Donigan scored 34 goals in his senior year, leading Steinert to the Group 3 state championship.
[1] After graduating from high school in 1985, Donigan attended the University of Connecticut (UConn) where he played as a forward on the men's soccer team from 1985 to 1988.
In 1988, he received the adidas Adi Dasslar Award as the nation's "Most Outstanding Senior Soccer Player" in 1988.
Like many U.S. soccer players in the 1980s and early 1990s, his was an itinerant life, moving from one failing indoor and outdoor club to another.
[2] He scored four goals, adding seven assists, as the Bolts went to the ASL championship game only to fall to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.
[3] On July 8, 1989, the St. Louis Storm selected Donigan in the first round (second overall) of the Major Indoor Soccer League draft.
[7] In July 1991, the St. Louis Storm traded Donigan to the Wichita Wings in exchange for Mark Santel.
On January 28, 1998, the Wave traded Donigan to the St. Louis Ambush in exchange for cash, a second-round pick in the 1998 college draft and future considerations.
Dan Donigan was named head coach for the Rutgers men's soccer program on January 22, 2010.