history and youngest full-time head coach in the league's 15-year history. This occurred despite the fact that United President and CEO Kevin Payne had continuously ruled him out during the months leading up to the decision. In a promotion for the upcoming 2011 season, United gave away free half-smokes in conjunction with Ben's Chili Bowl, which was renamed "Ben Olsen's Chili Bowl" for one hour on March 17, 2011 . In a largely disappointing 2013 season where United was last in the Eastern Division, Olsen led the team to the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final against Real Salt Lake. The team won on a first half stoppage time goal by Lewis Neal. In 2014, Ben Olsen was named MLS Coach of the Year, helping D.C. United win the MLS Eastern Conference regular season title after finishing in last in 2013. In 2019, Olsen became the youngest head coach in MLS to reach 100 wins as a manager, achieving the title at 41 years old. On October 8, 2020, D.C. United announced that Ben Olsen departed from his role of head coach. On November 8, 2022, Olsen was named head coach of Houston Dynamo. Personal Olsen is a licensed minister and presided over the nuptials of his then-teammate, Nick Rimando, in 2005. He is married to Megan Schoen, a teacher at Takoma Park Middle School. The two wed in Negril, Jamaica in December 2006. Their wedding was featured in Brides Magazine. Megan gave birth to their daughter, Ruby, on September 30, 2008. The couple later featured in a popular TV commercial for Dick's Sporting Goods, in which Olsen enjoys an impromptu soccer skills exhibition with fellow MLS players Brian Ching, Duilio Davino and Christian Gómez, before he and Megan chase their screen son, "Dawson", out of the store when he has the temerity to ask for a David Beckham jersey. Olsen has rented out the apartment below his Northwest, Washington, D.C. town house to numerous teammates, including to D.C. United goalkeeper Zach Wells during the 2008 season. He was featured on the North American cover of FIFA 2001. Managerial statistics Honors Player D.C. United CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1998 Copa Interamericana: 1998 MLS Cup: 1999, 2004 MLS Supporters' Shield: 1999, 2006, 2007 U.S. Open Cup: 2008 MLS Eastern Conference: 1998, 1999, 2004 United States CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2005 Individual MLS Rookie of the Year: 1998 MLS Cup MVP: 1999 MLS