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	Lynn Ray Boren
	Head Coach lynn.boren@gallaudet.edu 866.346.1421(VP/V)

Boren will enter his sixth season as the head coach of the Gallaudet University volleyball program in 2010. In five seasons, Boren has accumulated a 122-66 career record with the Bison and led them to two NCAA tournament appearances.

In 2009, Boren coached the Bison to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Region championship as the Buff and Blue posted a 27-14 record and finished as runners-up in the Capital Athletic Conference championship. Three senior players in Shana Lehmann, Justine Jeter and Amanda Krieger earned all-conference honors for the Bison to increase the total to 14 in Boren's tenure. He has also coached two CAC Players of the Year in Charity Sanders (2005) and Tamijo Foronda (2006).

Boren led Gallaudet to back-to-back CAC championships and NCAA tournament appearances during his first two seasons in 2005 and '06. The conference championships were later vacated. The 2006 team advanced to the Sweet 16 round as the Bison won their first two NCAA tournament games and finished with a 30-10 record.

Prior to coaching the GU volleyball program, Boren spent 12 years coaching at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, including nine years as head coach where he won 217 games and four national championships. Boren graduated from Gallaudet with a bachelor's degree in 1996 and received his master's degree from McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College) in 1999.

In the past year Boren has received two distinctive awards from two of his Alma Maters. He was selected to be inducted into the Texas School for the Deaf Alumni Association Hall of Fame and receive the 2010 Outstanding Young Alumnus Award presented by the Gallaudet University Alumni Association.

Boren was selected to the Texas School for the Deaf Alumni Association's Hall of Fame for its sports category. He played four sports the Texas School for the Deaf including football, baseball, basketball and tennis and was on three national championship teams between 1988 and 1989. Boren was the 1989 Class Salutatorian before he attended Gallaudet University as a student.

The Outstanding Young Alumnus Award is presented to a Gallaudet alumnus who has graduated from or left the University within the past 15 years. It is awarded by a vote of the GUAA Board to an individual who has performed an impressive service to the University and/or the Deaf Community, or for bringing favorable recognition to the University through some notable achievement.

Boren also has a strong international coaching and playing experience as he recently led the United States of America Deaf Volleyball team to the silver medal in the 2009 Deaflympics held in Taipei. He is also a competitive handball player as he participated in three Deaflympics as a player in 1993, '97 and 2001 as he won a bronze medal with the last two teams. In 2005, he coached the USA Deaf Handball team to a silver medal in Australia. In 2008, Boren led the 2008 US National Team to a bronze medal in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the Deaf World Volleyball Championships. He was also the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Elite Deaf Girls' Volleyball Summer Camp, a prestigious volleyball development program that is currently entering its 11th year.

Boren expects his players to do as well off the court as they do on the court. "Student-athletes should live their dreams everyday. To accomplish this, I encourage student-athletes to develop a strong sense of confidence and to believe in themselves. This establishes the foundation which empowers them to develop a goal attainment plan and achieve their dreams."

Boren and his wife Touria Ouahid Boren, a GU Athletics Hall of Fame member, have two sons, Keanu and Denali, and reside in University Park, Md.

 

	Patrick O'Brien
	Assistant Coach

Coach O'Brien has been with Gallaudet volleyball for 22 seasons. He is currently serving his fifth season with Head Coach Lynn Ray Boren. Patrick works as the Information Technology Lead Specialist with the Internal Revenue Service; he is a graduate of Gallaudet, class of 1985.

"Pat" has received a multitude of honors over his storied career, including CAC Coach of the Year in 2003. The veteran coach has seen Gallaudet's squads take six CAC Conference Championships (1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2003). He has also served on various Deaflympic teams, for both the men and women. Altogether, the Americans have brought home three medals out of his four stints as head coach. Pat served as the Team Director for the 2009 Deaflympics in Taiwan with Head Coach Lynn Ray Boren. Coach O'Brien is married to Kathy, and the couple reside in Bowie, Md.