Dr. Martha Brennan

Title

Director of Track and Field/Cross Country
Email

mbrennan2@uco.edu
Phone

715-307-2566

In her 14th year at Central Oklahoma is Dr. Martha Brennan, a former NCAA Division II All-American with national championship coaching experience who serves as Director of Track and Field & Cross Country.

Brennan came to UCO in 2009 after a highly-successful five-year tenure as head men’s and women’s coach at Wisconsin-River Falls during which she led the women’s team to the 2008 NCAA Division III national championship.

The Bronchos restarted the track & field program on a limited basis in the spring of 2010 after an eight-year hiatus, and Brennan coached one All-American in eight consecutive seasons from 2011-18. Brennan coached outdoor All-Americans in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018, and an indoor All-American in 2013 and 2015.

She had another national qualifier at the NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships in 2020 before the event, and subsequent spring season was canceled.

Brennan picked back up the All-American nods in 2021, coaching Abena Sey to a Second Team All-American finish in the high jump during Indoor Season. Sey was also an Outdoor All-American in 2018 and was the national qualifier that missed the opportunity to compete at the 2020 national championships.

Martha coached UCO's first-ever Division II outdoor national champion in 2016 when Mariah Garcia captured the discus title while also qualifying for the United States Olympic Trials. Garcia was a repeat All-American in 2017, finishing as national runner-up in the discus.

A five-time Division II All-American while competing at the University of South Dakota, Brennan finished her career at Louisiana State and helped the Tigers capture back-to-back Division I national titles in 1994 and ’95.

She competed in the 1996 Olympic Trails as a heptathlete and was a member of the USA National Track & Field team in 1997 before going to the University of Iowa as an assistant coach in 1997.

Brennan moved on to Texas A&M later that year as an assistant coach and spent seven years working with the Aggies, helping the men to the 2001 Big 12 championship. She coached men and women in the heptathlon, decathlon and pole vault, coaching the 2002 Big 12 women’s pole vault champion and several national qualifiers in those events.

Brennan took over at UW-River Falls in 2004 and spent five years there, coaching dozens of Division III All-Americans for the men and women and capping her stay with the 2008 national title.

Martha earned her undergraduate degree in mathematics from LSU in 1995, her master’s degree in educational administration from LSU in 1996 and her PhD in education administration from Texas A&M in 2006.

Brennan is married (Bob) and has four children (Grace, Eve, Ivy and Bella).