1. George Joseph O'Leary was born on August 17,1946 and is a former American football coach and college athletics administrator.
26 Facts About George O'Leary
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George O'Leary served as the head football coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from 1994 to 2001 and the UCF Knights from 2004 to 2015.
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George O'Leary was famously hired in 2001 to be the head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish but resigned after five days for lying on his resume.
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George O'Leary was born on August 17,1946, in Central Islip, New York, and graduated from Central Islip High School in 1964.
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George O'Leary is married to Sharon George O'Leary and they have four children; two daughters, Chris and Trish, and two sons, Tim and Marty.
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George O'Leary earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education from the University of New Hampshire in 1968.
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George O'Leary began his coaching career at Central Islip High School in New York, serving as their assistant coach from 1968 to 1974.
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George O'Leary then became head coach at Liverpool High School in New York from 1977 to 1979.
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George O'Leary served in this capacity from 1980 to 1984.
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Between 1985 and 1986, George O'Leary took on the added responsibility of being the Orange's assistant head coach.
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George O'Leary was later named the head coach prior to the 1995 season.
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George O'Leary won the Bobby Dodd National Coach of the year in 2000 and the ACC Coach of the Year Award in 1998 and 2000.
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In 2001, George O'Leary left Georgia Tech to take over as the head coach for the University of Notre Dame.
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The biography, which had remained more or less unchanged for two decades, stated that George O'Leary had earned three letters in football at the University of New Hampshire, but when The Union Leader called The University of New Hampshire to research a feature story on him, the school informed the paper he had not even played in one game.
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When this came to light, George O'Leary offered his immediate resignation, which Notre Dame athletic director Kevin White turned down, but then asked if there were any other inaccuracies.
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George O'Leary then admitted that he had not earned a master's degree from "NYU-Stony Brook University": this was a non-existent institution named after two separate schools over 50 miles apart.
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George O'Leary had taken only two courses at Stony Brook, and never graduated.
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In 2002, George O'Leary was hired as the defensive line coach for the Minnesota Vikings by head coach Mike Tice, who played for George O'Leary at Central Islip High School in the 1970s.
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George O'Leary was credited with improving the 2002 Vikings defense to 10th in the NFL, after it was ranked 30th in 2001.
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George O'Leary left the Vikings in 2004 to become the head coach at the University of Central Florida.
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George O'Leary was named Conference USA Coach of the Year in addition to being named National Coach of the Year by CBSSportsLine.
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George O'Leary was instrumental in getting state-of-the-art practice fields and an indoor football practice facility.
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George O'Leary was then transported to a nearby hospital where he died approximately one hour later.
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George O'Leary led the Knights to an eight-loss season in 2008.
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George O'Leary remained and made significant changes to his coaching staff for the 2009 season.
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George O'Leary reshaped the UCF football program in regard to improved academic results in the classroom and overall team discipline on and off the football field.