Pedro Braz

College and Amateur

Braz attended East Providence High School, where he was a 3x First Team All Area, 2x First Team All State, first-team All-New England selection, and an honorable Mention All American player. He was the captain and team MVP his senior year while playing at East Providence. In his youth he played for E.P. Sporting, where he led his team to 4x L.A.S.A. League Championship and won over 25 tournaments in the span of 4 years. He also played for South Coast Premier (aka 'Scups', now known as Bruno United) and for Bayside United where he led and won State Championship with both teams and scored 40 goals. While playing college soccer at the University of New Hampshire he served as the co-captain his senior year also led UNH defense to school record with the lowest GAA (0.57), and led defense to school record of most shutouts in a season (10). He was a four-year starter for the Wildcats where he was a defender, played in 59 games and had five assists and was co-captain his senior year. That year (2005)the team was ranked top 25 in the country and #1 ranking in the region. In 2004-2005 Braz, led the team's defense which ranked 4th in the nation in shutouts & goals against average percentage.(GAA). The Wildcats climbed to No. 23 in the national polls that season as they posted a 9-5-3 mark. Braz is a graduate of University of New Hampshire where he earned his degree in sociology and a minor in sport studies in 2007.

Professional

After his playing days at New Hampshire, Braz trained with his native Angola national team for a month in the fall of 2007. He then played for Primeiro D’agosto/1ro D’ Agosto-Angola’s Premier League (Level 1) for three months before joining Gigantes de Carolina FC, member of the Puerto Rico Soccer League First Division, in 2008. He completed his professional playing career in 2009 when he suited up for the Western Massachusetts Pioneers, member of the United States League Division 2, in 2009.

Coaching career

Braz used to coach at Montgomery College for three seasons. In 2013, Braz guided Montgomery to a 22-2 record and a No. 2 ranking in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Men’s Soccer Division III national poll.

The Montgomery Raptors advanced to the national semifinals after it won the Region XX for a second year in a row. The year before Montgomery went 19-4-2 and made it to the NJCAA Division III national championship game where it lost to Herkimer County in double overtime.

Prior to joining Montgomery College he was an assistant coach for three seasons at Dean College where he handled recruiting and prepared and assisted all training sessions for the NJCAA Division I program.

Braz has also been active coaching or running soccer summer camps at University of New Hampshire, Brown University, Dean College, Montgomery College, and Arlington Soccer Association over the years.

Braz holds a “C” coaching license from the United States Soccer Federation and is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. He currently resides in Washington, D.C.

Braz was hired as the Gallaudet head coach on Sept. 19, 2014. Braz was named Student-Athlete Admissions Liaison in January 2016.