Keene State College

Matt Schmidt was named the fourth head coach in program history in July of 2022.

He picked up his first career win on September 28, 2022 when the Owls beat New England College 3-1, and helped KSC improve from a sixth-place conference finish that season to a No. 2 seed in 2023.

Schmidt had recently rejoined the staff in March of 2022 after previously working as an assistant coach for the Owls from 2014-2017.  Prior to that, he was the head boys soccer coach at Keene High School, where he was named the NHIAA Division I Coach of the Year.  He was also previously the athletic director and assistant boys soccer coach at Fall Mountain Regional High School in Walpole, N.H.

Schmidt's coaching experience also extends to the club level, serving as the Technical Director for the Connecticut River Futbol Club from 2007 to 2021, where he trained All-America and All-New England players Owen Fauth (Vassar College), Daniel Croteau (Boston College), and Andrew Mitchell (Colby College).

Schmidt played at the University of Central Florida, where he was a midfielder for the Division I Golden Knights.  He was an Athletic Director's Dean's List Scholar-Athlete and received an undergraduate degree in business administration in 2001.