Coker University

In her first year as Head Coach at Coker, Bennett picked up a total of 22 wins including six in South Atlantic Conference play. During the 2022-23 season, Bennett coached one South Atlantic Conference All Conference Second Team player, Ariana Fair.

Brittany Bennett was named Coker's head softball coach on June 15, 2022. 

Bennett comes to Coker after spending the last nine years at fellow Division II UNC Pembroke, where she amassed over 200 career wins. Under Bennett, the Braves advanced to the Peach Belt Conference tournament semifinals in 2021, while she was named PBC Coach of the Year. In Bennett’s tenure, UNCP softball has landed two on the Schutt Sports/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II National Player of the Year Top 25 list, while having one as a finalist for the award. UNCP has also boasted two NFCA All-Americans, 24 All-Conference players and 19 conference Players of the Week. UNCP also achieved a team grade point average of at least 3.2 every year under Bennett. Prior to UNC Pembroke, Bennet served as an assistant coach at Georgia College and State University (2011-13), Lynn University (2008-11), UNC Wilmington (2007-08), University of Mount Olive (2006-07) and Southern Arkansas University (2004-06). 

Bennett has also served on numerous national committees during her coaching career. She served as the Southeast region representative on the NFCA All-American Committee (2018-21), the NCAA Head Coaches Committee(2016-19), was the special advisor to the NCAA Head Coaches Committee (2019-22), served on the Peach Belt Conference Mentorship Committee (2020-21), the NFCA Ethics Committee (2015), NFCA Regional Advisory Committee (2021-22), the NFCA Mentoring Program (2019-22) and Women Leader in Sports (2021-Present). 

Bennett holds a bachelor’s of arts in business administration and computer information systems from Southern Arkansas, as well as a master’s of science from Southern Arkansas in kinesiology. 

Bennett has two sons, and currently resides in Laurinburg.