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Michael O'Brien will enter his third season as head coach of the Millersville women's soccer team when the 2008 season kicks off in August.

Last season's squad finished with a 4-12-3 record but finished strong by winning three of its last five games by a combined score of 14-2. The 2006 team went 3-13-2 in O'Brien's first year as head coach at Millersville.

Prior to his arrival at Millersville, O'Brien was an assistant women's coach and goalkeeper coach at Messiah College. During his three years there (2002-04), Messiah advanced to the national finals in 2002 and quarterfinals in 2003 with his goalkeepers only allowing 14 goals combined.

O'Brien has also coached girls' and boys' soccer teams at Northern High School in Dillsburg, Pa., and was named the girl's Mid Penn Coach of the Year in 2002. There he helped to establish middle school soccer programs as well as guidelines and goals for all soccer coaching positions within the district.

He has also worked with the soccer teams at Cedar Cliff High School (1996-1999) and Big Spring High School (1992-1999).