Keene State College Men's Soccer

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.

Matt Caron has been a part of the Keene State men’s soccer coaching staff since 2008 and was promoted to Associate Head Coach in 2018. Along with serving as the Goalkeeper Coach and assisting in general coaching of the team, Caron is the Operations Coordinator. Responsibilities include academic tracking for all players in the program, scheduling and planning of other program events, managing program social media, and other administrative tasks that helped former head coach Rick Scott and help current head coach Matt Schmidt. Caron was a four year member of the KSC program, graduating in 2006.  As a goalkeeper for the program from 2002-2005, he was part of teams that won two LEC titles, two trips to the Division III NCAA tournament, and an ECAC final.

James McCully joined the Owls' staff in 2022 after playing for the Owls for two seasons.  He will assist head coach Matt Schmidt in the operations of the program.  McCully played in 19 games for the Owls, scoring six goals with one assist.