Margaret "Mags" Saurin joined the University of Dayton women's soccer coaching staff in February of 2017.
Saurin works on the technical/tactical development of Dayton's attacking players, team travel, opponent scouting and serves as camp coordinator.
Prior to Dayton, she was the head coach at Oakland. She became the second head coach in Oakland women's soccer history in March of 2014. In 2015, Saurin led the Golden Grizzlies to their first Horizon League Championship and eighth NCAA Tournament appearance in program history.
Saurin spent seven seasons as the head coach at IPFW and was the 2012 Summit League Coach of the Year.
Under Saurin, IPFW gathered three consecutive NSCAA Team Academic Awards as the team posted a grade point average of 3.3 or higher each of her seven seasons. Thirty-six student-athletes garnered Academic All-League honors during her tenure.
Prior to her head coaching stint at IPFW, Saurin got her start at the NCAA Division I level as an assistant coach at Akron for three seasons (2004-07). While with the Zips, Saurin played a key role in securing a top 25 recruiting class in the Great Lakes Region, including two NSCAA High School All-Americans and one Ohio High School Player of the Year.
Saurin spent the 2003 season as an assistant coach at Christian Brothers University, her alma mater. During that season, Christian Brothers captured both the Gulf South Conference regular season and tournament championships and advanced to the NCAA Division II round of 16.
Saurin, a United States Soccer Federation "A" licensee, has also coached elite youth players as a staff member of both the Indiana and Ohio North Olympic Development Programs. She also served as the Fort Wayne Sport Club Technical Director for three years.
As a collegiate player, Saurin was a two-time NSCAA All-American at Christian Brothers in 2001 and 2002. During those seasons she tallied 47 goals and 64 assists and aided the Buccaneers to back-to-back NCAA Division II title games, including the team's national championship season in 2002.
Saurin was a member of the Football Association of Ireland's women's national team for eight years and was named MVP and Dana Cup gold medalist in 1996. Saurin also spent one season playing professionally for DBK Fortuna Hjorring in Denmark.
A native of Dublin, Ireland, Saurin earned her bachelor of science degree in business with an advanced diploma in administration and marketing from Dublin Institute of Technology Mountjoy Square/Trinity College in 1999. Saurin went on to earn her master's degree in education from Christian Brothers in 2003.
