Michael Horan enters his third season as the assistant defensive line coach for the Harvard football program in 2011-12. He recruits student-athletes in Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, New Mexico, West Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Canada.

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Since graduating from Bates in 2005, Horan has coached at three colleges and one high school. 

He began his coaching career at Stoughton (Mass.) High School where he worked as an assistant coach under his former head coach, Greg Burke. After one season at Stoughton, Horan moved on to become the tight ends coach at Curry College. During his time at Curry, the Colonels went undefeated in the regular season, captured the New England Football Conference championship and qualified for the Division III playoffs. 

In 2007, Horan was named linebackers coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and, in 2008, he moved to Wagner College where he coached the defensive backs.

At Bates, Horan was a senior captain and a two-time All-New England Small College Athletic Conference selection at safety as well as an All-ECAC pick in 2004.

Horan currently resides in Somerville, Mass.