McIntyre grew up in Basildon, England and played for an Arsenal FC youth team.
During his time, the team had two consecutive Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship game appearances.
After seven seasons at Hartwick, McIntyre was hired on as the head coach at Syracuse University by AD Daryl Gross.
However, McIntyre has led the team to great improvements in the following 5 years, winning an ACC Championship in 2015 and making several NCAA Tournament appearances.
[9] Ian McIntyre has brought the Orange to the 2022 National Championship,[10] two NCAA Tournament College Cup in 2015 and 2022, and two ACC Conference Titles in 2015 and 2022.