Octavian Muresan, a highly decorated coach with experience as a player and coach at the international level, joined Hoban in 2011 as head coach of boys soccer. Tavi is starting his 10-year journey with a record of 95-40-21.

Muresan is a native of Reteag, Romania, and a 1989 graduate of Babes-Bolyai University, where he received a bachelor's degree in chemistry. He played professional soccer in Romania from 1983 to 1993. He became an American citizen in October, 2013. His goal is to challenge his players to serve as a role models and to be ambassadors for Hoban.

Under his leadership the Hoban boys program won North Coast League League titles in 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2019. He was named NCL Coach of the Year in 2013, 2018 and 2019.

Muresan currently owns and serves as Director of Coaching and Player Development for Liberty FC, a premier soccer club in Northeast Ohio. In 2005 he received his USSF "A" License. He won the OYSAN Director of Coaching award in 2009.

Muresan's hobbies include tennis, cooking, gardening and reading. He and his wife Mihaela, a chemical engineer, have one son, Vlad, a USSF licensed soccer coach , who was named Hawken High School boys soccer head coach in 2009. The Muresans live in Brunswick and attend St. Helena Greek Catholic Church in Cleveland.

Updated August 2020