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Montreat College

Montreat College Athletics
 310 Gaither Circle Montreat, NC 28757
NAIA North Carolina Southeast
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Michael Bruce

Michael Bruce joined the coaching staff at his alma mater following his graduation in 2013 with a degree in business administration with a concentration in sports management. He completed his sixth season as head coach after the 2022 campaign.


Following a few seasons as an assistant on the staff, Bruce took the helm of the program in 2017, a year in which the Cavs went 11-9. After a down season in 2018, Montreat rebounded with another 11-win campaign prior to a second consecutive .500 year in 2020. In 2021, the Cavaliers notched a 7-6 AAC record and upset No. 10 Milligan in the quarterfinals of the AAC Tournament. The 2022 season saw the Cavs tally a 6-10-2 (5-7-1 AAC) record.


During the 2021 season, Montreat racked up three All-AAC honorees, two CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selections and one CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team nod. In 2022, 14 players made the AAC All-Academic Team, 11 were Daktronics NAIA Scholar Athletes, two claimed Academic All-District First Team recgnition and one hauled in Academic All-America Second Team honors.


In his first season with the Cavaliers in 2013, the assistant coach and goalkeeper coach helped goalkeeper Lucas Carvalho to his second straight Appalachian Athletic Conference First Team selection. Under Bruce’s guidance Carvalho had a career season in shutouts (6), goals against (17), goals against average (1.02), and wins (7) while playing a career-high 1,494 minutes.


Bruce made nine starting appearances for the Cavaliers in 2010 before injuries cut his career short. In his lone season in a Cavalier uniform, the East Kilbride, Scotland native allowed just 1.02 goals against, ranking him 41st in the NAIA.


Prior to Montreat, Bruce played two seasons at Shorter (Ga.) where he appeared in 19 career matches for the Hawks and for Alloa Athletic FC of the Scottish Second Division where he played as a youth.

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Adam Lund

The Montreat College men’s soccer program added Adam Lund to its staff as an assistant coach in March of 2024.


PRIOR TO MONTREAT


Lund came to Montreat from D’Youville University in Buffalo, N.Y. where he was hired as an assistant coach in July of 2023. After the head coach left the program, Lund acted as the interim head coach from September 27 through December.


Prior to his time at D’Youville, the Rochester, N.Y. native spent time with two separate clubs. While also in college, Lund assisted at Smugtown FC in the USPL from 2020 through 2023. He also served as the goalkeeper coach for the Perdido Bay Rush from 2021 to 2023.


Lund began his collegiate playing career at Genesee Community College in 2018. From 2019 to 2023, Lund then played at Pensacola Christian College where he earned his degree in sports management. At PCC in 2022, he was named an NCCAA Second Team All-American and NCCAA South Region First Team athlete. In 2019, the Eagles won the NCCAA Division II National Tournament.


Lund lives in Asheville, N.C.

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Jesus Ramos

Men's Soccer Graduate Assistant

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Matthew Hayes

Men's Soccer Graduate Assistant

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