UCLA assistant Gina Brewer accepts head coaching position at Cal State Northridge

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – CSUN Athletics Director Shawn Chin-Farrell has announced the hiring of Gina Brewer as Women’s Soccer Head Coach. A veteran coach at the Division I level, Brewer becomes the seventh head coach in the history of the CSUN program.

“We are excited to name Gina Brewer as head coach of our women’s soccer program,” Chin-Farrell said. “She brings to CSUN high-level experience both as a coach and as a student-athlete. We’re looking forward to her elevating our women’s soccer program while motivating our student-athletes to realize their fullest potential in the classroom, in competition, and in life.”

Brewer comes to CSUN after spending the 2023 season as an assistant coach at UCLA. In her one season with the Bruins, Brewer helped guide UCLA to the Pac-12 Championship and a 16-2-1 record.

Brewer was a volunteer assistant coach at Santa Clara in 2022, helping guide the Broncos to the NCAA second round. She was also on staff in 2021 as a video analyst for the NCAA semifinalist Broncos. During her time with Santa Clara, the Broncos won back-to-back West Coast Conference championships.

Prior to her time at Santa Clara, she spent a year and a half as an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount. From 2011-19, she was the head coach at Hawaii Pacific University, where she led her team to 70 wins as the longest-tenured head coach in program history. Brewer also had coaching stints at the University of Hawai’i (2008-10) and Utah State (2006-07) and was a graduate assistant at the University of Idaho from 2003-05.

“I would like to thank Shawn Chin-Farrell and Sonia Hahn for the opportunity to lead the CSUN women’s soccer program,” said Brewer. “I’m excited to start working with the student-athletes to build the team into the competitive Big West program that it’s capable of being. I look forward to the fun challenges ahead.”

Brewer played collegiately at the University of Washington from 1998-2001, helping lead the Huskies to a Pac-10 Championship and NCAA quarterfinal appearance in 2000. Her Husky teams played in the NCAA Tournament three times in her career.

A Seattle native, Brewer earned her Bachelor of Arts in sociology with a minor in communications from the University of Washington in 2002. She also received a Master of Education in physical education and health from the University of Idaho in 2005.

Brewer is currently the Olympic Development Program “ODP” West Region Girls Technical Advisor, as well as a U.S. Soccer Coach Educator for the National B and C coaching licenses. She is also a U.S. Soccer Youth National Team Scout and currently holds her USSF “A” Coaching License.