Jessie Bryant Named CSUN Softball Assistant Coach

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. --- The CSUN softball program has added Jessie Bryant as an assistant coach for the upcoming 2017 season, Matador head coach Tairia Flowers announced. A standout during her playing career at Providence, Bryant spent the last two years as an assistant coach at Army West Point and will work with the CSUN outfielders in addition to other administrative responsibilities.

"We are excited to add Jessie to our family and are eager to see how she can help us reach and further our goals as a program," Flowers said. "Jessie brings an outstanding work ethic and passion to her role as an assistant coach and she has made a quick impression on the student-athletes. She makes the Matadors a better team in a lot of ways."

Most recently, Bryant spent two years as an assistant coach at Army West Point. In 2016, the Black Knights finished 39-20 overall, including a sterling 19-6 mark in road games. After the season, two Black Knights earned NFCA All-Northeast Region Team honors while five were recognized on the Patriot League's Academic Honor Roll.

Before working at Army West Point, Bryant spent one season as an assistant coach at Lesley University.

While at Lesley, Bryant worked primarily with the outfielders along with serving as the hitting coach. She was instrumental helping Lesley capture its sixth straight New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Championship and fourth straight automatic berth to the NCAA Regional Tournament in the spring.

Lesley posted a league-best 17-1 league record batting .385, to include 36 extra base hits and just 42 strikeouts, and a .482 slugging percentage. At the NECC Championships, the Lynx outscored their opponents 21-4 posting a 3-0 mark.

In addition to time at Lesley, Bryant was also the head girls' varsity softball coach at nearby Holliston High School as well as coaching the 18U Metrowest Thunder Elite. In addition to holding down the coaching jobs, Bryant served as the Marketing Director/Manager at Sluggers Academy in Medfield, Mass., to include maintaining the website, along with creating and designing baseball and softball individual websites.

Bryant broke into the coaching ranks in the fall of 2010 as the head coach for the Marlborough Thunder Softball program during a stellar collegiate career as a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter at Providence College (2010-13).

As the captain of the Friars her senior season, Bryant batted .344 with a .413 on-base percentage and .576 slugging percentage. Her performance earned her BIG EAST second team honors and a nomination for the BIG EAST Sports Excellence Award.

A standout inside the classroom as well as on the diamond at Providence, Bryant was a three-time Big East Academic Team selection and a Dean's List student who graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Policy and Management.

Jessie Bryant Named CSUN Softball Assistant Coach

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