Dr. Megan Brown will begin her first season as an assistant coach for pitching for the Cal softball staff for the 2020 season. Brown, who was officially announced as a new member of the staff on July 15, played at Florida Southern College from 2003-07, will work with the Golden Bears' young pitching staff. She brings nearly a decade of coaching experience at all levels to the program including time as an international coach.
Brown will work with the Golden Bears' young pitching staff, including returner Alexandra Perez, a dual threat as a hitter and pitcher who went undefeated in the circle at 6-0 last season with a 2.02 ERA.
A native of Carrollton, Ga., Brown completed an impressive career as a professional coach and player abroad. She has spent time in a number countries, including Canada, San Marino, Italy, Netherlands, Great Britain, Czech Republic and Bulgaria.
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Brown has also coached overseas, spending four years in London as the pitching coach for the Great Britain Women's National Team.
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Stateside, Brown has a variety of coaching experience at the Division I level, most recently with Boston College, spending four seasons with the Eagles as an assistant. In her time in the ACC, Brown coached one All-American, seven All-Region honorees and 14 All-ACC selections. She's also worked with four All-ACC Players of the Week and three All-ACC Pitchers of the Week.
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Brown was part of the UConn staff for the 2013-14 season and was a student manager and volunteer assistant coach at Auburn from 2009-11. She earned her PhD in kinesiology at Auburn in 2013, while also working as a private instructor. She also coached at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke from 2011-13.
A devout student of the game, Brown is a published author and has been a panelist and speaker at the Softball Excellence Pitching Summit for multiple years.
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She earned both her bachelor's (2007) and master's (2009) degrees at Florida Southern in physical education and education, respectively.
