O'Shurak Named Women's Soccer Coach

MOORHEAD, Minn. (4/3/18)--- Rebecca O'Shurak has been hired as the new women's soccer head coach at Concordia College Moorhead.

O'Shurak becomes the seventh coach in the history of the program and the first female to lead the Cobbers in the 35-year history of soccer at Concordia.

"I am incredibly fortunate to be taking over a program with such a strong history of excellence, integrity, and passion," commented O'Shurak. "I look forward to building upon such a strong foundation and I would like to thank the search committee for giving me the opportunity to do so."

O'Shurak was an assistant coach at Youngtown State (Ohio) last year. Before her time on the bench with the Penguins O'Shurak was an assistant coach at Tennessee Tech University from 2014-17.

O'Shurak brings a diverse background to her first head coaching position. When she was at Youngstown State she helped with recruiting student/athletes as well as designing and implementing team training sessions. She was also the team's goalkeeper coach and was in charge of overseeing all aspects of the development of the team's goalies.

While at Tennessee Tech O'Shurak was responsible training and coaching the team's goalkeepers. She also handled the team's video editing, database entry and other electronic and social network items.

Before her stint at Tennessee Tech, O'Shurak serves as an assistant coach for the men's and women's soccer programs at NCAA Division III Thomas More College (Ky.). She spent two years with Thomas More and during that time she helped the men's and women's teams win the regular season and conference tournament championships in back-to-back seasons. While O'Shurak was at Thomas More the women's team went unbeaten in conference play as they posted an impressive 18-0 mark.

O'Shurak started her coaching career at Allegheny College (Pa.) in 2007 and was a media/recruiting assistant for four seasons. After her time at Allegheny she moved to Earlham College where she created a recruiting database to help aid the recruiting process of potential student-athletes, and designed and implemented position specific training sessions for goalkeepers.

O'Shurak earned her bachelor's degree in Communication Arts from Allegheny College in 2011. She played in all four seasons for the Gators and helped the team earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament in her senior season in 2010 when Allegheny went 14-3-4 . During her four years at Allegheny, O'Shurak posted a career goals against average of 1.27. During her time at Allegheny, O'Shurak also served as a media/recruiting assistant for the women's soccer program as well as an athletic communications intern.

O'Shurak went on to earn a master's degree in exercise science, physical health and wellness from Tenessee Tech.

O'Shurak will begin her duties as Cobber head coach on Apr. 9.

"My goals for this program are to empower these young women as students, athletes and leaders," added O'Shurak. "I hope to give them the confidence and tools necessary to return this program to the success Cobber soccer once held within the MIAC."