Brett Barron joins Compass Sports after 8 years of coaching at the collegiate level. Most recently, Brett spent three years as an assistant at the Naval Academy.
During his time at Navy, the Mids went 54-45 which included a trip to the Patriot League title game and most recently a historic 26-8 season while capturing a Patriot League Regular Season Championship and participating in the NIT.
Previous to Navy, Brett was an assistant for three years at Randolph-Macon College. During his time, the Yellow Jackets compiled an overall record of 74-3. His tenure was highlighted by the 2021-22 team that posted an overall record of 33-1 and won the NCAA Division III National Championship, while also winning 3 ODAC regular season and tournament championships.
Brett began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Saint Francis U. for two seasons. The Red Flash advanced to the NEC Tournament championship game in both 2019 and 2020, compiled an overall record of 40-25, shared the NEC regular season title in 2019 and played in that year’s NIT. Brett earned a master’s degree in health sciences while in Loretto.
He spent his career around great players including two NEC Players of the Year (Keith Braxton, 2019 and Isaiah Blackmon, 2020), one Patriot League and Mid Major Player of the Year (Austin Benigni, 2026), two ODAC Players of the Year (Buzz Anthony, 2019-2022 and Miles Mallory, 2023), and a D3 National Player of the Year (Buzz Anthony, 2022). He had the pleasure to coach a total of 8 all conference selections in his 8 years. He was on the staff of the NEC Coach of the Year (Rob Krimmel, 2020), Patriot League Coach of the Year, (Jon Perry, 2026), and the National Coach of the Year for D3 (Josh Merkel, 2022),
The native of Hazleton, Pa., played basketball at Hazleton Area High School before attending DeSales University. He was a four-year member of the basketball team at DeSales (the team posted a 75-35 record in his career). Brett graduated in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in sport and exercise science.
Brett Barron
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