Following his retirement from competitive skating, he began working full-time as a coach and an interior designer.

O'Meara competed on the novice and junior levels with Melissa Ralph and Lia Nitake, having some success with them both.

He won four straight medals at the U.S. Championships on the novice and junior levels between 1999 and 2002, two with Ralph and two with Nitake.

[1] He began training with Jamie Silverstein, a former World Junior Champion with Justin Pekarek, in April 2005.

In the spring of 2006, Silverstein and O'Meara announced they would be taking time off from competitive skating.