Who We Are

Matt Montayne finished the 2019 season at UNT helping lead the team to another conference championship and continue what has become a dynasty. During his nine seasons at UNT the Mean Green have won five regular-season titles, four conference tournament championships and made four trips to the NCAA Tournament.

In 2019, he mentored goalkeeper Kelsey Brann to becoming the Conference USA Goalkeeper of the Year and a second-team all-region honor. Brann finished the regular season with 12 shutouts, which at the time was tied for the second-most in the nation.

In addition to Brann, the Mean Green collected seven other all-conference honors including senior Dominique James being named the league's defensive player of the year as UNT finished with a 15-6-1 overall record and won the C-USA Tournament championship for a third consecutive season. 

After being away from the team for the 2017 season, Montayne rejoined the Mean Green in 2018 for his second stint in green and white. With his help, UNT in 2018 posted a 15-3-3 overall record, won the 2018 C-USA Regular Season and C-USA Tournament championship. He mentored then freshman goalkeeper Kelsey Brann to all-conference status and she was named one of the top five freshmen keepers in the nation. Junior Dominique James was named a NCAA All-American as well as the C-USA Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. 

In 2016, Montayne mentored two goalkeepers in Brooke Bradley and Miranda Schoening. Bradley started the first half of the season, earning two Conference USA Goalkeepers of the Week honors before missing the rest of the season with an injury.

Montayne turned to Schoening, a freshman, and in her first career start, recorded a win and shutout against Western Kentucky. She went on to receive a C-USA Goalkeeper of the Week award and posted a season record of 8-2.

Montayne coached the program's greatest goalkeeper, Jackie Kerestine, her entire career at North Texas. Over the course of her career, she became the most decorated goalkeeper at North Texas and will go down in the record books as one of the top players in school history. Kerestine has set nearly every single goalkeeping record at North Texas, including all the career records.

Kerestine capped her career in 2015 by being named first-team all-conference after breaking her own single-season school records in wins (19) and shutouts (15). She was named Conference USA Goalkeeper of the Week five times, named defensive MVP of the Conference USA Championship, and named the Las Vegas Invitational's Most Outstanding Player and Defensive Player. She was ranked first in the conference and ranked in the top five nationally in G.A.A., shutouts and save percentage.

In 2014, Montayne mentored Kerestine to one of the best single seasons by a North Texas goalkeeper. The redshirt junior goalkeeper came back stronger than ever from a knee injury suffered the year before. Kerestine set a conference and single-season school record with a 0.51 goals-against average. She also led the conference the entire season in GAA, save percentage and shutouts. The 14 shutouts was also a single-season school record. She also went on to set career records at North Texas in shutouts, saves and wins.

Kerestine was honored with second-team all-conference honors, four Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week awards and was named to the C-USA All-Tournament Team in 2014.

In 2013, Montayne tutored Hailey Riley in goal after Kerestine went down with a knee injury. Riley went on to receive two Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week awards and played in the conference championship game. Montayne also helped coach the C-USA Defensive Player of the Year Kelsey Hodges.

In 2012, North Texas won a then program-best 16 matches and won the Sun Belt Conference Tournament title to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Goalkeeper Jackie Kerestine was named the SBC Tournament Most Outstanding Player.

In 2011, Montayne helped North Texas goalkeepers tie a single-season school record with 11 shutouts, which were instrumental to winning the Sun Belt Conference title. As a team, North Texas posted the second-best goals against average in school history, and ranked 23rd in the nation in GAA.

In his time at UNT, he had 3 hall of fame players and 3 all-Americans.

Montayne has been a goalkeeper coach since 2007. He is currently the Regional Associate Director of NO.1 Soccer Camps. He has trained a number of goalkeepers in the DFW area with a high success rate from beginner, club, ECNL, high school, college and professional. He was sponsored by Elite Sport USA Goalkeeping brand from 2011 to 2017. Partner of Outlaw Gloves Texas since 2018. Matt has earned his NSCAA Goalkeeping level I, II and III diplomas, as well as his  Advanced National goalkeeping license.

As a player, Montayne was a standout keeper, helping lead Richland College to the 2003 NJCAA National Championship. He played one year in the PASL (Indoor Soccer) for the Rockwall Raptors. Montayne was a member of the ODP pool, and was a two-time All-District selection at Naaman Forest High School. He won a gold medal for Flame United in the junior championships Prague, Czech Republic.

Montayne is a 2011 graduate of Midwestern State University.

Kelsey Brann has played 17 of her 25 years playing soccer, and 3 of those years coaching soccer. From 2012-2014 she trained with the US national team. From 2014-2017 she played for the Mexican national team in the U14 Olympics in Nanjing, China, the U15 CONCACAF tournament in Grenada, Caribbean, and the U17 World Cup in Jordan. She then went on to play for The University of North Texas soccer team.

While at UNT, Brann earned C-USA All-Freshman team and All-Conference Third Team Goalkeeper in 2018. In 2019 she earned C-USA Goalkeeper of the Year, All South Region Second-Team, and C-USA All Conference First team. 

Brann began coaching in 2021 as an assistant coach at Florida Texans club in Pensacola, Florida, and began her college coaching career at Lamar the following year. 

At Lamar University, Brann helped lead the team to two conference championships, mentoring Nicole Panis to two Southland Conference goalkeeper of the year awards, as well as two first team all Southland Conference awards. Brann also coached Panis as she broke the school record for all-time saves two years in a row.

Brann is now the goalkeeper coach for The University of Texas at Dallas, where she is bringing her knowledge and experience as the program transitions from Division III to Division II.

Coach Taylor Lampe joins MGK Academy, having trained under Coach Matt Montayne before going on to become one of the best goalkeepers to have played at Midwestern State University before graduating in 2020. Lampe also previously served as camp staff at No 1 Soccer Camps with Coach Matt as his director.

In his time at MSU, Lampe posted a career goals against average of 0.65 in 5254 minutes and still stands as the program’s all-time winningest goalkeeper, ending with 43 wins in 56 matches (43–8-5) and the program’s best career shutouts at 29.

As a sophomore in 2018, Lampe was named second team All-American and first team all-Heartland Conference, as well as first team All-Region, in a stellar 16-1-3 season  where he started and played all 20 games with a goals against average of 0.50, 9 clean sheets, only 12 goals allowed in the 1883 minutes he spent on the pitch.

In 2019, Lampe received second team All-Region and second team All-Lone Star Conference honors, as well as the Marie Morgan Award presented to the top student athlete at MSU. During the season he led the Lone Star Conference with 9 shutouts on the 13-5 season, and claimed the title of the program’s all time leader in career shutouts. Lampe was named LSC Goalkeeper of the week twice during the 2019 season and finished the season second in the conference with 58 saves.

In 2020, Lampe was again named second All-Lone Star Conference, finishing the season with a 0.659 goals against average to place second in the Lone Star Conference and 19th overall in the NCAA DII. He notched 148 career saves, landing third in program history with just 38 goals against, and posted an average of 2.17 saves per game on the year.

Lampe stands as a model student athlete, and now strives to pass on his experience, knowledge, dedication, and passion to the next generation.