Elie Monteiro ’97 was named the third head coach in Southern New Hampshire University women’s soccer program history on April 29, 2014, returning to lead his alma mater following 12 seasons as head coach at UMass Lowell.
Through the 2025 season, Monteiro has compiled a 110-61-35 (.619) record at SNHU. He has guided the Penmen to seven NCAA Championship appearances, including seven consecutive berths from 2017 through 2024, excluding the canceled 2020 season. SNHU captured the Northeast 10 Championship in 2017 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA East Regional in 2017, 2023 and 2024.
The 2024 Penmen finished 10-2-6, earned the No. 3 seed in the NCAA East Regional and advanced with a 2-1 opening-round victory against Molloy. SNHU led the NE10 in goals allowed and goals-against average while recording 11 shutouts. Alyssa Anderson and Kassidy Michael earned United Soccer Coaches All-America honors, while Claudia Keith was selected as the NE10 Goalkeeper of the Year. Anderson, Michael, Keith and Lauren Conti were named United Soccer Coaches All-Region.
Monteiro also guided the Penmen to a 10-5-5 record and the second round of the NCAA Championship in 2023. SNHU defeated Roberts Wesleyan, 2-0, in its regional opener before falling to eventual national champion Saint Rose. Anderson, Michael and Carly Schofield earned United Soccer Coaches All-Region recognition.
In 2021, Monteiro guided SNHU to a 13-4-1 overall record and the Northeast 10 regular-season championship with an 11-2 conference mark. He was named both the NE10 and New England Women’s Intercollegiate Soccer Association Division II Coach of the Year. Allyson Patterson was selected as the NE10 Player of the Year and earned First Team All-America honors from United Soccer Coaches and the Division II Conference Commissioners Association. Ai Inoue was named the NE10 Defensive Player of the Year, while Jordan Butters joined Patterson and Inoue on the United Soccer Coaches All-Region First Team.
The Penmen’s run of NCAA appearances began with a breakthrough 2017 campaign. SNHU finished 15-3-5, captured the Northeast 10 Championship and earned the program’s first NCAA tournament victory with a 3-0 decision against Georgian Court. Monteiro was voted NE10 Coach of the Year, while Rianna Fasanello was named NE10 Defensive Player of the Year and earned United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-America honors.
SNHU followed with a 14-4-3 season and another NCAA berth in 2018. The Penmen returned to the national tournament in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Monteiro has led SNHU to eight seasons with at least 10 victories and nine appearances in the Northeast 10 Championship.
In 2025, Imogen Noon, Georgia Greene and Avary Hall earned NE10 All-Conference honors. Noon was selected to the Second Team, while Greene and Hall received Third Team recognition.
Before returning to SNHU, Monteiro spent 12 seasons as head coach at UMass Lowell, where he led the River Hawks to five NCAA tournament appearances and helped guide the program’s transition to NCAA Division I and the America East Conference. He was named NE10 Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2009 and coached three All-Americans and 37 All-Conference selections.
Monteiro began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant at Franklin Pierce University from 1997-99, helping the Ravens capture two NCAA Division II national championships. He later served as an assistant with the UMass Lowell men’s and women’s programs before becoming the first full-time head coach in River Hawk women’s soccer history.
A two-year standout for then-New Hampshire College in 1994 and 1995, Monteiro helped the Penmen compile a 30-6-2 record. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sport management from SNHU in 1997. Monteiro previously played two seasons at Massasoit Community College, where he was an All-Region selection.
Monteiro also played professionally for six seasons as a starting defender with the New Hampshire Phantoms and was twice named to the USL All-Tournament Team. He later coached the New Hampshire Lady Phantoms from 2003-05.
Born in Dakar, Senegal, and raised in Brockton, Mass., Monteiro resides in Manchester with his wife, Claudine, and their children, Isabella Rose, Sebastian and Oliver.
