Shanna Brady is in her second season as an assistant coach with the Hofstra Women's Lacrosse program.
Brady serves as the program’s recruiting and defensive coordinator. In her first season on the staff she helped lead the team to eight wins, a five-win improvement from the previous season.
Brady, a native of Smithtown, New York, joined the Hofstra program after serving as an assistant coach at LIU Post this past season. Brady oversaw the defensive unit for the Pioneers, who compiled a 17-4 record and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Quarterfinals. She also assisted in in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes, organizing team travel and community outreach.
Brady won a pair of national titles as a student-athlete at Maryland in 2014 and 2015 and reached championship weekend all four years of her highly-successful career.
She totaled 75 ground balls, 46 caused turnovers and 30 draw controls during a career that spanned 92 games. Incredibly, Brady started 91 of the 92 games she played in during her career.Â
Brady also served as a coach with the Long Island Express Lacrosse Club from 2011 to 2014 and was a two-year member of Maryland's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee during her undergraduate career.
She played professionally for the Long Island Sound of the United Women's Lacrosse League in 2016.
Brady earned her degree in family science from Maryland in 2015.
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