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All-American honoree as a senior. In addition,<br />

he was a three-time GTE Academic<br />

All-American recipient.<br />

McIntyre, who reg<strong>is</strong>tered 18 goals and<br />

10 ass<strong>is</strong>ts, was known as a clutch scorer.<br />

<strong>Hartwick</strong> had a 52-20-7 record and<br />

made two trips to the NCAA Tournament<br />

in h<strong>is</strong> four-year career. McIntyre<br />

scored game-winning goals in NCAA<br />

Tournament wins over Rutgers and Boston<br />

University in 1993, and he led<br />

<strong>Hartwick</strong> to a tournament appearance<br />

in 1995. The Hawks had a 16-0-1 record<br />

when McIntyre scored a goal in h<strong>is</strong> varsity<br />

career.<br />

McIntyre, who graduated with summa<br />

cum laude honors from <strong>Hartwick</strong>,<br />

won the President’s Senior Scholar Athlete<br />

award. He was the 1995-96 <strong>Hartwick</strong><br />

Male Athlete of the Year and was selected<br />

as the recipient of the Harry Mosher<br />

Award the same year.<br />

In 2001, he was enshrined into the<br />

<strong>Hartwick</strong> <strong>College</strong> Athletic Hall of Fame<br />

in h<strong>is</strong> first year on the ballot.<br />

A native of Basildon, England, McIntyre<br />

started h<strong>is</strong> collegiate coaching career<br />

as an ass<strong>is</strong>tant at Fairfield from 1996-98<br />

under another <strong>Hartwick</strong> alumnus, Carl<br />

Rees ’88. McIntyre also coached the<br />

Region I amateur team to the gold medal<br />

at the 1999 United States Soccer Festival<br />

in Portland, Oregon.<br />

He left Fairfield to assume head<br />

coaching duties for the former Div<strong>is</strong>ion<br />

I soccer program at Oneonta State,<br />

where he posted a 36-28-7 record from<br />

1999 through 2002. McIntyre led the<br />

Red Dragons to three straight doubledigit<br />

winning seasons and was named<br />

Independent Coach of the Year after<br />

leading the team to a 10-6-1 record in<br />

1999. H<strong>is</strong> Oneonta team upset <strong>Hartwick</strong><br />

in the 1999 Mayor’s Cup title game, h<strong>is</strong><br />

first year at the helm of that program.<br />

McIntyre and h<strong>is</strong> wife, Jennifer, live in<br />

Oneonta with their daughter Lyla and<br />

their dog Elmore.<br />

Jukka Masalin enters h<strong>is</strong> first year as<br />

an ass<strong>is</strong>tant on the <strong>Hartwick</strong> coaching<br />

staff. H<strong>is</strong> primary responsibilities include<br />

coaching the goalies and recruiting.<br />

Masalin brings a wealth of coaching<br />

and playing experience to the <strong>Hartwick</strong><br />

men’s soccer program. As a player, h<strong>is</strong><br />

professional career has seen him travel<br />

to Germany, Sweden, and Finland before<br />

fin<strong>is</strong>hing in the United States. Masalin<br />

has successfully made the transition from<br />

playing to the coaching ranks and he<br />

most recently served as the ass<strong>is</strong>tant<br />

coach for the Rochester Raging Rhinos<br />

of the USL-1. During h<strong>is</strong> time with the<br />

Rhinos, he was in charge of goalie<br />

training, as well as team fitness and<br />

speed training. Masalin also scouted,<br />

recruited, and negotiated with players<br />

from all over the world and started the<br />

professional youth academy<br />

infrastructure in Rochester.<br />

”I am very excited to have Jukka join<br />

our coaching staff and we welcome both<br />

Jukka and h<strong>is</strong> wife Carmen into the<br />

Oneonta community,” said McIntyre.<br />

“He <strong>is</strong> an outstanding coach with<br />

demonstrated leadership skills and he<br />

<strong>is</strong> a perfect fit for our athletic department<br />

and our <strong>Hartwick</strong> soccer family.”<br />

Masalin was active within the Finn<strong>is</strong>h<br />

soccer community prior to coming to<br />

Jukka<br />

Masalin<br />

Ass<strong>is</strong>tant Coach<br />

the United States in 1995. Between<br />

1987-93, he gained international playing<br />

experience as a member of the U-16, U-<br />

18, U-21 national youth teams for<br />

Finland.<br />

In 1995, he embarked on h<strong>is</strong> collegiate<br />

playing career at Lander University in<br />

Greenwood, SC, where he was a twotime<br />

all-Peach Belt Conference honoree.<br />

With Masalin on the roster, the Bearcats<br />

recorded a 60-19-3 overall record and<br />

advanced to the NCAA Div<strong>is</strong>ion II<br />

Championships in 1996. Currently, he<br />

ranks third on the all-time Lander l<strong>is</strong>t<br />

for career saves with 302.<br />

Following h<strong>is</strong> collegiate career, Masalin<br />

remained at Lander and served as an<br />

ass<strong>is</strong>tant coach for the men’s and<br />

women’s soccer programs. During th<strong>is</strong><br />

time, he completed h<strong>is</strong> bachelor’s in<br />

exerc<strong>is</strong>e science in 2002.<br />

After Lander, Masalin served as a media<br />

officer at U-17 FIFA World Cup in<br />

Finland for an eight month period. In<br />

2004, he held various jobs within Atlanta,<br />

GA, most notably serving as an ass<strong>is</strong>tant<br />

coach for the Atlanta Silverbacks for<br />

three years. During th<strong>is</strong> period, he also<br />

was an ass<strong>is</strong>tant men’s soccer coach at<br />

Reinhardt <strong>College</strong>, was the Soccer<br />

Director for the Decatur-DeKalb YMCA,<br />

and was a co-director for the Silverbacks’<br />

Youth Soccer Program.<br />

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