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Casey Brown
After making lasting impacts on the Boston University women’s soccer team as both a student-athlete and an assistant coach, Casey Brown ’10 returned to her alma mater in the summer of 2022 to become just the second head coach in program history. The 2024 season will mark her third at the helm.
In 2023, Brown helped the Terriers post a 7-7-6 record, going 4-3-2 in Patriot League action. BU recorded 31 goals and 29 assists, the most in a single season since 2015 and 2011, respectively. Six Terriers garnered All-Patriot League recognition, including First Team distinctions for senior Abigail McNulty and sophomore Giulianna Gianino, the latter also combining with junior Morgan Fagan for spots on the Academic All-Patriot League Team. BU advanced to the Patriot League semifinal round for the second time in as many seasons under Brown's leadership.
In her first season back at Terrier Town in 2022, Brown helped guide BU to an 11-8-1 record, going 6-3 in Patriot League play to capture the third seed in the Patriot League Tournament and reach the semifinal round. Among those 11 wins included a 1-0 triumph at No. 25 Harvard on Oct. 4, marking the Terriers' first victory over a ranked foe since 2014. Six Terriers garnered All-Patriot League honors, tied for most in the league. Among those was the Patriot League Rookie of the Year, freshman Giulianna Gianino, and First Team selection Jenna Oldham, who also picked up United Soccer Coaches All-North Region Second Team and All-ECAC Second Team recognition. In addition, BU paced the league in Academic All-Patriot League selections in redshirt senior Amy Thompson, junior Lily Matthews, and sophomore Morgan Fagan.
The head coach at Penn for two seasons from 2020-22, Brown replaced Nancy Feldman, who retired in April 2022 after a legendary career that included 27 seasons as head coach of the Terriers.
Brown’s first head-coaching job was at Holy Cross, where she turned the Crusaders’ program around during a four-year stint that culminated with her being named the 2019 Patriot League Coach of the Year.
A three-time America East Defender of the Year, Brown earned All-America honors as a senior at BU and was on Feldman’s staff from 2013-16, receiving the Mid-Atlantic Assistant Coach of the Year in 2015 while serving as the program’s associate head coach.
This past season at Penn was Brown’s first competitively in Philadelphia as the Ivy League did not play during the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She led the Quakers to a 9-5-2 mark, which matched the program’s second-highest win total since 2013, and the team went 6-1-2 in non-conference play with the only loss coming on the road against nationally ranked Hofstra. Penn posted a 9-1-2 mark at home.
Four Quakers collected All-Ivy honors in 2021 with junior Sizzy Lawton going one step further, earning a spot on the NSCAA all-region third team.
In her final season at Holy Cross, Brown pushed the Crusaders to their best season in nearly two decades, reaching their first Patriot League tournament since 2000 while earning a second-place finish in the regular season. The team went 5-4-8 with the loss total tying for the least in the program’s 37-year history and the 16 goals allowed being the least conceded by any Holy Cross women’s soccer team.
In just four years, Brown collected the second-most PL victories in Holy Cross history along with the highest conference winning percentage. Five Crusaders were named All-Patriot League in 2019, the most since 2000.
Brown, a native of Natick, Mass., saw her Holy Cross team post the highest grade-point average (3.61) in program history in 2019, which was the best among the department’s 27 teams. She also instituted a new community service program that resulted in the most service hours of all Division I women’s soccer programs.
While serving on Feldman’s staff at BU, Brown helped the Terriers claim three Patriot League titles and NCAA tournament appearances (2013-15). BU twice advanced to the NCAA Second Round during her tenure while earning spots in the national rankings.
Brown began her career as a graduate assistant coach at LIU Brooklyn from 2010-12. The Blackbirds earned the Northeast Conference regular-season championship in 2010, then won the 2011 NEC tournament title to advance to the NCAA tournament.
During her decorated playing days, Brown led the Terriers to four straight NCAA appearances and three league titles. A four-time all-conference selection and three-time all-region pick, Brown was the America East Championship's Most Outstanding Player in 2007. She is the only woman in America East soccer history to be named the top player at her position three times.
Brown was drafted by the Boston Breakers of the National Women’s Soccer League in 2010 and was later inducted into the Natick High School Hall of Fame.
Brown earned her bachelor’s degree in communications from the College of Communication in 2010 before going on to finish a master’s in exercise physiology and sports nutrition from LIU Brooklyn in 2012.
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