The TCU Equestrian team announced that it has hired assistant coach Haley O'Neal. She will be in charge of training the team's English division, an area in which O'Neal has lengthy experience.

Prior to coming to TCU, O'Neal, 27, was working for Sienna Stables in the Houston area as the Senior Hunter/Jumper trainer. While working for Sienna, she continued to compete on the "A" show level and has won numerous local, state and national awards.

During her time at Texas A&M, O'Neal was a member of their Equestrian team. Competing in the English division, she was team captain her senior year, and as a junior was nominated to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll for the spring semester.

In 2000, O'Neal won the SJHJA championship in Adult Hunter, Adult Equitation, and Schooling Hunter.