Three-time Southland Conference Coach of the Year Sean Brady enters his 15th season as Southeastern Louisiana’s track and field coach in 2016.
Brady, a former Southeastern pole vaulter, was named the Southland Conference Men’s Indoor, and Outdoor, Coach of the Year after the Lions swept the indoor and outdoor team championships in 2014.
Shortly after winning the men’s conference title in 2009, Brady made program history once again as the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named him the 2009 South Central Region Co-Men’s Head Coach of the Year, sharing the award with Arkansas’ Chris Bucknam.
The national honor came on the heels of being named the Southland Conference Coach of the Year and the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Cross Country Coach of the Year.
Under the tutelage of Brady and his staff, Southeastern student athletes have constantly attacked the school record books while advancing to postseason competition.
In the past 14 seasons, 119 student-athletes have qualified for NCAA Regionals, 25 student-athletes have competed in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with 11 Lions earning All-America honors and Janice Ezegbunum earning Academic All-America honors.
Forty-six student-athletes have captured Southland Conference individual championships.
Brady began his college coaching career as a volunteer assistant at LSU, where he served two seasons under head coach Pat Henry.
During his tenure in Baton Rouge, Brady coached several world class sprinters and eventual professional jumpers on the men’s squad while assisting with meet preparation.
After two seasons with the Tigers, Brady moved to Utah State in 1998 where he worked as an assistant and coached a pair of Big West Conference championship teams and developed a pair of Aggie school record holders.
Prior to his coaching career, Brady proved to be a standout student-athlete. The Alexandria native attended Northwestern State for two years where he played defensive back for the Demon football team, before transferring to Southeastern.
Brady spent three years in Hammond competing in the pole vault and earned a personal-best mark of 16 feet-5 inches as a senior.
After earning his degree in Kinesiology at Southeastern in 1994, Brady went on and earned his Post Graduate Degree from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland where he taught athletics classes in the sports science curriculum and trained professional athletes.
Brady graduated from Alexandria Senior High School where he was a district and regional champion in the pole vault.
The son of James and Karen Brady, both Southeastern alums, Sean Brady holds certification from USA Track and Field as a Level I and II coach.
He and wife Ashley have one son, Noah.
