A country girl at heart, Michal-Lynn “Coach” O’Kelley hails from Walnut Creek, Ca but spent most of her summers camping with her extended family ,water skiing, and country line dancing in Oklahoma. She received her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology from University of Arkansas, where she also was a midfielder for the Division I Razorbacks. Michal-Lynn has coached youth soccer for the Albion premiere soccer club for over 10 years, and has served as their Director of Operations for most of those years. She also was one of High Tech Explorer Elementary’s founding faculty, as its first PE teacher. Coach O’Kelley has loved her time as the Director of Athletics and Wellness at High Tech High and spends her time cheering on the Storm at their games sporting her blue and yellow! She believes in building character through athletics and hopes to inspire athletes to push beyond their limits and release themselves to the game of life. When she is not working out, doing hot yoga, or watching soccer matches, she is hanging out with her family on bikes, at concerts, or with friends.