Jon O’Haire has served as Miami's goalkeeping coach since 2018.
This past season, O'Haire worked with Isabelle Perese, who was named MAC Goalkeeper of the Year and earned first-team All-MAC and first-team All-Region honors in 2022.
In 2019, Miami goalkeepers combined for six shutouts on the season. Freshman goalkeeper Isabelle Perese was named to the All-Rookie Team by Synapse Sports as well as the MAC All-Tournament Team after only allowing one goal in the MAC Tournament. Perese ranked third in the MAC in GAA (1.52) and totaled 70 saves on the season. Perese was named MAC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 29 following two shootout wins the previous weekend.
In 2018, Miami goalkeepers combined for 11 shutouts to lead Division I programs nationally. The RedHawks set a program record for the longest shutout streak of opponents, going 350 minutes and one second without allowing a goal. This streak was established Sept. 16 through Oct. 7. Under O’Haire’s direction, Miami only allowed one goal during conference play as it earned a shutout in five of six MAC games during the regular season. The RedHawks also earned shutouts in the MAC Semifinal game against Ohio and the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against No. 22 Boston University. The Miami goalkeepers combined for a 1.04 GAA during the 2018 season. Maddie Passarella earned All-MAC Second Team honors.
Actively involved in the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Teams from 1997-2005, Jon O’Haire worked with goalkeepers from both programs. He served as an assistant coach of the USMNT at the Pan Am Games in Winnipeg, Canada (1991) and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (2003). He was recognized as the 2003 USA Field Hockey National Coach of the Year for his work. He was an assistant coach to the U.S. U-21 Women’s National Team at the Junior Pan American Championship in Bridgetown, Barbados which qualified the squad for the 2001 Hockey Junior World Cup.
O’Haire’s coaching resume includes positions at American University, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, Penn State University, The Ohio State University and Miami University. A 2012 move took him to Christchurch, New Zealand, and while there he served as a Community Hockey Manager at Canterbury Hockey Association and goalkeeper specialist coach with the Canterbury Regional High Performance Center. O’Haire also worked with the Black Sticks U-21 Men’s goalkeepers in their lead up to the Junior World Cup in 2016 and most recently at the Future Black Sticks Goalkeeper Camp for men and women in 2017.
His involvement with hockey started in 1981 as a club player in New York with the Greenwich Field Hockey Club. In 1982, he was first selected to the U.S. Men’s National Team as a goalkeeper. O’Haire played in 54 international matches from 1983-1995 and played on three Pan Am Games teams, winning bronze medals with in 1987 and 1995. Domestically, he participated in eight U.S. Olympic Festivals, claiming four gold and three silver medals. O’Haire also represented the United States internationally in a number of indoor tournaments. He continues to play at the club level and with a variety of tournament teams, including the 2018 USA Men’s Masters’ team. O’Haire and his wife, Beth, reside in Columbus, Ohio.
