Brenna Morrissey joined the Boston University softball staff in August 2018 and returns for her third season in 2021.
During a shortened 2020 campaign, BU opened 8-0 for the first time in program history and later added strong non-conference wins against Virginia and Long Beach State. In 2019, Morrissey helped the Terriers repeat as Patriot League champions and claim a program-record 10 All-Conference awards. Her main responsibilities involve working on infield defense and hitting, while also helping with recruiting and managing the team’s in-game charts and scouting reports.
Morrissey joined BU after two years as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During her tenure, the Engineers combined for 59 wins, won their first NEMAC Championship and advanced to the 2018 NCAA Division III National Championship in Oklahoma City. In her time at MIT, Morrissey helped improve the team’s fielding percentage from .940% to .969%, placing them 16th nationally. The 2018 team finished the season ranked seventh by the NFCA, which led to Morrissey, along with the staff, being honored with the NFCA New England Region Coaching Staff of the Year award.
For the 2014 and 2015 seasons, Morrissey served as a volunteer assistant at Harvard University where she first coached alongside BU head coach Ashley Waters and assistant Becca Carden. There, she managed the team’s in-game hitting charts and helped with day to day operations.
Morrissey’s coaching career began at her alma-mater, Georgia State University, where she served as a student assistant. A 2013 graduate, Morrissey walked onto the team as a transfer sophomore and went onto play in over 150 games at shortstop, second base and designated player. As a career .302 hitter in the leadoff role and All-CAA Second Team honoree, she helped lead the Panthers to their first CAA Championship and NCAA Regional berth in 2011. While at Georgia State, Morrissey also earned academic recognition on the Dean’s List and AD’s Honor Roll every semester.
Prior to her arrival in Georgia, Morrissey played her freshman season at Division II Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts. She started all 46 games at shortstop and was named to the All-Northeast 10 First Team and All-Northeast 10 Tournament First Team. Morrissey is an alumni of Lawrence Academy in Groton, Massachusetts. where she was a tri-varsity athlete and later an inductee of the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.
Passionate about player development, sport psychology and student-athlete well-being, Morrissey graduated in August 2019 with her Masters of Education in School and Counseling Psychology and Positive Coaching from the University of Missouri.
