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Marques Hagans

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Assistant Wide Receivers

Marques Hagans is in his first year as part of the Michigan staff in 2026, working with the wide receivers. Hagans is in his 17th year on a college staff, having spent the last 13 seasons as a wide receivers coach. He joined the U-M staff following a three-year run at Penn State, where he worked with the wide receivers and served as the recruiting coordinator for the offense.

Before his time with PSU, Hagans spent 12 years at his alma mater, Virginia, first as a graduate assistant (2011-12), then as wide receivers coach (2013-22). He was associate head coach in his final season with the Cavaliers.

Hagans has worked with eight NFL players during his career, including three draft selections: Malik Washington (2024, sixth round, Miami Dolphins), Dontayvion Wicks (2023, fifth round, Green Bay Packers) and Joe Reed (2020, fifth round, Los Angeles Chargers).

At Virginia, Hagans coached 10 of the top 15 career receptions leaders in program history, including Olamide Zaccheaus, the program's single-season (93 catches) and career receptions leader (250 catches, sixth in ACC history). Zaccheaus' 2,753 career receiving yards ranked second all-time in UVA history at the end of his career, and his single-season total of 1,203 yards in 2021 set a single-season program mark.

Under his direction, six different players combined for eight All-ACC honors, including three first-team recognitions for Isaiah Ford (2015), Zaccheaus (2018) and Wicks (2021).

Hagans helped Virginia achieve its first trio of 600-yard receivers in a single season in 2017, and the team featured three players with 70-plus catches in 2019, helping the Hoos to the ACC Coastal Division title and the program's first-ever ACC Championship game appearance. In 2021, UVA averaged 392.6 passing yards per contest (No. 2 FBS) and was the only school in the country with five different receivers who eclipsed 500 yards, four of whom went over 600 yards.

Under his direction, PSU wideouts have contributed to a passing offense that ranked tied-16th with 30 passing touchdowns (2023) and produced 40 receptions of 20-plus yards across the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

Hagans began his collegiate career as a quarterback at Virginia, and later played wide receiver and returned kicks. He graduated in 2005 with a degree in anthropology and finished his career top-10 all-time at UVA in total offense. He earned an NFL opportunity as a wide receiver in the 2006 draft, being selected in the fifth round by the St. Louis Rams. He played two years with the Rams and also had stints on practice squads and active rosters with the Kansas City Chiefs, Indianapolis Colts (2008) and Washington Redskins (2008-10).

Hagans and his wife, Lauren, have two sons, Christopher and Jackson.

The Hagans File
Hometown: Hampton, Virginia
High School: Hampton
College: Virginia (anthropology, 2005)
Family: Wife, Lauren Swierczek; sons Christopher, Jackson