Rhode Island College

Coughlin has served as the assistant athletic director for athletics & recreation facilities since 2001. He is responsible for quality assurance of RIC's athletic and recreational facilities as well as coordinating game management.

Coughlin has tirelessly maintained and enhanced all of RIC’s athletic facilities and helped make countless national, regional and local events a tremendous success during his career.

He served as RIC's coordinator of facilities and intramurals in 2000-01. He was a facilities coordinator at RIC from 1996-2000.

Coughlin earned a bachelor's degree in community health from RIC in 1996 where he was a four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track and field. Coughlin received the John E. Hetherman Award, signifying him as RIC's top graduating senior student-athlete in 1996.