About Felipe Quintero
Felipe de Jesus Quintero Monsivais is a former professional goalkeeper from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. After a professional playing career in Mexico and the United States, Coach Quintero has built his coaching work around helping goalkeepers understand the position with confidence, discipline, and detail.
He brings more than 25 years of soccer experience to his training sessions, combining a professional goalkeeper’s perspective with years of college and youth development coaching.
Professional Goalkeeper Experience
Coach Quintero began his development with Chivas de Guadalajara, where he trained with the first team and played for the club’s Second Division side. He later played professionally for clubs including Angeles de Puebla, Ciudad Juarez, Queretaro, Irapuato, and Lobos BUAP.
One of the major highlights of his playing career came with Irapuato, where he contributed to the club’s Mexican Second Division title run and promotion to the Primera Division. In the United States, he played for the Atlanta Silverbacks, becoming a veteran presence in goal and continuing his career in the USL and NASL eras.
Across his professional career, Felipe’s experience included league matches in Mexico, a move to the United States, and the day-to-day demands of training, competing, and leading from the goalkeeper position.
A Family of Goalkeepers
Goalkeeping is part of the Quintero family story. Felipe is the grandson of Francisco Quintero Nava, a former goalkeeper for Club Deportivo Guadalajara, better known as Chivas. Francisco Quintero represented Mexico at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London and was part of a goalkeeper lineage that helped shape Felipe’s connection to the position.
That background gives Coach Quintero a rare view of the game. He grew up around a family tradition of goalkeepers and now passes that knowledge forward to the next generation of players.
College and Club Coaching Background
After retiring from professional soccer, Coach Quintero moved into coaching. He spent five seasons on the men’s and women’s soccer staffs at Oglethorpe University before joining Emory University’s men’s soccer program in 2017 as the goalkeeper coach.
At Emory, Felipe has worked with Head Coach Cory Greiner and the Eagles’ coaching staff to develop goalkeepers and support one of the strongest college soccer programs in the region. His work has included the development of standout goalkeeper Peter Wagner, who earned All-UAA First Team honors, United Soccer Coaches All-Region VI recognition, and multiple UAA Athlete of the Week awards in 2023.
Felipe was also part of Emory’s UAA Coaching Staff of the Year recognition in 2024, alongside Head Coach Cory Greiner and assistant coaches Clayton Schmitt, Jose Casique, and Tyler Sherman.
Youth Goalkeeper Development
In addition to his college coaching experience, Coach Quintero has worked in the Atlanta youth soccer community through Concorde Fire, where he has contributed to goalkeeper development and helped young players build the technical and mental habits required for the position.
His training focuses on the complete goalkeeper: footwork, handling, shot stopping, positioning, communication, decision-making, distribution, and resilience under pressure.
How Coach Quintero Trains
Felipe’s sessions are built to help goalkeepers understand why they are doing each movement, not just repeat drills. Players learn how to organize their feet, read the play, communicate with defenders, handle mistakes, and make better decisions in real game situations.
Whether he is coaching a young goalkeeper learning the basics or an advanced keeper preparing for the next level, Coach Quintero brings professional experience, family tradition, and a clear teaching style to every session.