Matt Brown completed his second season as the head coach of the Union College men's soccer team in 2023.
After leading the program to a 5-8-3 record in his first year at the helm, Brown guided the group to their most successful season in recent history in 2023. The team finished with an 8-6-5 record under Brown’s direction, their most wins in a season since 2019, which included a 5-2-2 mark in the Liberty League, their most wins in conference play in over a decade. The successful regular season saw the Garnet Chargers earn the #2 seed in the Liberty League Tournament, punching their ticket to the postseason for the first time since 2015 and earning a home game for the first time since 2010. The program’s four end of year conference honors were the most for the program since 2017.
Brown came to Schenectady from Bucknell University, where he spent two years as an assistant coach before being elevated to interim head coach for the 2021 season. In his role as offensive coordinator, Brown headed up the planning and designing of team practices, video analysis, opponent scouting, scheduling, fundraising and alumni relations for the Division I program.
Brown previously served one season as head coach of the men's and women's soccer teams at Division II Shaw University, where he led both teams to the most wins in a season in the programs' brief histories.
Before his time at Shaw, Brown served as an assistant coach at Division I Elon University and the University at Buffalo. Focusing on the defensive side of the ball, he helped the Phoenix set new program single-season records for goals against average (0.57) and shutouts (10) in 2017, while guiding the Bulls to a program-record 10 shutouts in 2016.
A native of Southampton, England, Brown is a youth team product of Southampton FC, playing at the academy alongside players such as Gareth Bale, Theo Walcott and Adam Lallana. He played nine years at the semi-pro level in his native England, representing five teams and participating in more than 300 matches.
He earned a bachelor's degree in children's physical education from the University of St. Mark and St. John in the United Kingdom in 2011.
