Brown Agrees to Contract Extension

Demian Brown. Credit Matt Brown
Demian Brown. Credit Matt Brown

FULLERTON, Calif. - Cal State Fullerton women's soccer head coach Demian Brown has signed an extension through the 2025 season, Athletics Director Jim Donovan announced Tuesday.

"The consistency of our women's soccer program under Demian Brown in the last 13 years has been tremendous," Donovan said. "Six NCAA Tournament appearances over his tenure is a level of consistency and excellence that we want all of our programs to strive for. He also takes care of our student-athletes and runs the program in a way that focuses on growth on and off the field, thriving academically and having a family atmosphere. His relationships with the student-athletes and connection to our alumni is second to none at Cal State Fullerton. To have him at the helm of the women's soccer program for years to come is a great thing for our university."

Brown has steered the Titans to five Big West regular season championships (co-2007, 2012, 2014, tri-2015, 2019) and six Big West Tournament championships (2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019) representing the league as the Big West's automatic qualifier at the NCAA Tournament for three straight years (2013, 2014, 2015) in addition to the Titans' postseason trips in 2007, 2017 and 2019.

The third head coach in the history of the Titan program hired in February of 2007, Brown has managed an 122-106-37 (.530) overall record and a 55-38-13 (.580) mark in Big West Conference play.

"I would like to thank Jim Donovan, President Fram Virjee and the entire administration for their support and confidence," Brown said. "I take great pride in being a Titan, and I am very excited to lead the program in the upcoming seasons."

During his tenure, Brown has been voted the Big West Conference Coach of the Year on three occasions (2007, 2012, 2014), while tutoring two-time Big West Conference Offensive Player of the Year Rebecca Wilson (2014, 2015), two Big West Conference Defenders of the Year (Jenae Gibbens 2007; Morgan Batcheller 2015), four Big West Conference Goalkeepers of the Year (Shayla Sabin 2007, Lindsey Maricic 2013, Jennifer Stuart 2015, Co-honoree in Morgan Bertsch 2017), four Big West Midfielders of the Year (Stacey Thompson 2007, Erica Mazeau 2013, Christina Burkenroad 2015, Atlanta Primus 2019), five Big West Tournament MVPs (Shayla Sabin 2007, Katie Pulliam 2013, Christina Burkenroad 2014 & 2015, Atlanta Primus 2019), one Big West Freshman of the Year (Megan Day 2019) and 66 all-Big West Conference selections, including 26 on the first team.

Brown came to Cal State Fullerton after spending five years as an assistant coach for the men's program at UC Irvine under current Cal State Fullerton men's soccer head coach George Kuntz, helping lead the Anteaters to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament in 2000 and coaching the 2001 Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Year (Saul Wolf).

His coaching experience also includes working with numerous club programs, including the Slammers FC out of Newport Beach, Calif., where he served as head coach for seven years, the Orange Junior Soccer Club in Orange, Calif., and, most recently, the Fullerton Rangers. Brown also was the boys head coach at Canyon High School in Anaheim, Calif., leading that school into the CIF quarterfinals in 2000.

A 1997 graduate of Cal State Fullerton with a degree in communications, Brown was a four-year letterwinner for former head coach Al Mistri as a defender for the Titans from 1992-94 and 1996, helping Fullerton to the semifinals of the 1993 College Cup.

He was selected to the 1993 NCAA All-Tournament Team and was a two-time All-MPSF selection, finishing his career with four goals and three assists. Brown also competed in the 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival in St. Louis.

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