John Hedlund Mean Green Soccer
Camp Coaches

The University of North Texas Soccer Camp Coaching Staff is made up of talented collegiate, olympic development, and high school coaches, who are assisted by current UNT Soccer Student Athletes.

Cassidy Acuff
Assistant Coach

Cassidy Acuff begins her second year on the University of North Texas soccer staff in 2011, after helping the Mean Green to a 12-7-1 record her first season.

She is among among the elite state coaches in Texas, serving as the head coach for the U-15 and U-13 ODP teams for North Texas and worked side by side with Gary Williamson, the NT State Coach and serval Regional/National coaches through the ODP system, prior to her arrival at North Texas.

Acuff also served as the soccer coach at Dallas Hockaday School since 2005 and won the Southwest Preparatory Conference in 2007 and 2008.

As a player, Acuff played for the prestigious Dallas Texans coached by Hassan Nazari, winning the State Cup twice and also winning the SPC for Hockaday in 2000. From there, she attended Purdue University and played in the Big Ten Conference before transferring back home to finish her college career at the University of Texas at Dallas.

At UT-Dallas, Acuff was the Defensive Player of the Year in 2003 and led the Comets to the regional finals of the NCAA Division III tournament that same year. She was also named team captain in 2003 and 2004.

Acuff received her bachelor’s degree in business administration from UT-Dallas in 2006.

Matt Montayne
Assistant Coach

Matt Montayne starts his first year as North Texas' goalkeeper coach, bringing a wealth of experience coaching goalkeepers.

Montayne has been a goalkeeper instructor since 2007, giving private lessons through Dobsonsoccer.com since 2008. Additionally, Montayne has coached Midwestern State University keepers, and coached keepers at prestigious youth clubs such as Dallas Cosmos SC, Andromeda, Texas Lone Stars and Mustangs FC.

As a player, Montayne was a standout keeper, helping lead Richland College to the 2003 NJCAA National Championship. Montayne 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.