Staff Directory
Finkelstein, Brett
Brett Finkelstein
- Title:
- Goalkeeper Coach
Brett Finkelstein, a goalkeeper on the Mustang men’s soccer team from 2009-13, was named the goalkeeper coach for the Cal Poly women’s soccer team in February 2025.
Finkelstein brings over a decade of experience coaching goalkeepers to the Mustangs and served as a goalkeeper trainer for the Cal Poly men’s soccer program during the 2014 season after wrapping up his playing career.
While Finkelstein was a player on the Cal Poly men’s team, Cal Poly women's soccer head coach Bernardo Silva served as an assistant coach on the coaching staff during the 2012 season.
Since graduating from Cal Poly in 2014 with his bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology, Finkelstein has stayed closely connected to the game he loves, training and mentoring countless goalkeepers that have gone on to play at the collegiate level.
Following his lone season training the goalkeepers for the Cal Poly men’s program, Finkelstein served as the Director of Goalkeeping at San Clemente United Soccer Club for a period of time before moving to Colorado for several years. There, he got connected with Chris Sharpe, who is the Director of Goalkeeping for the Colorado Rapids Academy and serves as the goalkeeper coach for the Rapids’ MLS team. Sharpe hired him as the director of coaching for the Colorado Rapids’ North Region, where Finkelstein oversaw roughly 50 goalkeepers in the academy from fourth grade up to high school age.
After his time with the Rapids, Finkelstein served as the Director of Soccer Operations for ALBION SC Boulder County, formerly Boulder County United, before taking on his most recent role as the goalkeeper coach for the Clovis Community College men’s soccer team.
Finkelstein currently resides in Fresno with his wife and family.
Finkelstein brings over a decade of experience coaching goalkeepers to the Mustangs and served as a goalkeeper trainer for the Cal Poly men’s soccer program during the 2014 season after wrapping up his playing career.
While Finkelstein was a player on the Cal Poly men’s team, Cal Poly women's soccer head coach Bernardo Silva served as an assistant coach on the coaching staff during the 2012 season.
Since graduating from Cal Poly in 2014 with his bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology, Finkelstein has stayed closely connected to the game he loves, training and mentoring countless goalkeepers that have gone on to play at the collegiate level.
Following his lone season training the goalkeepers for the Cal Poly men’s program, Finkelstein served as the Director of Goalkeeping at San Clemente United Soccer Club for a period of time before moving to Colorado for several years. There, he got connected with Chris Sharpe, who is the Director of Goalkeeping for the Colorado Rapids Academy and serves as the goalkeeper coach for the Rapids’ MLS team. Sharpe hired him as the director of coaching for the Colorado Rapids’ North Region, where Finkelstein oversaw roughly 50 goalkeepers in the academy from fourth grade up to high school age.
After his time with the Rapids, Finkelstein served as the Director of Soccer Operations for ALBION SC Boulder County, formerly Boulder County United, before taking on his most recent role as the goalkeeper coach for the Clovis Community College men’s soccer team.
Finkelstein currently resides in Fresno with his wife and family.
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