Casey Brown (CGS’08, COM’10) is replacing Nancy Feldman as BU women’s soccer head coach. Brown is only the second head coach in the program’s history. Photo courtesy of Penn Athletics

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BU Women’s Soccer Taps Former Terrier Star Casey Brown as New Head Coach

Takes over from legendary coach Nancy Feldman, who helmed the program for 27 years

BU Athletics is turning to a Terrier women’s soccer alum to fill the program’s biggest shoes. Casey Brown (CGS’08, COM’10), a former player and assistant coach, is returning to BU as head coach, replacing Nancy Feldman, who retired in April after a legendary career that included 27 years helming the program.

Brown, Penn head coach for the past two years, becomes only the second head coach in the program’s history, Athletics director Drew Marrochello announced on Friday. Brown’s first head coaching job was at Holy Cross, where she turned the Crusaders program around during a four-year stint, ending with her being named the 2019 Patriot League Coach of the Year. 

The Terriers are coming off a stellar 2021 campaign, winning their 14th conference regular season championship, their 4th since joining the Patriot League. BU went 11-6-3 overall, 6-1-2 in league play, to reach the championship game, where the season ended in disappointment with a 1-0 loss to Bucknell.

As a player, Brown shone through high school, college, and beyond. During her time as a BU player, she led the Terriers to four straight NCAA appearances and three league titles. A four-time All-Conference and three-time All-Region selection, in 2007 she was named the America East Championship Most Outstanding Player. She’s the only woman in America East soccer history to be named the top player at her position three times.

Brown served on Feldman’s staff from 2013 to 2016, helping the Terriers earn three Patriot League titles and subsequent NCAA tournament appearances. She was named the Mid-Atlantic Assistant Coach of the Year in 2015. 

“A new era of BU women’s soccer is upon us, and there simply isn’t a better person to take over our head-coaching position than Casey,” Marrochello says. “In a relatively short period of time, Casey has risen up the coaching ranks by making a significant impact at each of her stops, and we look forward to watching her carry on our winning tradition by guiding our student-athletes to high levels of success, both on and off the field. We are thrilled to have her back here once again to put her own unique stamp on the program, while also building upon the legacy that Nancy leaves behind.

“We’ve been proud to call Casey a Terrier for over a decade and we couldn’t be more happy that she’s back here where it all began.”

Brown says she’s thrilled to be back where her career began.

“This place is home and helped shape me into the person I am today,” she says. “I look forward to continuing the culture of excellence here, and I feel immense gratitude for all Nancy Feldman has done while at the helm to make this program a standard-setter. I also want to thank Drew Marrochello for his incredible leadership and believing in me by providing an opportunity of a lifetime. I am so excited to be back on Nickerson and can’t wait to get to work.”

In her final season at Holy Cross, Brown led the Crusaders to their best season in nearly two decades, reaching their first Patriot League tournament since 2000. In just four years, she collected the second-most Patriot League victories in Holy Cross history, along with the highest conference winning percentage. Five Crusaders were named All-Patriot League players in 2019, the most since 2000. 

A native of nearby Natick, where she is a member of the Natick High School Hall of Fame, Brown also saw her Holy Cross team post the highest grade-point average (3.61) in program history in 2019, and she instituted a community service program that resulted in the most service hours of all Division I women’s soccer programs.

After earning a bachelor’s in communications at the College of Communication in 2010, Brown went on to earn a master’s in exercise physiology and sports nutrition from LIU Brooklyn in 2012.