Matt Mones | Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator

Matt Mones, a former assistant coach at Yale University and the University of Hartford, is in his ninth season with the Brown University women’s soccer staff and fourth as an associate head coach in 2024. He previously served as an assistant coach from 2016-2020.

In 2023, the Bears completed their fourth consecutive undefeated Ivy League campaign and won their fourth consecutive league title. After defeating Quinnipiac in the opening round, Brown advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year. Eight Bears earned All-Ivy honors, while two earned All-Region accolades, including Brittany Raphino who was named the Ivy Offensive Player of the Year and an All-American, both for the third consecutive year. For their efforts, the Brown coaching staff was selected as the East Region Staff of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches Association.

In 2022, Mones and the Bears won their first NCAA Tournament game since 1994 with a 1-0 win at Rutgers. The season also included the program's third straight Ivy League Title after posting a 5-0-1 record in league action.

Mones helped lead the Bears to their second straight Ivy League Title in 2021, a season that also saw the team finish with a 7-0 Ivy League record for the first time since the league expanded to eight teams in 1991. The campaign saw Brittany Raphino named a Second Team All-American and the Ivy Offensive Player of the Year, Kayla Duran named a CoSida Academic All-American and the Ivy Defensive Player of the Year, and seven players in total selected to the All-Ivy League teams.

He was a key part of the 2019 United Soccer Coaches East Region Staff of the Year and helped guide the Bears to a historic season in 2019 in which the team earned its first Ivy League title and NCAA appearance since 1994. Brown set program records for wins in a season (14), home wins in a season (11), and shutouts in a season (13).

In 2019, the Bears posted an overall record of 14-2-3 alongside an undefeated 6-0-1 mark in Ivy League play, finishing the year unbeaten in conference play for the first time since 1994. Brown notched an 11-0-1 mark at home, including an 11-0-0 record during the regular season. The Bears advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament after topping Monmouth in a penalty kick shootout, 4-1.

During his third year with the team in 2018, the Bears concluded the season with 29 goals, marking their highest goal total since netting 37 goals in 2006. He coached five All-Ivy selections, including First Team All-Ivy honoree Abby Carchio ’20 and Ivy League Rookie of the Year Rebecca Rosen ’22. Carchio also garnered Third Team All-East Region and New England Midfielder of the Year accolades.

In 2017, Mones helped guide Brown to an 11-5-0 overall record, giving the Bears their most wins since going 13-4-0 in 2000. Brown also set a single-season program record with four overtime victories. Mones coached six All-Ivy selections, including First Team All-Ivy honoree Carchio. He mentored CoSIDA First Team Academic All-America selection Katy Schmidt ’18 and a pair of Academic All-Ivy honorees in Schmidt and Maclaine Lehan ’18.

Mones helped lead Brown to a second-place finish in the Ivy League standings in 2016, marking its highest finish in the league table since winning the conference title in 1994. The Bears earned points in 14 of their 16 matches on the season and finished in the top half of the league standings in back-to-back years for the first time since 1993-94. Brown closed the year with its highest winning percentages both overall (.719) and in conference play (.714) since the year 2000.

He aided in the tutelage of Christine Etzel ’19, the unanimous 2016 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, to a season in which the goalkeeper ranked second in the NCAA in save percentage (0.921), fourth in goals-against average (0.361) and 13th in shutouts (10) at the end of the regular season. He also helped coached Carly Gould ’17 and Lehan to First Team All-Ivy honors.

Mones spent the 2015 season as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator with the Yale University men’s soccer team after working with Hartford’s women’s program in 2014. He helped the Hawks win the America East regular season championship and served on a staff that won America East Coaching Staff of the Year honors.

Alongside his collegiate coaching experience, Mones has also coached with Yankee United Futbol Club for the past eight years, winning a US Youth Soccer Connecticut State Cup during his time with the club. He has served as an assistant coach with the St. Joseph High School girls program for four seasons, aiding the team to a 71-10-7 overall record and a state title.

As a collegiate student-athlete, Mones played at both Marist College and Boston College. Mones earned a spot on the MAAC All-Rookie team, won back-to-back Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championships with the Red Foxes, and made two NCAA tournament appearances. Mones is a 2008 graduate of Boston College with a Bachelor of Science from the Carroll School of Management.

A native of Trumbull, Conn., Mones was a captain and four-year starter at St. Joseph High School while also playing for Oakwood Soccer Club, Connecticut ODP and the Region I ODP Team. Mones currently holds a United States Soccer Federation B License as well as a Premier Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.