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

Brennan was pleased with the overall results from the 2004-05 season. "I was pleasantly surprised by the dedication and commitment of the athletes in our program. We finished with an All-American (Jill Crandall) and several school records. We also hosted our first ever alumni meet, high school coaches' clinic and track and cross country camps. We will continue to get better every year and I look forward to another season with our returning athletes and new recruits."

Brennan worked as an assistant track & field coach at Texas A&M prior to coming to River Falls. She coached men and women in the heptathlon, decathlon and pole vault. She had several NCAA qualifiers and coached the Big XII Conference women's pole vault champion in 2002. She also served as the camp director and the high school coaches' clinic director.

Prior to coaching at Texas A&M, she coached at the University of Iowa and at Louisiana State University as a graduate assistant. At Iowa she was responsible for the women jumpers, throwers and milti-event athletes. She also coached a women's 400-meter hurdler All-American. She also was the team's strength and conditioning coordinator. At LSU she worked in the athletic department compliance and marketing departments and with the senior women's administrator. She also assisted with ticket office and event management operations.

In 1997 Brennan was a member of the USA National tack & field team and competed in the Olympic Trials in 1996 as a heptathlete. She was a member of the 1994 and 1995 NCAA National Championship winning teams at LSU. She was a five-time All-American while competing at the University of South Dakota (1991-93).

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

Her husband's name is Bob, who works at 3M in microbiology. They have three children; Grace (7) and Eve (4) and Ivy (infant).