Staff Directory

Brianne Brown

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Head Strength and Conditioning Coach (WBB)
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Brianne Brown is entering her second season as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the women's basketball program. Brown brings over six years of experience at the collegiate level and professional level to the Panthers.

Prior to her arrival at Pitt, Brown served as the Director of High Performance for the Racing Louisville FC of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). While in Louisville, Brown was responsible for implementing and developing all aspects of individual player and team strength, conditioning, mobility, readiness and recovery sessions. She also oversaw all aspects of team nutrition, including coordinating daily menu designs and needs at the training facility, on the road and the locker room fueling station.

Brown spent three seasons as the Director of women’s soccer and basketball sports performance at the University of Houston before making the move to professional soccer in 2021. While a member of the Cougars staff, she was responsible for implementing all aspects of strength, conditioning and recovery for the women’s basketball and women’s soccer teams. Brown also oversaw all aspects of professional development and education of Basketball Sports Performance Staff.

Prior to Houston, Brown spent a season and a half as a graduate assistant at Utah State where she was responsible for all aspects of strength and conditioning for women’s volleyball, women’s soccer and women’s gymnastics. She also assisted with men’s and women’s basketball and football during her time in Logan.

Upon graduation from Southern Utah State in 2015, she was the Director of Sports Performance for the women’s soccer program at Shattuck- St. Mary’s School in Faribault, MN from 2015-2017. She helped to develop and implement strength and conditioning programs for U15 to U19 age groups.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in exercise science and human performance from Southern Utah University in May 2015. She then earned her masters of education, health, physical education and recreation from Utah State University in May 2019.

Brown is currently certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). She also holds other certifications such as FRC Mobility Specialist, Functional Range Assessment certified and Metabolic Analytics Practitioner.