Mark Gaynord coached Rashford when he was a five-year-old playing for Fletcher Moss Rangers in Manchester, a club that has already produced the likes of Wes Brown, Danny Welbeck, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Ravel Morrison and Tyler Blackett.
He tells BBC Sport what marked Rashford out as special.
A star at five
It did not take long for Gaynord to realise Rashford's unbelievable goalscoring potential.
"We went to a tournament and I took him down there - I watched this lad and in only 10 minutes he had scored 12 goals," said Gaynord. "He kind of got bored so started setting up his team-mates to score and we won the game 20-0 - in 10 minutes.
"He had something special, he was just a naturally gifted footballer and what a nice young lad. There was no big-headedness, his is just the perfect role model for a footballer."
'The Lionel Messi of mini soccer'
"He was good with me, but he was even better once he got to United where he was just untouchable on the pitch. He was like the Lionel Messi of mini-soccer football at 10 years old.
A new class of '92
Rashford joined other United academy products, including Borthwick-Jackson, Jesse Lingard, Paddy McNair and James Wilson, to have featured in the club's first team this season.
Gaynord believes the youngsters could go on to enjoy the same success as the 'class of 92', which included David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt, Gary Neville and Phil Neville.
"Marcus and these young players who are breaking through are the new 'class of 92'," he said. "These players will play for Ryan Giggs and will have the utmost respect for that lad because they know what he has done for that club. Giggs has the class of 2016 in his hands."
Keep with Giggs and Van Gaal
"If we keep with Ryan and Louis van Gaal, we're going to have a great squad of youngsters. They will not have to go out and spend ￡60m on these internationals and European players as we've already got them here on our doorstep."
Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been tipped to replace Van Gaal in the summer, but Gaynord thinks the club's youngsters will progress better under the current management.
"We have a bunch of talented players who can produce and get into the national side and go and win the World Cup," added Gaynord.
"I'm certainly in the Van Gaal and Ryan Giggs camp. Jose Mourinho is not an academy manager, he has not nurtured players like Sir Alex Ferguson and like how Van Gaal and Ryan Giggs are doing now. For me I want to see home-grown talent."
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