Corrigan played high school lacrosse at Albemarle High School before attending the University of Virginia.[5] While playing as a midfielder for three seasons, he recorded five goals and six assists.[2]
Upon graduating from the University of Virginia, Corrigan was hired to coach his high school's lacrosse team[6] before accepting an assistant coaching position with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's lacrosse team.[2] Following his one-year stint, he agreed to coach the NCAA Division III lacrosse team at Randolph–Macon College.[7] He returned to his alma mater under head coach Jim Adams[8] before accepting a promotion to Head Coach at the University of Notre Dame.[9] In his first few years at Notre Dame, the team played a mostly NCAA Division III schedule and lacked funding. Therefore, he recruited graduate assistants to work as security guards and the team travelled solely by bus.[7] During his first season as Head coach, he led the team to a 6–7 record.[2] In spite of the lack of early success, every senior player during Corrigan's tenure at Notre Dame has graduated.[1] By 1990, Corrigan's Notre Dame program earned their first United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) national ranking and invitation to the NCAA Championship.[2] Through the mid-1990s, Corrigan's Notre Dame program had moved up to the NCAA Division I level and competed in 10 NCAA tournaments.[7]
As a result of his success, Corrigan was tapped as a potential replacement for Dick Edell with the Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse team, alongside Dave Cottle and Gary Gait.[10] He chose to stay at Notre Dame, however, and was the recipient of the 2001 Great Western Lacrosse League Coach of the Year award.[11] In 2009, he received the Frenchy Julien Service Award from the USILA for "outstanding and continuous service to the sport."[12]
In 2015, John Baumer and his wife donated $3 million for the University of Notre Dame to endow the head coaching position of the Fighting Irish men's lacrosse team.[13] In his endowed role, Corrigan became the longest active tenured coach in men's lacrosse at the Division I level.[14] Upon entering the 2019 season, he was 24th overall in winningest coaches of all time by percentage, and eighth among those who are active.[15] On April 10, 2019, Corrigan became the third NCAA Division I level lacrosse coach to reach 300 wins, tying him for second in all-time most wins at a single school.[16]
In 2023, Corrigan led the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to the NCAA Division 1 National Championship – the first in the program's history.
