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Northern Essex Community College said Monday it hired Dan Briand as the Knights assistant athletic director and head baseball coach effective next Monday, Aug. 10.
Briand arrives with nine years of collegiate head coaching and administrative experience and 15 total years of collegiate coaching. Most recently, he spent nine seasons as head coach at Anna Maria College where he was the programs all-time wins leader with 163. His teams qualified for the post-season each year with the exception of the coronavirus-shortened season in 2020. Additionally, he guided three players to Great Northeast Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors along with two Great Northeast Pitchers of the Year and three Rookies of the Year.
Braind guided 16 players to D3Baseball.com All Region, 10 Rawlings-American Baseball Coaches Association All Region, 44 All Conference selections, while 74 student athletes earned Academic All-Conference honors.
Northern Essex Director of Athletics Dan Blair said he is “thrilled to welcome Dan Briand to the Knights family. We had a highly competitive applicant pool and Dan quickly rose to the top. He brings great experience with him as a collegiate head coach and I have no doubt he will continue our tradition of success. He came highly recommended and everyone I spoke to raved about how much his players enjoy playing for him,”
Briand said he is “so appreciative of the opportunity to lead the Knights baseball program and join the department as an assistant athletic director.” He thanked Blair, College President Lane A. Glenn, Vice President Michael McCarthy and the hiring committee “for entrusting me to be the leader of this storied program.”
On the administrative side, Briand served at Anna Maria as equipment manager, student employee supervisor and event manager for home football and hockey games. His prior collegiate coaching stint included two years each at Becker College, Roger Williams University and Fitchburg State University.
Briand is a graduate of Becker where he was a four-year member of the baseball program including a two-time captain while also earning First Team All-Conference honors as a senior in 2009.