Pat O’Leary is in his fifth year on Tom Gilmore’scoaching staff in 2009, serving as the Crusaders’ defensiveline coach. O’Leary came to Holy Cross from DartmouthCollege, where he had been a member of the coaching staff since1989. He previously worked with Gilmore at both Columbia(1987-1988) and Dartmouth (1992-1999).
O’Leary coached both the defensive line and thelinebackers at Dartmouth, and also served as assistant head coachfrom 2000-2002. He helped lead the Big Green to four Ivy Leaguetitles during his 16 seasons, including a perfect 10-0 record in1996. O’Leary also helped Dartmouth to a 22-game unbeatenstreak from 1995-1997, which still ranks as the third-longestunbeaten streak in Division I-AA history. In addition,O’Leary coached a team of Ivy League All-Stars at the 1996Epsom Ivy Bowl in Osaka, Japan.
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Prior to his time at Dartmouth, O’Leary served as thedefensive coordinator at Columbia in 1988. He was also thelinebackers coach for the Lions from 1986-1987, while serving asthe defensive coordinator and secondary coach for Columbia’sfreshman team in 1985. O’Leary’s coaching career beganat Monsignor Farrell High School in New York, N.Y.
O’Leary, who is a 1976 graduate of the New York Instituteof Technology, played collegiate ball at Missouri Valley Collegebefore joining the United States Army. After serving with the 101stAirborne in Vietnam, he joined the New York Police Department from1970-1979.
A native of Staten Island, N.Y., O’Leary and his wife,Debbie, have six children and seven grandchildren.
O'Leary's Collegiate Coaching FileYears School Position1985 Columbia Freshman Defensive Coordinator1986-1987 Columbia Linebackers Coach1988 Columbia Defensive Coordinator1989-1990 Dartmouth Outside Linebackers Coach1991-1999 Dartmouth Defensive Line Coach2000-2002 Dartmouth Assistant Head Coach / Linebackers Coach2003-2004 Dartmouth Defensive Line Coach2005-2009 Holy Cross Defensive Line Coach
