Alma Mater: SUNY Cortland '12; California University of Pennsylvania
Career Record: 68-151, nine seasons
Record at SUNY Morrisville: 0-0, first season
YEAR-BY-YEAR at SUNY MORRISVILLE
Road to Morrisville: SUNY Morrisville Director of Athletics, Matt Grawrock, announced the appointment of Brittany Cohen as head women’s basketball coach entering the 2026-27 season.
The Fayetteville, N.Y. native, comes to Morrisville from SUNY Potsdam where she served as head coach of the Bears program for the past nine seasons. During her time on the sidelines with the Bears, Cohen guided Potsdam to its first playoff appearance within the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) in 14 seasons, while posting the most conference wins since 2008.
Cohen has produced several All-Conference honorees, including the league’s Rookie of the Year in 2019. Off the court, her squads have excelled in the classroom with Dean’s List accolades, SUNYAC Commissioner’s List honors as well as CSC Academic All-District recognition.
Actively involved in the community, Cohen’s teams have participated in annual service projects within the Potsdam community through leaf raking events, open house admissions events and offering basketball clinics.
For five years Cohen has been a member of the Potsdam Diversity and Inclusion Action Coalition, while also serving as WBCA Conference Captain. She has been active in the camp circuit, serving as the co-Director of the Potsdam Basketball Summer Camp since 2016. For the past 10 years, Cohen has given presentations about player development at several camps and coaching clinics.
Cohen began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Le Moyne College in 2012 and followed with a stint at Jamesville-DeWitt High School the following season, guiding her alma mater to the New York State finals.
In 2014 she joined the staff at Nazareth College as head assistant coach where the Golden Flyers made a post-season push in the Empire 8, before taking on a player development roll with the NBA Dallas Mavericks in July 2015. During her time with the Mavericks, Cohen was involved with daily practices and on-court workouts with 13-time NBA All-Star Dirk Nowitzki and two-time All-Star Deron Williams. Additionally, she also gathered advanced statistics for the team’s player development analytics database.
Cohen earned her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from SUNY Cortland in 2012 where she was a two-time SUNYAC Conference Player of the Year (2011, 2012) and D3hoops.com and ECAC Upstate Player of the Year (2012). She was also a two-time WBCA Honorable Mention All-American and SUNYAC Chancellor’s Scholar-Athlete recipient.
In 2021, Cohen was named to the SUNYAC All-Decade Team.
Cohen earned her master’s degree in sports management from California University of Pennsylvania and is working towards a master’s degree in sports psychology from Capella University.
She is currently a member of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, Basketball Coaches Association of New York, and WeCoach.
