In Uganda, Dungan sought to intersect sports with community development and after attending an academic seminar at Makerere University Business School (MUBS), where he met Maurice Sserunkuma, a faculty member there, with Sserunkuma's insistency, they made lacrosse part of the MUBS sports program,[1] and Dugan built a lacrosse compound in Kampala, Uganda, and established a volunteer corps that brought American stars like Rob Pannell, Tom Schreiber, Chad Wiedmaier, Ryan Flanagan and John Christmas to Uganda, not only to teach lacrosse, but also to help construct the Hopeful School in Khindu, Masaka.

Well over 100 Americans participated in the volunteer corps missions which include farming, landscaping, brick making, digging and village outreach.

Steinhardt ended up making two more trips to Uganda, helping ULU develop and continue to grow lacrosse in the area through the introduction of a national championship tournament known as the King's Cup.

[10] In September 2013, Andrew Boston, an Ellicott City, MD native, was named the head coach of the Uganda men's senior national lacrosse team, with a strong supporting cast of assistants in Tom Schreiber (offensive coordinator), Tanner Scales (defensive coordinator), and Casey Lavallee.

[5][7] In July, Steinhardt was named the general manager of the team, but the hard work had just begun, and even getting to the United States was a challenge, as defection was a real concern especially after more than 12 African athletes went missing after the 2012 Olympics in London.

[2] A fundraiser, the Dream 2014 Campaign, launched by former Louisville lacrosse player Aimee Dixon, now the director of philanthropy at World Lacrosse, raised about $150,000 to pay for travel expenses for the team and coaching staff, with his players' visas not secured until days before the team was scheduled to fly to Denver, Colorado.

[12] Three days later, Uganda erased a five-goal deficit, scoring the final six goals with 6:17 left, in a game against the Republic of Korea to earn its first-ever world championship win.

[20][21][22] In May 2017, Matt Holman, a Summit, New Jersey native, was named general manager of the Uganda men's national senior lacrosse team.

[22] On Saturday morning, November 19, 2022, Under Oriana's leadership, Uganda outlasted rivals Kenya, coached by his mentor, Peter Ginnegar, 9–8, in triple overtime at Kenton College Preparatory School in Nairobi City in the first-ever Africa Association of Lacrosse qualifier to secure the last spot at the 2023 World Lacrosse Men's Championship in San Diego, United States.