Kevin O'Brien is a Welsh

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coach. He coached the

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at the inaugural

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. He is the only coach to have won a Rugby World Cup for the United States so far. O'Brien attended Saint Mary's College in London, England from 1966 to 1970. He was initially contacted by Beantown Women's Rugby in

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to be their Head Coach. He has coached for over 45 years and at all levels of rugby. In 2021 O'Brien was inducted into the US Rugby Hall of Fame.

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