Marcus Aldaba enters his first season as a co-head coach of the Transylvania women's soccer team for the 2022 season. 

Albaba brings a wealth of experience to Transylvania, and a fresh outside mindset, having served as the Director of Operations for the University of Kentucky's men's soccer team since 2018. At UK, Aldaba helped develop numerous standout players, also having major contributions to the program off the pitch in operations roles. 

"The opportunity to have Marcus Aldaba join aside Coach Reinecke as the co-head coach is a great opportunity to propel our program to the next level. Their experience will no doubt make them a dynamic duo. I am excited to see where they take our team", said Dr. Holly Sheilley, Athletic Director and University Vice President for Athletics. 

As Director of Operations for the University of Kentucky men's soccer team, Albaba's teams won two Conference USA Championships and qualified for the NCAA Tournament all four years, making it as far as the fourth round in 2018. Aldaba mentored several elite players including Enrique Facusse, who was a member of the Honduras Olympic Qualifying team, and Aime Mabika, a First-Round selection in the 2021 Major League Soccer SuperDraft. He assisted in planning training sessions for the team, monitored the program's budgets, and managed the arrangement of away matches. Aldaba marketed all the boys' and girls' fall soccer camps, setting records for turnout in 2018 and exceeding them in the following year.

Prior to his time at the UK, Aldaba served as an assistant coach for Mercer University Men's Soccer, where he was directly involved with the recruiting efforts of student-athletes, coaching, and conducting logistics across the program as well. In each of his two seasons at Mercer, Aldaba helped the Bears take home back-to-back SoCon Tournament Championships and qualifying for the NCAA Tournament. In both of his seasons on the staff, Mercer defeated ranked opponents in No. 16 Washington and No. 24 South Carolina. Aldaba helped coach and mentor great talent, including the 2017 SoCon Male Athlete of the Year, Will Bagrou, who was selected in the 2018 Major League Soccer Draft. 

Aldaba also has experience serving as the Director of Operations at Southern Methodist University’s Men’s Soccer program, from 2015-2016, where the Mustangs qualified for the NCAA Tournament with the AAC Coaching Staff of the Year. Aldaba mentored a pair of 2018 MLS Draft selections in Michael Nelson and Mauro Cichero.

Aldaba was a Division III student-athlete, playing as a midfielder at the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas from 2010-2013, where he was named to the All-ASC Honorable Mention Team in 2010.  

He also currently serves as a youth soccer coach with the Lexington F.C. program in the U10 Age Group, having served there since the Fall of 2020. Aldaba holds a U.S. Soccer Federation D License and is actively working towards C accreditation.