Vassar College Athletics

Matt Brennie was hired as the Associate Director of Athletics for Facilities and Events in February 2023.

Brennie joins the Vassar College athletics department after spending 12 years at SUNY Ulster with the last eight coming as the Director of Athletics and Assistant Dean for Student Services. In his role, Brennie added seven sports to Ulster's athletic department and doubled the amount of enrolled student-athletes. He also oversaw the transition of all programs from NJCAA Division III to Division II. Brennie has been solely responsible for the oversight and management of all aspects of the department including compliance, facility and game operations as well as enrollment and retention.
 
Brennie also served as the Director for Support Services and a Student Support Services Counselor for four years where he was responsible for directing federally funded grants, providing student success workshops and assisting students with personal, academic and career advisement.
 
Prior to his work at SUNY Ulster, Brennie has coached at multiple different levels in both baseball and softball. He was an assistant baseball coach for one season at Marist College before returning to the coaching realm for the 2005 season at Delaware State University. Brennie also coached softball at SUNY Ulster for two seasons before becoming an assistant coach for two seasons at SUNY New Paltz.
 
Brennie graduated from Wake Forest University in 2002 with a B.A. in Communications where he was four-year member of the football and baseball teams. He was part of the 1999 and 2001 ACC Baseball Championship teams along with a player on the 1999 Aloha Bowl Football Championship team.
 
Upon graduation from Wake Forest in 2022 with a B.A. in Communications, Brennie earned his Master of Science in Childhood Education and Initial Childhood from Mount Saint Mary College in 2009. He also received his graduate certification in Athletic Administration from American Public University in 2013.