Bryanna Brady enters her first season with the USC Upstate women’s basketball in 2025-26.
Brady joins the Spartans following a one-season stint as a graduate assistant at Virginia Commonwealth. In her lone season with the Rams, she helped mold one of the nation’s top defensive units, ranking 22nd in the country in both scoring defense and field goal percentage defense, limiting opponents to 56.5 points per game and 36.8 percent shooting respectively.
She worked with a pair of All-A-10 performers, helping Mary-Anna Asare earn First Team honors and Mykel Parham earn All-Defensive Team honors. She was selected for the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association “So You Want To Be A Coach” program’s 2025 class.
Before beginning her coaching career, Brady was a three-year standout at Presbyterian following a transfer from UC Riverside. She helped the Blue Hose to a 2024 Big South Tournament Championship and appearance in the NCAA Tournament, earning the league’s fourth-ever NCAA victory with a First Four win over Sacred Heart. She finished the 2024-24 season as the Big South’s leader in field goal percentage, ranking 24th in the NCAA with a 56.6 shooting clip.
Brady captured a pair of Second Team All-Big South nods in her final two seasons (2022-23 and 2023-24) and earned a spot on the 2024 Big South All-Tournament Team. She finished her collegiate career with 1,142 points behind a 52.2 career field goal percentage.
A native of Goodyear, Ariz., Brady graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Presbyterian in 2024. She is pursuing a Masters of Sport Leadership from Virginia Commonwealth.
