Century tabs Okerson as next girls soccer coach

Century's athletic department has announced that Ryan Okerson has been hired as the next head coach of the Patriots girls soccer program.

Okerson, 38, had spent the past two seasons as an assistant varsity coach at Legacy. The former Patriots soccer player graduated from Century in 1997 ahead of playing collegiality at both the University of Mary and Huron University. He graduated from U-Mary in 2012 with a Bachelor's in Excercise Science and Master's in Human Performance/Sports Administration.

He has coached in varying roles both at the middle and high school levels in the Bismarck Public Schools system since 1998. In addition, Okerson has spent seven years coaching club soccer and helped establish both the men's and women's soccer programs at Bismarck State.

Okerson replaces Nate Ulness, who resigned earlier this year in order to accept a women's soccer head coaching position at Gillette College (Gillette, Wyo.).

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