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Mount St. Mary's University

Mount St. Marys University Athletics
 16300 Old Emmitsburg Rd Emmitsburg, MD 21727
Division 1 Maryland Northeast
Private Small National competitor
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Brett Teach

30-plus year veteran of the college soccer coaching circuit Brett Teach was tabbed as the seventh head coach for Mount St. Mary’s men’s soccer on December 1, 2023. A 10-time conference coach of the year and the 2000 United Soccer Coaches NAIA Coach of the Year, the position is Teach’s sixth venture as a head coach between NCAA and NAIA institutions.


Teach has served as an assistant coach for the VCU Rams since 2010, working under coach Dave Giffard, this past year’s recipient of Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year. Over the last 14 years in Richmond, the Rams won 116 matches, were ranked as high as ninth in the country, and made three NCAA Tournament appearances. Last season, the team won the A10 Regular Season title, going 5-1-2 in conference play.


Under Teach and the staff’s guidance, VCU garnered 63 all-conference honors, including 21 First Team recognitions, and five major conference award winners. Seven athletes were selected in the MLS SuperDraft, with three – Dennis Castillo, Kharlton Belmar, and Jason Johnson – earning experience with MLS clubs.


Before arriving in Richmond, Teach served as a head coach for schools in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, accumulating 280 victories. At the Division I level he worked at Georgia State from 1994-2000, giving the Panthers their first NCAA Tournament appearance by virtue of winning the 1997 Trans America Athletic Conference (now ASUN) Championship. When hired in 1994, Teach was the youngest head coach of a Division I program.


His most recent head coaching job was at Tusculum from 2007-2009, winning the conference each season and making it to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division II Soccer Championship in 2008. Additional stops include Auburn University Montgomery, winning 139 matches from 2000-07, and stops at Oglethorpe University and La Grange College at the beginning of his career. Across his NAIA positions, he has coached teams to four national finals, five semifinals, and eight quarterfinals. In each of his seasons at AUM, Teach received at least one Coach of the Year recognition, including a NSCAA/Adidas NAIA National Coach of the Year Award in 2000.


Alongside collegiate tenure, Teach has decades of experience for clubs and development programs. He serves as a teacher for United Soccer Coaches, helping prospective mentors earn licenses, and from 1987-2010, he served as a staff coach for Region III of the Olympic Development Program. Further positions include Capital City Streaks Soccer Club, Metro North Soccer Association, Stone Mountain Soccer and Teaching Soccer Inc.


Teach is a 1986 graduate of King University in Tennessee, where he played goalkeeper for the Tornadoes and was inducted to the Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006. Auburn University Montgomery inducted him as a coach in 2013.

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Daniel O'Rourke

Daniel O'Rourke joined the Mount's men's soccer coaching staff ahead of the 2020-21 season. He arrives in Emmitsburg from his alma mater, Keystone College.


After earning his degree from Keystone in 2014, he worked for Frostburg State and East Stroudsburg Universities before returning to Keystone. As a graduate assistant for the Bobcats, he aided both the men's and women's squads in all manners of coaching. This included recruiting, scouting, game analysis, practice plans, travel and game day tactics. O'Rourke advanced to an assistant role with East Stroudsburg, working with the Warriors' goalkeepers from 2016-2018.


Both the Bobcats and Warriors reached the NCAA Championships after winning conference titles during his tenure. He would do the same at his alma mater, when Keystone won the CSAC Championship in 2019.


Additional coaching stops include the Electric City Shock in Scranton and UCD Women's Soccer in Dublin, Ireland.


Hailing from Ireland, O'Rourke's playing career began on youth clubs for Dundrum AFC, St. Joseph Boys AFC and Cherry Orchard FC. All three clubs were league winners while he was on the team. Enrolling at Keystone, he was a four-year starter for the Giants and ranked nationally for saves. Accolades include a team defensive MVP honor in 2011, a CSAC Honorable Mention in 2010 and All-Academic honors in 2012. During his senior year, he was the college's recipient of the N. Scott Thurston award, given for both academic and athletic excellence.


Semi-pro experiences including stints with the Electric City Shock and the Pocono Snow, members of the National Premier Soccer League.


O'Rourke possesses two coaching licenses from the Football Association of Ireland, including certification in goalkeeping.

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Marcos Garcia

Mount St. Mary's will bring both Marcos Garcia and Matio Dimov as assistant coaches for the soccer program this upcoming season. Dimov will exclusively work with Melissa Sherwood and the women's team, while Garcia will split duties between the women and head coach Brett Teach and the men's soccer team.


Dimov is no stranger to Emmitsburg as he has previously served as the video analyst and assistant coach for the women's team in July and August of 2023. Prior to the Mount, Dimov served as the Director of Coaching for the women's U16-U19 and women's academy coach for TSJ FC Virginia. He has his UEFA "C" coaching diploma and is studying for his UEFA "B" license.


Marcos Garcia comes to the Mount after previously serving as head coach of the 2006, 2007, and 2008 women's teams of Baltimore Celtic Soccer Club. He also player coached and served as sporting director of the DMV Gunners of the Major Arena Soccer League 3. From August 2022 to March 2024, Garcia served as the Goalkeeper Coach for Gettysburg College.

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