Brent Brennan
 Brennan speaks at halftime of a San Jose State basketball game in January 2017. | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | San Jose State |
| Conference | MW |
| Record | 2–17 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 20, 1973 Redwood City, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1993–1994 | UCLA |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996 | Woodside (CA) HS (Asst) |
| 1998 | Hawaii (GA/WR) |
| 1999 | Washington (GA/TE) |
| 2000 | Arizona (GA) |
| 2001–2004 | Cal Poly (WR/RC) |
| 2005–2006 | San Jose State (WR/RC) |
| 2007–2008 | San Jose State (TE/RC) |
| 2009 | San Jose State (co-OC/OT/TE/ST) |
| 2010 | San Jose State (WR) |
| 2011–2015 | Oregon State (WR) |
| 2016 | Oregon State (OWR) |
| 2017–present | San Jose State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–17 |
| Bowls | 0–0 |
Brent Munger Brennan (born March 20, 1973) is an American college football head coach for San José State University.
Early life and education
Brennan was born and raised in Redwood City, California and attended Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, graduating in 1991.[1][2][3] Brennan later went to UCLA, where he lettered in football in 1993 and 1994 as a wide receiver and graduated in 1996.[1][4]
Coaching career
Brennan began his coaching career at Woodside High School in Woodside, California as an assistant in 1996. After two seasons at Woodside, Brennan enrolled in graduate school at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and served as a graduate assistant on the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team in 1998.[5] Brennan also had stints as a graduate assistant at Washington under Rick Neuheisel in 1999 and Arizona in 2000 under Dick Tomey.[1]
From 2001 to 2004, Brennan was wide receivers coach at Cal Poly under Rich Ellerson.[1] Brennan also became recruiting coordinator in 2004.[5] Cal Poly moved from independence to the Great West Football Conference in 2004 and won the conference championship in its inaugural season there.
Reuniting with Tomey, Brennan became an assistant coach at San Jose State in 2005 and would coach in various capacities for six seasons, encompassing Tomey's entire tenure and Mike MacIntyre's first season. Also a recruiting coordinator, Brennan coached wide receivers in 2005 and 2006, during which he coached future NFL draft picks James Jones and John Broussard and helped San Jose State win its first bowl since 1990 in the 2006 New Mexico Bowl.[1] Brennan coached tight ends while still being recruiting coordinator in the 2007 and 2008 seasons. In 2009, Brennan became co-offensive coordinator and special teams coordinator, while coaching offensive tackles and tight ends as well. When MacIntyre became head coach in 2010, Brennan only coached wide receivers.[1]
From 2011 to 2016, Brennan coached wide receivers at Oregon State, more specifically outside receivers in his final season.[6]
San Jose State
Brennan was hired by San Jose State on December 7, 2016.[7]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose State Spartans (Mountain West Conference) (2017–present) | |||||||||
| 2017 | San Jose State | 2–11 | 1–8 | T–5th (West) | |||||
| 2018 | San Jose State | 0–6 | 0–2 | (West) | |||||
| San Jose State: | 2–17 | 1–10 | |||||||
| Total: | 2–17 | ||||||||
Coaching tree
The following is a list of all coaches Brennan served for at the NCAA Division I level through assistant coaching:
- Terry Donahue: 1993†, 1994†
- Fred von Appen: 1998
- Rick Neuheisel: 1999
- Dick Tomey: 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Rich Ellerson: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
- Mike MacIntyre: 2010
- Mike Riley: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Gary Andersen: 2015, 2016
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Brent Brennan". San Jose State Athletics. 2010. Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
- ↑ Mazeika, Vytas (December 9, 2016). "Life comes full circle for San Jose State football coach Brent Brennan". The Mercury News. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Brent Brennan". San Jose State Athletics. 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
- ↑ UCLA football lettermen
- 1 2 "Brent Brennan". Cal Poly Mustangs. Archived from the original on October 31, 2004. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Brent Brennan". Oregon State Athletics. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Brent Brennan named San Jose State University head football coach". San Jose State Athletics. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
- ↑ "2017 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide". Athletics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Retrieved 19 August 2018.