Welcome Coach Matt!

We are pleased to welcome Coach Matt Tainer as a full-time coach at Excel Soccer Skills Development. Matt Tainer has been coaching soccer since graduating from the University of Mount Union in 2012. At Mount Union he was a member of the men’s soccer team all four years. After graduation he started his coaching career as the Junior Varsity assistant at Notre Dame Cathedral Latin for their Women’s Soccer program. He then spent four years at Gilmour Academy as the Head Junior Varsity coach for two years, followed by two years as the Varsity Assistant. While at Gilmour Academy he was the Varsity Assistant for the Women’s State Championship team of 2016. From 2018-2022, he was the Head Coach for the Notre Dame Cathedral Latin Women’s Soccer team. And is now the head coach for Kenston High School Women’s Soccer team. Matt has been a club coach since 2013 starting with Cleveland Select and most recently at Cleveland Cobras. 

Prior to joining Excel Soccer Skills, he has a variety of work experiences including working for CrossCountry Mortgage as a mortgage loan officer and facility management at Western Reserve Properties.  

Coach Matt has started coaching this week. Please welcome him to the team!