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Francis Marion University

Francis Marion University Athletics
 4822 E. Palmetto St Florence, SC 29501
Division 2 South Carolina Southeast
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Luis Rincon

Luis Rincon is preparing to enter his fifth season as head coach of the Francis Marion University men's soccer program.


Rincon was named to his new post on Feb. 14, 2019, and became the seventh head coach in the 47-year history of the Francis Marion program. His men's career coaching mark stands at 95-42-19 over seven seasons as a college head coach.


This past year, he led FMU to an 8-6-5 record, a tie for second during the Conference Carolinas regular season, and a second straight appearance in the conference tournament title match. The squad earned a Team Academic Award from the United Soccer Association for the third time in Rincon's four seasons in Florence.


In 2021, he guided the Patriots to a 12-5-2 mark and the regular-season title in the program's first year as a member of Conference Carolinas. The Patriots also reached the title match of the conference tournament and Rincon was named the league's Coach of the Year.


In 2020, his Patriots posted a 4-3-4 mark and made a second straight appearance in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament title match. That season was delay and abbreviated by covid-19 and actually took place in the Spring of 2021.


In his first year, he guided the Patriots to a 16-5-1 record, the 2019 Peach Belt Tournament title, and the program's third-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. FMU finished the season ranked No.22 in the United Soccer Coaches final NCAA II Top 25 poll, after being nationally ranked for seven weeks during the regular season, including three weeks in the Top 10. The team's win total was the third-highest total in team history, including a first-round victory in the NCAA Tournament. FMU led the Peach Belt with a 0.74 goals against average and a school-record 11 shutouts.


Rincon received the 2020 Frankie Award for Head Coach of the Year, and the 2019 Patriot men's soccer squad received the 2020 Frankie Award for Most Outstanding Team.


A native of Bogota, Colombia, prior to coming to Florence Rincon headed the Ohio Valley men’s program for the past four seasons, registering a 55-23-7 record and earning a pair of NCAA Division II Tournament appearances.


In his final season (2018), he guided OVU to an 18-6-1 mark and an appearance in the Elite Eight of the national tournament. The Fighting Scots finished the year ranked No.10 after reaching as high as second in the nation.


His 2017 squad posted a 17-2-4 record that included both the Great Midwest Conference regular-season and tournament titles and an NCAA Tournament invitation. The team was nationally ranked for eight consecutive weeks, finishing the year at No.6.


He took over an OVU men’s program that was 0-17-0 before his arrival and immediately turned the program around. His first squad went 9-8-1 and garnered the program’s first-ever berth in the Great Midwest Conference Tournament. The next year, the Fighting Scots produced an 11-7-1 campaign, setting a school-record for wins in a season, and placed second during the G-MAC regular season.


He also guided the OVU women’s team to a two-year record of 33-4-6, including two conference regular-season and tournament titles, and two NCAA Tournament bids.


Prior to taking the OVU position, he served four seasons as an assistant coach for both men’s and women’s soccer at his alma mater, Texas A&M International University. Also during that time, he worked as an assistant instructor for weight training, aerobic training, and soccer.


He also worked for three years as a men’s and women’s assistant at another of his alma maters, Warner University in Lake Wales, Fla., and has experience coaching with the Eden Prairie Soccer Club in Minneapolis, Minn.


Rincon earned a B.A. degree in business administration from Warner in 2008 and an M.B.A. degree in international business from Texas A&M International in 2010. He holds an advanced national diploma from the NSCAA.

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Kevin Martin

Kevin Martin enters his third season as an assistant coach for the Francis Marion University men's soccer program.


A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, Martin comes to FMU after serving two years as an assistant at Brevard College.


He earned an undergraduate degree (in sport, exercise, and coaching) at Open University in Scotland and a Diploma of Sports and Exercise Science from Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland.


Martin also served as an assistant coach at Wayne Country Day School in Goldsboro, N.C., where he helped the Chargers win their first state championship. Other past coaching appointments have been with the Wayne County United Soccer Club, Livingston Football Club, Berwick Rangers Football Club, and the University of Edinburgh Association Football Club.


He has also worked as a senior opposition analyst with Velez Club de Futbol in Spain and as a manager of accounts payable at Benton Truck Brokers.


He holds both a UEFA Aand B License, an International Society of Performance Analysis of Sports (ISPAS) Level 1 license, and a Scottish FA Goalkeeping Certificate.

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Gabriel Rodriguez

Rodriguez enters his first season as an assistant coach for the Patriot men's soccer program.


A native of Cali, Colombia, Rodriguez comes to Francis Marion with more than five years of coaching experience with local academies and personalized training. He most recently spent two years with the Soccer Trap organization in Dunbar, W.V., and nearly two years with the West Virginia Futbol Club in Charleston, W.V.


Rodriguez is a 2021 graduate of the University of Charleston, where he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology, graduating cum laude. He was a member of the Golden Eagles soccer program that captured the 2019 NCAA Division II national championship and was the national runner-up in 2021. He was a first-team All-American in 2021 and twice earned first-team All-Mountain East Conference recognition. He was named to the MEC All-Tournament Team on three occasions. He appeared in 57 career matches and tallied 110 shots, 32 goals, and 12 assists, while logging more than 3,100 minutes on the pitch.


Prior to college, he played as a semi-professional with America de Cali club in Colombia and with Leeds United in England.


After college, he played professionally with the Limon Black Star club in Costa Rica.

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