Marco Regalado - Executive Director of Player Personnel & Recruiting Innovation - Football Support Staff

Marco Regalado

Title:
Executive Director of Player Personnel & Recruiting Innovation
Phone:
348-6900

Marco Regalado was hired as the Executive Director of Player Personnel & Recruiting Innovation in June 2022 to lead the Owls’ recruiting department.

He made a massive impact immediately on the Owls’ efforts, as they signed their highest-rated recruiting class according to 247Sports. Three members of the 2023 recruiting class rank among the top eight to sign with Rice in 247Sports’ database. He also helped bring a strong Texas presence to the Owls program, signing 14 players from the state for the 2023 class.

He was named to FootballScoop’s Minority Watch List/Rising Stars in 2022 and the 247Sports 30 Under 30 Coaches List in 2021.

Prior to coming to South Main, Regalado spent one year at Washington State University, where he was twice promoted in less than a year. He joined the WSU staff as a Recruiting Assistant, was elevated to Director of On-Campus Recruiting, and then promoted to Director of Recruiting. During his time in Pullman, the Cougars won the Apple Cup with a victory over arch-rival Washington, appeared in the Sun Bowl, and doubled the number of recruits from Texas in 2022 from the previous year’s class.

Regalado spent the 2020 season as the Running Backs Coach/Recruiting Coordinator at V.R. Eaton High School in Fort Worth, Texas, helping guide the Eagles to their best season in school history with a 9-4 record while a pair of his running backs combined for over 2,000 yards of total offense.

He was the Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers Coach at PSJA Memorial High School in 2019 and worked in a variety of roles at Mathis (TX) High School in Texas in 2018. He began his high school coaching career with two seasons at Santa Gertrudis High School in Kingsville, TX (2016-17), highlighted by the school’s first district title in 2016. Regalado began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Texas A&M-Kingsville, coaching on the defensive line from 2014- 2016.

A native of Zapata, Texas, Regalado received a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science from Texas State in 2014, where he founded and served as president of the Texas State club football team which played semi-pro teams in Texas. He earned his master’s degree in educational administration from Texas A&M-Kingsville in 2016.