Derek Marinatos Soccer Academy

Coach Marinatos is in his fifth year of coaching at UNF.

After five seasons at the helm of the North Florida Men’s Soccer program, Derek Marinatos has quickly transformed the Ospreys into a perennial power in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Ospreys burst onto the national scene in 2015 after capturing the school’s first ever conference championship and a berth into the program’s first ever NCAA Tournament. Coach Marinatos was named the 2015 Atlantic Sun co-Coach of the Year after a 4-0-1 mark in A-Sun play and the school’s first 10-win season in 15 years. He has helped guide the Ospreys to three-straight Atlantic Sun Conference Championship games. In 2015 a total of eight players garnered All-Conference honors, four went on to be named to the NSCAA All-Region team and Helge Pietschmann became the program’s first ever Academic All-American. Alex Morrell also became North Florida’s first ever player invited to the MLS combine and was drafted with the 22nd pick (2nd overall pick in the second round) of the 2016 MLS super draft by the Chicago Fire, becoming North Florida’s first Major League Soccer player.

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• UNF Head Men's Soccer Head Coach (5 years)
• 2015 ASUN Regular Season and Tournament Champions
• 2015 NCAA Championship birth
• 2015 ASUN Coach of the Year
• UNF Men’s Soccer 2013, 2014, & 2015 Conference Finals
• 20 years of camp experience and founder of "The Derek Marinatos Soccer Academy" and "The Derek Marinatos Goalkeeper Academy"
• Certified USSF "A" license national coach
• U.S. National Team Scout
• Region III ODP staff
• 2009 United States U-20 women's national team staff
• Former Furman University Associate Head Coach and Assistant Coach (5 years)
• 2010 So-Con title and Conference Final appearance
• 2007 NCAA Tournament appearance (2nd Round) following a 19-4-0 finish, Top 20 national ranking, and undefeated Southern Conference regular season and tournament championship.
• Three recruiting classes at Furman earned high national rankings with his 2008 group listed 17th, the 2009 class ranked 27th, and the 2010 class receiving a five star rating, and ranked 3rd in the Country
• Multi-year Georgia and South Carolina ODP staff coach
• 2006 goalkeeper coach and advance scout for the United States U-21 women's national team that participated in the prestigious Nordic Cup
• Six-year stint as an assistant and goalkeeper coach at his alma mater, Emory University, with two NCAA Division III Tournament appearances
• 1999 Professional with the Atlanta Silverbacks of the United Soccer League's having returned from a tryout with AC Milan in the Italian Seria A
• As a two-year team captain at Emory, three straight NCAA Tournament appearances
• Three time first-team all-conference and two-time All-South Region
• Marinatos holds a bachelor's degree economics from Emory and earned his masters in sports administration at Georgia State University
• 1994 graduate of the Bolles School in Jacksonville, FL

Josh Dunn will be entering his sixth season as an assistant coach with the North Florida men's soccer program. Josh Dunn was elevated to Associate Head Coach prior to the 2015 season. He first joined the North Florida coaching staff in 2010 and was brought on as a full-time assistant when Derek Marinatos was named the Head Coach in 2011. Coach Dunn has played a key role in the resurgence of North Florida men's soccer program that has seen 13 players receive all-conference honors, 9 players garner NSCAA All-Region accolades and five players named to the Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team in just five seasons. In his first season as Associate Head Coach, the Ospreys won the program's first ever Atlantic Sun Conference Championship and appeared in the school's first NCAA Tournament and the staff were awarded the 2015 A-Sun Coaching Staff of the Year after the program's first 10-win season in 15 years.

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• Assistant Coach, University of North Florida Men's Soccer
• "B" USSF National Coaching License
• Played at the University of Virginia (1995-96)
• Played for several professional teams after college including the Hampton Roads Mariners (A-League), the Palm Beach Pumas (PDL) and the Northern Virginia Royals of the USL
• Former Director of Coaching for the Team America Soccer Club

Andrew Barth finished his third season with the North Florida men's soccer program after being hired in August of 2013. Barth serves as assistant coach and works with the Osprey goalkeepers. Barth has worked with two of the top goalkeepers in school history in his first four seasons. His hard work helped Kyle Nasta win the 2014 Atlantic Sun Goalkeeper of the Year and NCSAA All-Region honors twice. Prior to Nasta, Barth coached Brad Sienkiewicz who is second all-time saves in North Florida men's soccer history.

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• Assistant and Goalkeeper coach for University of North Florida Men’s Soccer
• Director of Goalkeeping Westside Soccer club
• Assistant and Goalkeeper coach for USC Upstate women’s program (2012-13)
• Assistant Coach Anderson University (2011)
• Director of Goalkeepers at Clemson Anderson Soccer Alliance (2010-13) and Furman United Soccer Club (2008-13)
• Personal trainer and performance coach at Performance QSA in Greenville. S.C. (2007-13)
• Residential Goalkeeper Director for Derek Marinatos Goalkeeper Academy (DMGA) (2009-10)

Noah Braun joined the North Florida soccer coaching staff midway through the team’s run to the 2015 Atlantic Sun Conference Championship. Along with his coaching efforts on the collegiate level he serves as the current girls soccer director and camp director at PDA Florida. Additionally is a girls coach at the USA Soccer Training Center. Braun began his coaching career at Florida Palm Coast High School where he held the post for four seasons. In that time he guided the Bulldogs to three-straight winning seasons and made multiple state playoff appearances.

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• USSF A License
• 2013 named the District 6 Coach of the Year after winning the District 2-5A Title.
• Four-year starter at Oral Roberts University, earning All-Conference honors twice for the Golden Eagles.
• He made his professional soccer debut for the Columbus Crew in 2005.
• Two years as member of the Las Vegas Strikers of the NPSL.
• Graduate of Oral Roberts with a degree in Education.

• Manager, Derek Marinatos Soccer Academy (2011 – Present)
• National Team Coordinator, United States Soccer Federation (2005 – 2011). Organized 42 training camps (26 domestic/16 International) for The United States Soccer Federation’s Youth National Teams including the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil and the 2008 Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Chile (2008 Under-20 Women’s World Cup Champions)
• Event Director, Local Boys Do Good (2008 – 2011). Organized and executed “Euphoria” for the non- profit organization Local Boys Do Good. Euphoria is an annual Food, Wine and Music Festival held in Greenville, South Carolina. It is a weekend event with 16 individual events held throughout the weekend
• Played college soccer for Vanguard University of Southern California
• Bachelors Degree in Sociology from Vanguard University of Southern California and a Masters Degree in Sports Management from California State University, Long Beach