Under Mike McShane Vaughan put up respectable numbers in his three seasons[2] as the Saints posted winning records each year and made the 1983 NCAA Tournament,[3] falling to eventual champion Wisconsin in the quarterfinals.
[4] After graduating with a degree in economics Vaughan headed to Europe to serve as the player-coach for the Enschede Lions, an ice hockey club in the Netherlands.
[5] In 1991 long-time Colgate coach Terry Slater died suddenly[6] and, after the season was finished under Brian Durocher, Vaughan was picked to replace him.
[7] In 2003 Vaughan agreed to serve out the season as Colgate's interim athletic director, allowing long-time assistant Stan Moore to assume control of the team for the year.
[9] After that the team began to flounder, failing to produce a winning season until 2011–12, but it wasn't all bad news for Vaughan as Colgate established an endowed hockey chair named in his honor.