Since San Jose State head coach Brent Brennan is someone who is gaining a lot of traction right now as a potential future head coach at Arizona, I thought it would be a good idea to create a thread dedicated just to him to give everyone a better feel for what he's about. For starters, I have already discussed the connections to Dick Tomey for Brennan. This is a video that has been circulating a bit and brought up here already, but Brennan was one of the people asked to speak at Tomey's Celebration of Life service last year. It gives you an idea of his connection with the legendary UA coach and why that's important as he is under consideration to take over the program now.
BIO
COACHING CAREER
BIO
• CAREER RECORD (2017-20): 14-29
2017: 2-11, 2018: 1-11, 2019: 5-7, 2020: 6-0
Notable victories: 31-24 @ Arkansas (2019), 17-16 vs Fresno State (2019), 28-17 at San Diego State (2020), 30-20 vs Nevada (2020)
• SALARY (2020): $850,000/Currently under contract until 2024
• Arizona connections: Graduate assistant (2000), younger brother, Brad, played for the Wildcats, coached alongside Tomey at SJSU
Now in his fourth season as the head coach at San Jose State, Brennan has led the Spartans to an undefeated season this year with the team clinching a spot in the Mountain West title game for the first time in program history. Brennan has been a coach since the mid-1990s with his first college position coming as a graduate assistant at the University of Hawaii in 1998. He would go on serve as a graduate assistant at Washington and Arizona before earning his first full-time assistant coach job at Cal Poly in 2001. He became the receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at San Jose State in 2005 and remained with the program until 2011 when he left to coach receivers at Oregon State. A San Jose native, Brennan eventually returned to his hometown as the head coach in 2017. He signed a contract extension last year that will keep him as SJSU's head coach through the 2024 season.
A West Coast native who played at UCLA, Brennan has experience being on staff at Arizona plus he has strong ties to Dick Tomey having served under the legendary UA coach both with the Wildcats and at San Jose State. He has experience coaching several positions and has led a turnaround with the Spartans over the last two seasons. Brennan is an impressive recruiter who has built his program by focusing on local prospects.
COACHING CAREER
2017-20: San Jose State head coach
2011-16: Oregon State wide receivers coach
2010: San Jose State wide receivers coach
2009: San Jose State offensive tackles/tight ends coach and special teams coordinator
2007-08: San Jose State tight ends coach/special teams coordinator
2005-06: San Jose State wide receivers coach/recruiting coordinator
2001-04: Cal Poly assistant coach
2000: Arizona graduate assistant
1999: Washington graduate assistant
1998: Hawaii graduate assistant
1996-97: Woodside High assistant coach
