Veteran college coach, Mario Rincon, is our Girls Director of Player Development & Supplemental Training, Mario will also coach multiple Girls Elite level teams within our program. Mario led the 08 team to become U13 Florida State Champions, scoring an unprecedented 30 goals in the State Cup Tournament, with Zero (0) goals against. Mario went on to lead them to an undefeated Regional Championship, as well as an undefeated 2021 USYS National Championship!
A former Team Boca player and coach, Mario played for local Pope John Paul High School in Boca Raton, and then the University of Central Florida. Mario subsequently went on to a prestigious 22 year college and pro coaching career beginning at local Lynn University, during which the Knights posted a combined 58-4-0 record, and won the 1998 NCAA Division II Women’s Soccer National Championship, the program’s first NCAA title after winning three titles at the NAIA level.
Mario then went on to coach at the professional level with Major League Soccer’s NY/NJ MetroStars (now New York Red Bulls) serving as a team administrator, scout, and coach. After his MLS stint, Mario coached at the University of Miami for one season before accepting the same position at Duke University where he specialized in player recruitment and helped reel in a top 10 recruiting class. From Duke, Mario spent three seasons on the coaching staff at Baylor University in Texas, where he once again brought in a nationally-ranked recruiting class.
After Baylor, Coach Mario joined the staff at Wright State University, where the Raiders posted a combined 23-8-5 record over his two seasons there. From Wright State, he joined the coaching staff at Florida Gulf Coast University, helping his former head coach at Lynn University (and former Team Boca DOC), Jim Blankenship, to start the Eagles Division I Women’s Soccer Program. FGCU posted a 32-16-6 record over Mario’s three seasons with the program.
Mario’s success at FGCU led him to be named to the staff at the prestigious United States Military Academy at West Point. There he helped guide Army to two Patriot League titles including an NCAA tournament berth. His success at Army led him to be named to the staff at the University of Arkansas. In his five seasons there he helped earn bids to three NCAA tournaments, coaching the Razorbacks to a program record 18 wins and a #11 national ranking. Coach Mario then returned to his home state of Florida where he was most recently the Coach at St Leo University for two seasons.
Mario holds a BA Degree in Business Administration, and holds a United States Soccer Federation National “A” License, as well as an NSCAA Advanced National License. He has also been on our Florida State ODP Coaching Staff for the past 20 years and is currently the ODP Coach of the Girls ‘01-‘02 team.