College Soccer Academy ID Camp in Las Vegas - Girls

In this historic season, CLU was the 1^st unranked team to make it to the national final and was the 1^st unranked team to win the National Championship. It was also the 1^st national title in the program’s history and the 1^st SCIAC team to win the women’s national title. Marino is the all-time winningest coach in Regals Soccer history with a record of 203-63-42. Marino and his staff were named the 2017 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Coaching Staff of the Year following their first NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance. In 2019, Marino and the Regals went to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years.

In his 14th season with the Regals, Marino is 25th in NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Coaching Records for winningest active coaches (minimum of five years), with a win percentage of .716 and a record of 203-63-42. Among the winningest NCAA Division III coaches all-time (by percentage; minimum of ten years as head coach) he is ranked 47th. On November 11, 2023, Marino won his 200th game as head coach in the first round of the NCAA tournament against Carleton.

Most importantly, Frank's philosophy of coaching is to create a meaningful program culture that develops character, builds a teamwork orientation, exudes positive energy, and enhances the student experience.

Marino has been privileged to coach one NCAA Tournament Offensive MVP: Isabella Veljacic (2023), one NCAA Tournament Defensive MVP: Eden Quiroz (2023), two NCAA All-Tournament team players: Brynn McMahon (2023) and Kelsey Slaugh (2023), five All-America selections: Sinead Vaughan (2010, 2011), Taylor Will (2012), Zandra Stewart (2019) and Eden Quiroz (2023), and three Scholar All Americans selections: Zandra Stewart (2019), Isabella Veljacic (2023), and Avery West (2023). For the NCAA All-West Region, he has coached fourteen First Team honorees, fifteen to the Second Team, and nine to the Third Team. He was also honored to coach four SCIAC Player of the Year: Taylor Will (2012), Sinead Vaughan (2010,2011), Kali Youngdahl (2017), and Isabella Veljacic (2022), two SCIAC Defensive Player of the Year: Katie Weaver (2022) and Avery West (2023), and three SCIAC Newcomers of the Year: Taylor Will (2011), Raquel Weckhurst (2015), and Trinity Martinez (2017).

Marino also serves as the head girls' soccer coach at Westlake High School where he has posted a 267-78-79 overall record since taking over in 2000. He has led the Warriors to 12 Marmonte League titles and six second-place finishes. In 2003, he led the Warriors to their first-ever CIF title and was recognized as the CIF, Daily News, and Marmonte League Coach of the Year. He was again named Coach of the Year for five more years.

Marino earned a bachelor's degree in social science and a master's degree in education from the University of La Verne.

What are they saying about Coach Marino

Brianna Pinal - Former Player, Captain 2018 - 2014-18
"My collegiate soccer career at CLU wouldn't have been the same without Frank. He is an extremely passionate and enthusiastic coach, who gave us the tools we needed to be the best. He cares for everyone on the team and is involved in ensuring his players are successful not only on the field but off."

Sarah Tadeusiak - Former Player - 2015-18
"Coach Frank motivated me to be better on and off the field. The competitive and challenging environment combined with the off-the-field team bonding is unmatched and unlike any other sports team. The culture he has created is truly one-of-a-kind."

Rios comes to Las Vegas after serving as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Queens University of Charlotte of the ASUN Conference for two seasons (2024-25). Prior to that, he spent time as an assistant coach at Oregon State briefly (2024), at Western Oregon on Bingham's staff (2022-23) and at Adams State (2020-22).

During his time at Queens, Rios played a key role in player development and recruiting, providing support for the program's growth and talent acquisition. Among his achievements there, he helped guide the Royals to the ASUN Tournament and shutouts against two of the nation's top-15 scoring offenses this past season. Additionally, he coached one All-ASUN defender in 2024 (Sejla Podzic).

Before his short stint at Oregon State, Rios coached the goalkeepers and defenders at WOU for two seasons. During that span, he produced the 2022 GNAC Defensive Player of the Year (Hannah Rispler), while the Wolves earned the program's first-ever national rankings and one GNAC tournament berth (2023).

Rios began his coaching career as an assistant for two years at Adams State after finishing his playing career. As a student-athlete, he was a member of the Grizzlies' 2017 team that holds the best winning percentage in program history and later served as captain in 2019. He also played at Mesa Community College in Arizona from 2015-17, captaining MCC to its fourth consecutive playoff run and winning ACCAC Defensive Player of the Year honors.

A native of Buckeye, Arizona, Rios earned his bachelor's degree in K-12 education from Adams State. He went on to play one year in the EPLWA for the Vancouver Victory and then one season in the UPSL with Sporting AZ FC.

Walton, who was a two-time All-Mountain West goalkeeper, makes the move to Las Vegas after serving as assistant coach at Salt Lake Community College (2024-25) and USL W League club Utah United (2025) over the past two years.

During her time at SLCC, Walton helped guide the Bruins to top-10 national rankings in goals allowed, goals against average and shutouts in back-to-back seasons, including top-3 rankings in 2024. Guiding the goalkeepers unit primarily, she mentored goalkeeper Elle Rafajko (2024) to NJCAA All-American honors, the NJCAA National Tournament Team and SWAC Goalkeeper of the Year honors. Additionally, the Bruins captured two SWAC titles, a Region 8 Championship and made two NJCAA Tournaments, reaching the Final Four in 2024, with Walton on the sidelines.

In addition to coaching collegiate soccer, Walton spent the 2025 season at the professional level as the Utah United's goalkeeper coach. Her contributions provided the squad expertise at that position on its historic run to the USLW National Championship. She also gained valuable international experience playing professionally for FC Pinzgau in Austria during the 2024 season.

Prior to playing professionally, Walton starred at goalkeeper at Utah State (2019-23). One of the program's most decorated goalkeepers, she left the school as the all-time leader in career saves (339) and shutouts (30). Other accomplishments on her impressive resume include a MW Tournament Championship, MW All-Tournament Team and All-Newcomer Team selections, five MW Defensive Player of the Week honors, and College Soccer News National Player of the Week (September 2023). Along with her athletic prowess, she excelled academically, earning Academic All-Mountain West honors three times (2021-23).

Originally from Draper, Utah, Walton graduated from Utah State with her bachelor's degree in psychology paired with a minor in sociology. She also earned her master’s degree in sports management at her alma mater.

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He holds a USSF “A” License and has coached D1 NCAA athletics at both Stanford University and Saint Mary’s College of California. While at Stanford he guided the Cardinal women’s soccer team to an elite eight finish in the 2002 NCAA playoffs and was named National Coach of the Year by Soccer America for this achievement. He also served Northern California as Director of Coaching, where he specialized in sport science and coach education.