O’Connor was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and came to Miami in 1986 as the program’s first-ever rowing coach. He turned a club sport into something legitimate, the program having moved into the Ronald W. Shane Watersports Center in 1993 and three years later UM recognized rowing as a varsity sport.
Months after that O’Conner was named Southeast Collegiate Coach Of The Year.
Okie coached at Miami until the 2001 season, his fifteen years at UM building a program from scratch and his legacy still standing today. A tragic day for the U Family. All our best to the O’Connor family and all who knew Joe.
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