Eric Brennan

Biography

Eric Brennan, Ed.D., enters his first season as an assistant coach with Air Force basketball in 2026-27. He comes to the Academy after three seasons as the head coach at Rowan University. Brennan was the head coach at Rowan from 2023-26. He spent eight years overall at Rowan, as he was also on the staff of current Air Force head coach Joe Crispin, who was the head coach at Rowan during the 2018-23 seasons. In his first campaign guiding the Profs in 2023-24, Rowan went 21-8 overall and reached the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the second year in a row. The team finished with a #15 ranking by D3Hoops.com, the highest national ranking at Rowan in 24 seasons. The Profs earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, and won the first two games before acing top-ranked Hampden-Sydney in the third round. In NJAC play, Brennan guided the squad to a 13-5 conference record and its second straight regular-season title. Brennan received D3hoops.com Region 4 coach of the year honors. In addition, he and his assistant coaches were named the 2024 NJAC John K. Adams Coaching Staff of the Year. Brennan was named interim head coach in 2023 after serving as an assistant coach for five years on the Rowan staff. In the four seasons of competition (2020-21 was canceled due to pandemic), Rowan compiled an 84-31 record, won two conference championships and made three NCAA Tournament appearances. In 2022-23, Rowan won the NJAC title and reached the NCAA Sweet 16, marking the furthest advancement in the tourn