Martha Brennan is in her first season as men’s and women’s track and field coach at UW-River Falls.

Brennan has been an assistant track and field coach at Texas A&M University since 1997. There she coached the heptathlon, decathlon, and pole vault competitors. She also served as the camp director and the high school coaches clinic director. She worked as a meet director for the Games of Texas 2000 and as an assistant meet director for other large track events like the 2001 Big XII outdoor championships and the 2004 NCAA regional qualifying championships.

She was an assistant track and field coach at the University of Iowa in 1997 where she mentored hurdlers, jumpers, throwers, and multi-event athletes. She was also the team’s strength and conditioning coordinator. In 1995 and 1996 she was a graduate assistant at Louisiana State University where she supervised ninth semester students, worked in compliance and assisted the senior women’s administrator. She also had responsibilities in the ticket office and event management.

In 1997, Brennan was a member of the U.S.A. National track and field team and competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials as a heptathlete in 1996. She was a five time track and field All-American while competing at the University of South Dakota (1991-1993). She was also a member of the 1994 and 1995 LSU NCAA national championship winning teams.

She earned her undergraduate degree in mathematics from LSU in 1995, her master’s degree in educational administration in 1996 from LSU and is currently completing her Ph.D in educational administration from Texas A&M. She also holds USA Track and Field certification Level I and Level II in the jumps.

Her husband's name is Bob, who works at the University of Minnesota in microbiology. They have two children; Grace (6) and Eve (3).