Rohan Naraine Named Coastal Head Women’s Soccer Coach

CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina University has named Rohan Naraine as its new head women’s soccer coach, effective immediately, CCU Director of Athletics Warren “Moose” Koegel announced today. He has served as the interim head coach since Karrie Miller’s contract was not renewed in January.

“I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to be named head coach,” Naraine said. “It’s an exciting time for this program, as I want to take it to the next level. Our goal is to compete for the conference championship and it’s special this year because this year’s tournament is at Coastal. I think we have a good recruiting class coming in along with our returners for next season. The ladies have been working real hard this spring, and I think we’re on the right track to compete for the conference crown.”

Naraine is very familiar with CCU women’s soccer, having served as an assistant coach during the 2002 and 2005 seasons. Last season, he helped the Lady Chanticleers win a school-record 13 games, with the squad leading the Big South in goals (52), assists (43) and points (147) along with four All-Big South Team honorees, including the Freshman of the Year in Blair Monroe. During the 2002 season, Naraine helped the Lady Chants to their first winning season in school history and helped bring in a recruiting class that would be part of a Big South regular season championship in 2003.

Between his two stints at Coastal, Naraine spent the 2003 and 2004 seasons as the head women’s soccer coach at Southern University. Naraine was Southern’s first-ever head coach, and in the inaugural 2003 season, he led the Jaguars to a third-place finish in the Southwestern Athletic Conference and a 6-7 overall record.

Naraine brings 20 years of coaching experience to the Lady Chants, coaching at the high school, collegiate and international levels. He spent four years as the head coach of Coker College’s women’s soccer program before his first stint at Coastal.

Naraine is a native of Guyana, South America, and grew up in London, England. He lived in England for 10 years before moving to the United States at the age of 16. In America, Naraine played soccer at Theodore Roosevelt High in Washington, D.C. He was team captain of the 1980 State Championship team and was selected the Washington Post’s “Player of the Year.”

Naraine played collegiate soccer for nationally-ranked North Carolina Wesleyan College, helping lead the program to the NCAA Division III National Tournament in 1984. Naraine was the team captain and selected to the All-South Region teams in 1983 and 1984. His playing career ended in 1984 due to a knee injury, but he remained at NC Wesleyan as an assistant coach of the men’s and women’s programs during the 1985 and 1986 seasons.

Prior to accepting the position at Coker in 1998, Naraine spent eight years at Beaufort Academy in Beaufort, S.C., where he served as Athletic Director and Head Coach of the boys’ and girls’ soccer programs. His teams won eight state championships and he was tabbed South Carolina’s Coach of the Year eight consecutive seasons.

Naraine is a staff member of the men’s and women’s Guyana National Teams that compete in the CONCACAF region. In 1999, Naraine was chosen to the coaching staff of Guyana’s Men’s Olympic Soccer Team. He also is a state coach for the South Carolina Girl’s Soccer Olympic Development Program. Naraine holds a FIFA Olympic License along with his NSCAA National Coaching License.

Naraine and his wife, Nalini, also a Guyana native, were married in 1995 in Guyana. They have a four-year old daughter, Nikki.