Florida Gulf Coast University Men's Soccer

Owen McCorkle joined FGCU men's soccer as the associate head coach in February 2025. Prior to FGCU, McCorkle spent the last six seasons with the Tulsa men's soccer program, most recently serving as an assistant coach for two seasons before earning a promotion to Associate Head coach before the 2024 campaign.    During his tenure, Tulsa has recorded a 43-37-13 overall record.  McCorkle has coached 20 student-athletes to The American all-conference honors, 5 to all-rookie team accolades, and 8 to all-tournament team honors. He helped three Tulsa student-athletes earn all-conference honors in 2024, with freshman Alex Cunningham, upperclassmen Alvaro Torrijos, & Wes Bottenburg earning spots on the 1st and 2nd all-conference teams, respectively.   Tulsa had a 10-5-2 mark during the 2022 season, including three wins over top-25 opponents, and made its 13th appearance in the NCAA Championship, advancing to the Third Round during the 2022 campaign.  Mariano Fazio and Alex Meinhard were both named to the Hermann Trophy Watch List, Fazio was named as a 2022 NCAA Division I Men’s All-America third team honoree, and Fazio, Alex Lopez, Meinhard, and Henry Sach picked up United Soccer Coaches All-East Region honors.  For the American Athletic Conference, Fazio was named the Defensive Player of the Year and Lopez was tabbed as the Goalkeeper of the Year, both for the second-straight season.  Fazio, Lopez, Meinhard and Sach earned first-team all-conference accolades and Wes Bottenburg was selected to the all-rookie team.   In 2021, Tulsa had a historic season, tying a program-best of 16 wins, was ranked as high as No. 2 nationally, claimed The American regular season and tournament titles, and advanced to the NCAA Championship third round.  McCorkle helped coach Fazio to 2021 NCAA Division I Men's All-America third-team honors, while Lopez was named the 2021 Top Drawer Soccer Freshman of the Year, and five players were tabbed to the United Soccer Coaches all-east region teams.  The Tulsa men's soccer team claimed every American Athletic Conference honor possible in 2021, including Offensive Player of the Year (Alex Meinhard), Defensive Player of the Year (Mariano Fazio), Midfielder of the Year (Henry Sach), Goalkeeper of the Year (Alex Lopez), Rookie of the Year (Alex Lopez), and Coaching Staff of the Year.   During the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Tulsa only played American Athletic Conference games before The American Championship and posted a 6-4-2 record for a second-place finish. Alex Meinhard was named The American Offensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year and picked up all-conference and all-Rookie team accolades.     McCorkle was instrumental in coaching Lopez to Top Drawer Soccer Freshman of the Year, United Soccer Coaches all-east region team, American Athletic Conference Goalkeeper and Rookie of the Year accolades, as well as The American all-conference and all-Rookie team honors in 2021.  Lopez also finished the season ranked seventh in the nation in goals-against average (.723).   McCorkle also served as an assistant coach at Florida Atlantic University for two seasons (2017-18).    McCorkle was a four-year letterwinner at Florida Atlantic (2013-16), playing in 55 games as a defender.   He earned his bachelor’s degree from Florida Atlantic in exercise science and health promotion in 2016, and his master’s degree in health care delivery sciences from Tulsa in 2022.