Staff Directory

Michael O’Connell
Michael O’Connell
  • Title:
    Assistant Coach
  • Alma Mater:
    12th Season
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            Mike O’Connell, a former standout player for the Mountain Hawks, enters his twelfth season as an assistant coach. A 1993 graduate of Lehigh, O’Connell received his bachelor’s degree in accounting.  He earned his master’s degree in secondary education from Lehigh in 1998.   

            “Having played at Lehigh for four years and then having continued to serve as an assistant coach, Mike knows the Lehigh soccer program as well as anyone. He has a great understanding of what it takes to succeed as a student-athlete here and appreciates what we are trying to accomplish,” head coach Dean Koski said. “Mike is a big reason why Lehigh remains a highly successful program.”

A four-year letterwinner, O’Connell plays for the Sunburst Soccer Club in Bethlehem and holds the NSCAA Advanced National Diploma. For the past ten years, O’Connell has been a staff coach and assistant director for the Lehigh Nike Soccer Academy. Additionally, O’Connell teaches math at Nitschmann Middle School in Bethlehem.

 

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