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Matt Guinto

Matt Guinto enters his third season as the Head Men's Soccer Coach at Marywood. He also serves as the Facilities Manager for the Center for Athletics and Wellness. Guinto comes to Marywood after serving as Associate Head Coach at Vassar College in New York. 

Guinto turned the tides with the Marywood program in his second-season at the helm in 2023. The Pacers tied the most single-season wins since the 2014 campaign. As the No. 3 seed, Marywood posted a 3-0 clean sheet over Gwynedd Mercy in the Atlantic East First Round. It marked the Pacers' first postseason victory in the Atlantic East era, as well as its first since an overtime win over Neumann in 2015. During the stretch of the postseason, Marywood went undefeated in five matches from Oct. 14-28 with a 3-0-2 record. 

In his first season at the helm, Guinto led Marywood to a five-win increase over the previous season with a 7-11 record. The Pacers qualified for the postseason as a No. 6 seed. 

Marywood has had a Second Team All-Atlantic East honoree (Richie Fuchs, Danny Gomez) in each of his first two seasons. 

At Vassar, Guinto was promoted to Associate Head Coach for the men's soccer team in June of 2020. He joined the program as an assistant in 2019. A Syracuse, NY-native, Guinto came to Vassar having spent two seasons as the assistant coach at Utica College. Guinto also served as part of the facilities staff for the Vassar Athletics Department.

During his tenure, Guinto has helped the Brewers to a 11-4-2 (5-2-2 Liberty League) record in 2021 and to nine victories in 2019. The squad's season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic for the Fall 2020.

In that 2019 season, the Brewers posted impressive Liberty League victories over Bard, Union, St. Lawrence, Clarkson, RIT and then 22nd-ranked Ithaca at home in late October. Vassar advanced to the Liberty League Tournament, shouldering a tough 1-1 draw to RIT that saw the Tigers advance on penalty kicks. Guinto has helped mentor a number of outstanding players during his tenure, including three on All-League Honorable Mention, as well as 22 Liberty League All-Academic selections.
 
In his first season at Utica, Guinto helped the program recover from a 2-13-1 campaign in 2016 to an 8-9-2 record in the 2017 season. He left Utica after two seasons as the assistant, helping the program to 13 combined wins and recording the program’s first-ever victories over Stevens Technology and Hobart College.
 
Guinto’s first experiences with coaching came at the club level with Greater Binghamton Football Club (Binghamton, NY) and with New York State West Olympic Development Program (ODP). He coached the ’02 Select Boys side to three consecutive finals in 2016, as well as a semi-final penalty shootout loss at the 2017 Disney Wide World of Sports President’s Day Cup, and a championship at the 2017 FC Delco Championships. Guinto also played three seasons for the club’s NPSL team and led the team in minutes played in his debut season. He helped his side record wins over DC United and New York Red Bulls, and has made 3 appearances in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup.
 
Guinto is a 2011 graduate of St. John Fisher College, where he played all four years and in 66 matches. He helped lead the Cardinals to the Empire 8 Conference Tournament three times, including an E8 Championship game appearance as a freshman in 2007. In his junior season he helped pace the Cardinals to an ECAC Upstate Championship crown. As a senior, he was named a captain.
 
Guinto is a U.S. Soccer National C-Licensed coach and NSCAA Level-6 Licensed coach. He also holds a Level 1 Goalkeeper License through the NSCAA.
 

 THE MATT GUINTO FILE

COACHING EXPERIENCE

2022-Present: Marywood, Head Coach
2020-21: Vassar, Associate Head Coach
2019: Vassar, Assistant Coach
2016-17: Utica, Assistant Coach

EDUCATION

B.S., St. John Fisher '11, Business Management (Marketing)
M.B.A., Utica '17, Entrepreneurship

MARYWOOD HIGHLIGHTS

  • First Marywood Playoff Victory in AEC Men's Soccer History
  • First Marywood Home Playoff Game Since 2015
  • Atlantic East Conference Semifinal Appearance
  • Two Atlantic East All-Conference Honorees (2 Second Team)
  • Tied for Most Single-Season Wins Since 2014
  • Highest AEC regular-season finish in Pacers' men's soccer history (third, 2023)
  • NSCAA Team Academic Award (2023-24)

YEAR-BY-YEAR

Year School Overall Record AEC Record Postseason
2023 Marywood 8-9-2 2-2-2 AEC Semifinal
2022 Marywood 7-11 2-4 AEC First Round
2 Seasons 15-20-2 (.432) 4-6-2 (.417)