Bio

Brenna Morrissey enters her first season as head coach of the Emmanuel softball team in 2024 after being announced as the next head coach in July 2023.

Morrissey brings a strong softball pedigree to Emmanuel as both a coach and former student-athlete. Her coaching stops at the collegiate level include stints at Boston University, MIT, and Harvard University.

At BU from 2018-2020, Morrissey helped the Terriers repeat as Patriot League champions and claim a program-record 10 All-Conference awards and post a perfect 18-0 home record. Her responsibilities involved assisting with infield 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 at MIT, the Engineers combined for 59 wins, won their first NEMAC Championship, had their second ever NFCA All-American, and advanced to the 2018 NCAA Division III National Championship in Oklahoma City, placing 7^th overall. Morrissey helped improve the team’s fielding percentage from .940% to .969%, finishing 16th nationally. Throughout her tenure, MIT was consistently ranked in Top 25 national polls. In 2018, Morrissey, along with the staff, was 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 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 on to play in over 150 games at shortstop, second base and designated player. 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.

Prior to her arrival in Georgia, Morrissey played her freshman season at Division II Assumption College (now University) 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 alumnus of Lawrence Academy in Groton, Massachusetts. where she was a tri-varsity athlete and 2019 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. Prior to Emmanuel, Morrissey served as the Assistant Dean of Students at Middlesex School where she also coached soccer and field hockey.

Morrissey lives in Somerville with her wife, Amanda, and son, Bennett.