The First American-Developed Rugby Coach to Go Pro Overseas? | Brendan O’Meara

An American-developed rugby coach taking a professional job overseas is rare, and Brendan O’Meara knows exactly why. His path runs through years of volunteering, uncomfortable learning curves, and the kind of persistence that doesn’t look dramatic from the outside. Now he’s heading to Japan rugby with the NEC Green Rockets, and we get specific about what it actually took to earn that step and what it will demand next. We unpack the “self-made coach” reality in American rugby and why ex...