Brian Brecht

Biography

Brian Brecht has completed his 15th season as the head coach at Rutgers in 2026. Brecht has led the program to 114 wins and made two NCAA Tournaments, making back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2021 and 2022, and is a two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year. Brecht has led RU to three NCAA Tournament victories, including a Final Four appearance in 2022 and an NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals berth in 2021. Overall, Brecht has been a collegiate coach since 1996 and a sitting Division I head coach since 2005. Prior to his time at the helm at Rutgers, he spent seven as the head coach at Siena and spent nine years as a Division I assistant coach prior to that. Brecht has been named conference head coach of the year five times (Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2021 and 2016, MAAC Coach of the Year in 2009, 2007 and 2006), along with being named ECAC Coach of the Year in 2022. Brecht, who was named head coach of the Scarlet Knights on June 16, 2011, has made four NCAA Tournament appearances in his career as a head coach (two at Rutgers and two at Siena). While at Rutgers, Brecht has coached 36 All-Americans: Ryan Splaine, Cardin Stoller, Joe Juengerkes, Colin Kurdyla, Matthew Paolatto, Shane Knobloch, Ronan Jacoby, Brennan Kamish, Ross Scott (twice), Adam Charalambides, Colin Kirst (twice), Connor Kirst, Jaryd Jean-Felix (twice), Ethan Rall (three times), Shane Knobloch (three times), Noah Daniels, David Sprock, Jules Heningburg (twice), Michael Rexrode (twice), Max Edelmann, Kieran Mu