caddigan has served as the SWA since 2000 and coached the softball team from 1997-2012. She assumed the role of assistant athletic director from 2006-2012 and was promoted to Associate AD in 2012.
As Associate AD and a senior member of the Athletic Department Management Team, she oversees internal areas in the Department of Athletics which includes oversight of the department budget that is comprised of 22 sports, general athletics, athletic communications, athletic training and Sports Performance. Also within her duties is oversight of game day management, facility scheduling and maintenance, team schedules, team conduct and student-athlete welfare. Annually, she completes the Equity in Athletic Discloser Act and the NCAA Financial Report. She serves as chair of search committees for key positions in the Athletic Department.
Caddigan serves as the sport supervisor for Men’s and Women’s Tennis, Men’s and Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field, Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Golf, Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse, Women’s Soccer, and Volleyball with shared administrative responsibility for Athletic Training and Sports Performance. She also leads the Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing and Promotions, the Assistant Director for Athletic Business Operations and the Director of Student-Athlete Development and SAAC Advisor.
Caddigan handles all NCAA bid applications and has served as the Tournament Director for 12 NCAA Regional Championships held on Wingate’s campus. She most recently was the Co-Tournament Director for the DII National Swimming and Diving Championship in spring of 2018. Caddigan has served on multiple Regional Advisory Committees and was a member of the Division II Women’s Volleyball National Committee from 2013-2017. She chaired the committee from 2015-2017. She is a 2017 graduate of the Women Leaders in College Sports Executive Institute.
On campus, Caddigan serves on multiple committees, including the Academic Advising Advisory Board, the Inclusion and Understanding Council and the Inclusion and Multicultural Strategic Planning Committee. She is a campus Title IX Deputy, the Athletic Department liaison to the Student Life Offices and the advisor to the Black Student Union.
Before moving into administration full time, Caddigan spent 16 seasons as Wingate’s softball coach, compiling a 529-287-3 overall record. Caddigan reached the 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300 and 350-win plateau quicker than any other softball coach in South Atlantic Conference history. The Bulldogs finished in third place or better 13 of her 16 Wingate seasons as head coach. She guided the Wingate program to two SAC regular season championships seven second-place finishes, four third-place finishes and three conference tournament titles during her coaching career. She was named league coach of the year four times.
Caddigan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in K-12 Health and Physical Education from James Madison University. She earned her Masters of Science from James Madison in Kinesiology with a concentration in Athletic Administration. After graduating from JMU, she taught Health and Physical education and coached softball, basketball and volleyball at C.D. Hylton High School in Woodbridge, Va.
