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Recruiting Areas: Delaware, Florida (Tampa / Orlando), New Jersey (Southern), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia Catholic)

Jesse Monteiro enters the 2026 season in his third year as a part of the Holy Cross football program, working as the team's secondary coach.

In his first season with the Crusaders in 2024, Monteiro helped Holy Cross earn a share of its sixth consecutive Patriot League Championship, with the team posting a 5-1 record in conference play. Crusader cornerbacks have earned All-Patriot League honors three times, with Holy Cross sporting one of the top defenses in the Patriot League in each of his first two seasons. 

Monteiro previously served as a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Massachusetts, working with the defensive backs. Monteiro aided in the development of two-time All-Conference honoree Tyler Rudolph. 

Other UMass players who earned Phil Steele All-Independent honors under Monteiro’s guidance include Jordan Mahoney and Josh Wallace. Wallace went on to play with the 2023 national champion, Michigan, as a graduate transfer, earning All-Big Ten honors. 

Prior to his time in Amherst, Monteiro was a member of the coaching staff at Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury, Mass., serving as assistant defensive coordinator and working with the defensive backs. Catholic Memorial reached the state championship game in back-to-back seasons (2018, 2019) and won the Catholic Conference title in 2019. 

At Catholic Memorial, Monteiro helped to develop and mentor numerous Division I student-athletes who went on to play at schools including Villanova, NC State, Boston College and Southern Utah. 

Monteiro was a four-year member of the UMass football team, where he was a team captain in 2017 and earned Phil Steele second team All-Independent honors twice (2016, 2017) as a safety. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in communication with a concentration in education in December 2017. 

MONTEIRO’S COACHING CAREER
2024- | Holy Cross (Cornerbacks) 
2022-23 | Massachusetts (Graduate Assistant / Defensive Backs)
2018-21 | Catholic Memorial (West Roxbury, Mass.) (Assistant Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Backs)