Magleby to Shape Future of U.S. Eagles Teams
Dartmouth rugby technical advisor and alum Alex Magleby is taking on an expanded role at USA rugby as part of an initiative to streamline the flow of talent to the U.S. men’s and women’s rugby teams.
As director of performance, Magleby will manage the pipelines of all four of the senior Eagles teams beginning at the age-grade level and will work with USA Rugby Academy, the Olympic Development Academy programs, and the scholastic pipeline to help produce international-caliber athletes and coaches in both XVs and sevens.
He will have overall responsibility for the men’s and women’s national team pathways, age-grade programs, and the management of an integrated high performance system within the development, emerging, and elite levels of the game in the United States.
“Lot of work ahead,” Magleby said. “The game is growing so fast in the U.S. We need to very quickly connect the various pillars of tremendous growth and opportunity in the U.S. to a cohesive American model, our own model, in order for expanded and sustained successes in the coming months and years."
Dartmouth Rugby and Beyond
Magleby’s storied history with USA Rugby began as a selection to the Men’s Eagles Sevens back in 2000 and included the captain’s role during Rugby World Cup Sevens 2005. The Dartmouth College alumnus also holds four test caps as a member of the XVs Eagles.
Magleby was head coach of the Dartmouth College rugby program from 2001-12. He coached the AIG Men’s Collegiate All-Americans from 2009 to 2011 before taking on the head coaching role of the Men’s Eagles Sevens at the tail end of the 2011-12 World Rugby HSBC Sevens World Series.
He stepped down from the position at the culmination of Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013 in Russia, after leading the Eagles Sevens to their best ever run of performances on the Series.
An engineering graduate of Dartmouth College, Magleby was a standout loose forward at Highland High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, winning three national high school championships.