Queens University Charlotte Head Coach Frank McKinney has stepped down from his position and is taking up a new job as Head Coach (and, it appears, Director of Rugby) at Wingate University.
The move stems from a QUC connection, as a former Queens administrator is now at Wingate and was looking to kick-start a varsity rugby program at the school. Eventually McKinney because the ideal candidate since he was a known entity and also had started the Queens program, taking it to a USA Rugby D2 title and two NCR D1 finals.
Tyree Reed has taken on the Head Coach position at Queens.
QUC Rugby posted this on social media:
McKinney has apparently been able to develop his roadmap for how this program can be built. He is already on the job and is diving into recruiting.
"Eight years ago I started recruiting at Carolina Ruggerfest for Queens and I will be at Ruggerfest this weekend," McKinney told GRR. "We are looking to build a monster. I know what it takes to build a program to the D1 level. It takes more than players, it takes film study, it takes tracking, it takes S&C and fitness, and it takes playing a lot of tough games."
Wingate University is a private liberal arts university in Wingate, NC with an enrollment of about 3,400.
