 Stephen O'Kane
stephen@designeffex.com
O'Kane first joined the Fury in 2005 as the head coach of the Club's U17 Boys leading them to a perfect 15-0-0 season and the New England Division title. O'Kane would go on to coach the Fury U20 team in 2006 leading them to second place finish in the newly formed USL Super-20 Division and in 2007 his U16 Boys captured the New England Division title and also earned a bronze medal at the prestigious Foyle Cup in Northern Ireland. Prior to plying his coaching trade with the Fury, O'Kane was named the youngest head coach at Algonquin College leading his alma mater to three Provincial Championships (2004-2006), two National Silver Medals (2004-2005) and the National Championship in 2006.
As a player at Algonquin College, O'Kane won the Provincial title in 1999 and was a finalist at the National level. He was also a 3-year team captain and OCAA All Star selection. Stephen had trials with Sheffield United in England where he played with their academy team as well as the University squad. He received a soccer scholarship to Geneva College in Pittsburgh. This past year Stephen was elected to the OCAA Hall of Fame for his contributions as both a player and a coach.
In his first season at the PDL helm, O'Kane led the Fury to its best year ever posting a 9-4-3 record and dominating at home with a 6-0-2 record, but a loss on the second day of the season to Newark proved to be more costly than originally thought as the Ironbound Express would earn the playoff spot over Ottawa on the tie-breaker head-to-head rule. Determined to improve on a successful season O'Kane returned in 2009 and proved to the league that his team was for real as they went undefeated through the regular season (12-0-4) securing the club's first-ever playoff berth and Divisional Crown before falling in extra time to Ocean City in the opening round of the playoffs before a capacity crowd at the Algonquin College Soccer Complex. O'Kane hold an all-time PDL coaching record of 21-4-7. |
