Men's Soccer 

Matt Gazo
Second Season


Matt Gazo, a local standout as both a student-athlete and coach, completed his second year as an assistant coach of the Saint Michael's men's soccer program in 2009. He helped guide the Purple Knights to a 9-5-3 record in 2009, and a 7-8-3 record in his first season, for an overall record of 16-13-6.

Gazo has 18 years of coaching experience at a variety of levels. Most recently, he was the Vermont Olympic Development Under-14 boy's coach in 2008, and has spent the last three years as the Nordic Soccer Club Under-9 and Under-10 boy's premier coach. Previously, Gazo had been the men's and women's soccer assistant coach at nearby Champlain College, and has also served as a men's soccer assistant coach at his alma mater, Johnson (Vt.) State College. He also spent five years as an assistant boy's soccer coach at nearby Rice Memorial High School.

A 1993 graduate of Johnson with a bachelor of arts degree in business management, Gazo was a standout soccer and baseball player at Johnson, and inducted into their Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007. He was named Johnson's Senior Athlete of the Year, and earned the NAIA New England Player of the Year award in 1990. The program's all-time leader in goals and points, he was a two-time All-American, and three-time Mayflower All-Conference First Team pick after transferring from Franklin Pierce College (now Franklin Pierce Unviersity).

Gazo was also inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004, as he is still the high school's all-time leading goal scorer. His playing experience also includes several years of professional and semi-professional time in England and the United States.

Gazo, who resides in Colchester, is the owner of Gazo Construction, the 2005 Remodeler of the Year and a Better Homes award winner in 2005 and 2006.