Brett Axelrod
Graduate Assistant Coach

Phone: (718) 488-1000 (x3069)
Email: brett.axelrod@my.liu.edu

Brett Axelrod is in his second season as an assistant coach at LIU Brooklyn. Axelrod, who works primarily with goalkeepers, was a four-year letterwinner at Whitman College, where he also coached from 2009 to 2011.
 
Axelrod was a four-year starter in goal for Whitman, and was named the Northwest Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2008, after leading the team to an 11-2-3 record with 10 shutouts. He was also the recipient of the Borleske Trophy, presented annually to the top male athlete at Whitman.
 
He has played semi-professionally with the Yakima Reds and Kitsap Pumas, both of the Premier Development League, and has spent time training with Stoke City FC, Portland Timbers, and Crewe Alexandra FC.
 
After graduating, Axelrod was an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s varsity soccer teams at his alma mater. He most recently served as the Executive Director of the Helena Youth Soccer Association in Helena, Montana.
 
Axelrod holds a USSF National “C” coaching license. He received his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Whitman in 2009.

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