Brown Football Makes Marini First Division I Female Position Coach

Brown Football Makes Marini First Division I Female Position Coach

The Brown University football program has announced that Heather Marini has been named quarterback coach for the 2020 season.

She becomes the first female position coach in Division I football.

"Heather has earned the coaching position. In one season with our program, Heather has done a great job for us.  She has proven through her efforts in the office every day with us in an off-the-field role that she's ready to run the quarterback room,” said Brown football head coach James Perry.

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Marini will work with Brown's quarterbacks group, led by senior First Team All-Ivy quarterback EJ Perry, who led the country and set an Ivy League record for total offense in 2019 and was a finalist for the Bushnell Cup as the Ivy League Player of the Year.

Marini at Brown

Marini joined the football coaching staff in 2019 as the Bears' Offensive Quality Control Assistant Coach.

She joined Brown's coaching staff shortly after attending her first Women's Careers in Football now held at the NFL combine.

Prior to coaching at Brown, Marini worked with the New York Jets as a summer scouting specialist. 

A native of Australia, Marini earned a Bachelor of Emergency Health from Monash University and a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science at Deakin University.

She worked with the Monash Warriors Gridiron Club as the head coach for three seasons and Quarterbacks Coach/Coaching Development for three years. 

Marini also played competitively for Gridiron Victoria Women's Tackle Football where she was the Rookie of the Year and First Team All-State, and Monash Warriors Women's Gridiron, where she was the team's offensive MVP, captain, and quarterback.