MIAMI SHORES, Fla. --  Barry men's soccer great Alan Marcina was the first-ever head coach for new North American Soccer League team, Rayo OKC, on Thursday.

Marcina has vast experience in the NASL, spending four years with the San Antonio Scorpions' coaching staff and capturing the NASL Championship in his first full season as head coach in 2014. He is also the youngest head coach in the league at just 36. 

He began his coaching career in 2012 as an assistant coach with the Scorpions, as the club finished with the top overall regular-season record in the NASL. After serving as interim head coach at the end of the 2013 season, Marcina was elevated to head coach and his team captured the 2014 NASL title with a dramatic, 2-1, win over the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.

Marcina, who played at Barry from 1999-2002, amassed 151 points (62 goals, 27 assists) in 76 games. He led the Bucs to the NCAA Division II Final Four in 1999 and 2000, including the championship game in 2000, an all-time classic that went four overtimes against Cal State-Dominguez Hills. Marcina was the Player of the Year in the Sunshine State Conference in 2002 as well as Offensive Player of the Year. He led the Bucs to SSC titles in 1999 and 2002.

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