Bio

Brie Brenner is in her 10th season as head coach of the Defiance College volleyball program in 2021-22 and her 10th year as the director of the Defiance Volleyball Club. Brenner took over as the head volleyball coach at Defiance in 2012, bringing strong local ties and a rich volleyball pedigree with her to DC. 

Since the 2012 season, Brenner has led her teams to a 112-109 record, including a 23-6 mark in her second year at the helm that also saw DC post a perfect 9-0 regular-season mark in conference play and the first HCAC regular-season title for the program.  Brenner also garnered HCAC Coach-of-the-Year accolades for the second straight year.  The Jackets went on to repeat as conference regular-season champions in 2014 and make another appearance in the HCAC postseason.  DC advanced to the championship match for the fourth time since the conference tournament’s inception but fell short finishing as runners-up. 

Brenner has earned HCAC Coach of the Year honors in her first and second seasons as head coach, becoming the 15th coach in DC history to have been honored as the HCAC Coach of the Year and the first since the 2007-08 athletic year. The award marked the third time a DC volleyball coach has received the honor.

To date, Brenner has led the Jackets to a spot in the HCAC Tournament seven times in addition to two HCAC regular-season titles, coached multiple All-HCAC players, including 10 first-team honorees, three All-Freshman players and one HCAC Player of the Year.  Brenner’s teams have also carried its success to the classroom with 15 Academic All-HCAC awards and one national academic award winner.

A Defiance, Ohio native, Brenner was a two-time Western Buckeye League Player of the Year, while also earning first-team All-Ohio honors in 2001 for Defiance High School. After concluding a standout prep career, Brenner began a collegiate career at Ohio State University and then transferred to the University of Washington for her final three seasons.

During her time with the Huskies, Brenner became a two-time All-PAC-10 performer and led Washington to a pair of PAC-10 Championships. The success continued on the national stage, where Brenner and UW advanced to the NCAA Division I Final Four in 2004 and 2005 and claimed the NCAA Division I National Championship in 2005.

Brenner went on to play two years of professional volleyball in Puerto Rico and was voted into the athletic Hall of Fame at the University of Washington, as well as Defiance High School in 2010.

Brenner is married to her husband, Brian, and the couple has two sons named Brayden and Brexton.