Fran O'Leary is an Irish soccer coach. He is currently the men's head coach for the

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Playing career

O'Leary played on the youth team of League of Ireland Club, St. Patrick's Athletic."

Coaching career

He started his coaching career as an assistant at Boston College, and later the

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. From 1989 to 1991, he served as the men's soccer head coach at

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, where he posted a 38-11-2 record. From 1992 to 1993, he moved to

Kenyon College Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio. It was founded in 1824 by Philander Chase. Kenyon College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Kenyon has 1,708 undergraduates enrolled. Its 1,000-acre campus is ...

, where he posted a 32-4-4 record as a head coach. From 1994 to 2000, he was the men's soccer head coach at

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...

, where he went 56-48-14. From 2001 to 2005, he served as the men's soccer head coach at George Mason University. He posted a career record of 160-96-32. From 2005 to 2012, he served as the men's soccer head coach at Bowdoin College, where he went 74-39-14. In 2013 O'Leary was made an assistant coach of

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. He was fired in 2014 along with head coach

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, assistants

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and

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, and strength and conditioning coach Adrian Lamb. In February 2015, O'Leary was named Men's Soccer Head Coach at the University of Massachusetts.

Personal life

O'Leary was born in

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. He is married with two children.

References

External links

*http://athletics.bowdoin.edu/sports/fall/msoc/coaches/index
UMass Minutemen bio
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