Three-time Centennial Conference Coach of the Year Victor Brady begins his ninth season leading the Bryn Mawr field hockey program in the fall of 2024.
Under Brady’s watch, the Owls have claimed 65 wins and reached the Centennial Conference Tournament for the first three times in program history. That win-total is the second-most in Bryn Mawr coaching history, only to Bryn Mawr legend and National Field Hockey Coaches Association Hall of Famer Jenepher Shillingford.
In 2023, Bryn Mawr earned a national ranking for the first time in program history, peaking at #16 after a win on the road at NESCAC-opponent Wesleyan. The Owls earned a spot in the Centennial Conference semifinals for the second consecutive season after defeating Dickinson in the first round of the Conference tournament. Bryn Mawr also defeated Ursinus for the first time in program history. Two Owls apiece earned NFHCA All-Region and Scholar of Distinction honors.
The 2022 season saw Bryn Mawr post their best season in program history. The Owls earned their most wins in program history (15) and their first-ever wins against nationally ranked opponents, defeating both Christopher Newport and Franklin & Marshall on the road. The win over the Diplomats was the first in program history and earned the Owls a spot in the Centennial Conference Championship game for the first-time in program history, where they played national runner-up Johns Hopkins to a 1-1 stalemate through overtime before falling in seven rounds of a shootout.
Hazel Miller was named Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Year, Maggie Titus and Miller were named NFHCA All-Americans (the first for the program since 1983), and Brady earned Coach of the Year honors.
The 2019 campaign saw the Owls earn a Centennial Conference postseason berth for the first time in program history on their way to a 14-4 overall record. The Owls picked up numerous historic wins along the way as well; a 3-2 overtime win on the road over Gettysburg gave Bryn Mawr their first win over the Bullets in program history (the first time any non-racing team at Bryn Mawr has ever defeated Gettysburg). Bryn Mawr also won over Washington College for the first time since 1993, Muhlenberg and Dickinson for the first time since 1996, and McDaniel for the first time since 1999. The Owls built an eight-game winning streak at one point during the campaign, their longest win streak in program history.
In 2018, Brady helped lead the Owls to their most wins and first winning season since 1996. In addition, in 2018 Bryn Mawr completed the Tri-Co sweep with victories over both Haverford and Swarthmore for the first time in the same season in recorded program history.
Brady was named the head field hockey coach at Bryn Mawr College in May of 2016, joining the Owls after serving as an assistant coach at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.
At Smith, Brady was involved in every aspect of the program under head coach Jaime Ginsberg. Thanks in part to Brady’s guidance, the 2015 Pioneers compiled their most wins in a season since 1993, defeated three NCAA-Tournament participants, and won the program’s first-ever East Coast Athletic Conference Championship while competing against one of the strongest schedules in all of Division III.
In addition to his college coaching experience, Brady is heavily involved in USA Field Hockey, club, and camp coaching. He serves as a USA Field Hockey NEXUS Head Coach and holds a Level III Coaching Certification. Brady also works with the Main Line Mayhem Field Hockey Club (Conshohocken, PA). In 2024-25, Brady is severing as the chair of the NCAA Division III National Field Hockey Committee.
A native of White Plains, New York, Brady completed his Master of Science degree in Exercise and Sport Studies at Smith College in May, 2016. He arrives at Bryn Mawr familiar with both the Centennial Conference and the Tri-Co as a 2013 graduate of Swarthmore College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with High Honors while majoring in political science.
