Former UNCW men's soccer standout Greg Marinich finished his sixth season with the Seahawk women's soccer program and third as volunteer assistant coach in 2025 after returning to his alma mater to serve as a volunteer operations liaison in 2019.
Marinich, a 1984 UNCW graduate, joins the Seahawks after five successful years as the head boys’ and girls’ varsity soccer coach at Ashley High School where he guided the Screaming Eagles to a combined 127-50-16 record.
A native of Columbia, Md., Marinich was a two-year captain for the Seahawks after a year at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, and one year at Catonsville Community College in Baltimore. He scored three goals with two assists during the 1982 season and added a goal as a senior in 1983 en route to claiming NSCAA All-South honors. Marinich served as a student assistant coach during the 1984 season under Coach Calvin Lane.
After graduating from UNCW with his degree in management, Marinich served in the United States Army. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2012 following a 27-year career and returned to the Port City, where he spent time in the Bladen County and New Hanover County school systems as a teacher and soccer coach.
Marinich and his wife, Cat, have two sons – Jack (36) and Nicholas (31), who are both living in Wilmington.
