| Hired at Buffalo State: |
Fall 2017 |
| Prior to Buffalo State: |
Head Coach - Russell Sage College (2012-17) |
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Head Coach - Chico State (2006-09) |
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Head Coach - East Stroudsburg (2003-06) |
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Head Coach - Skidmore (2002) |
| Alma Mater: |
Buffalo State '99 (Bachelor's) |
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University at Albany (Master's) |
Jamie Brown completed her ninth year as head coach of the Buffalo State softball program in 2025-26, leading the Bengals to a fourth straight SUNYAC Tournament appearance and a second trip to the SUNYAC Championship Game. In 2025, Brown earned her 100th career win at Buffalo State during THE Spring Games against Edgewood and earned her 400th career win overall as a head coach later that season against Fredonia. The 2026 season featured their best season since 2009 along with Brown and her staff begin recognized as the Sandra Hollander SUNYAC Coaching Staff of the Year.
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Brown officially became the eighth head coach in the history of Buffalo State softball program on Oct. 1, 2017. In her time at Buffalo State, Brown has coached the SUNYAC Julie Lenhart Player of the Year in Oriana Castello in 2021, as well as 29 All-SUNYAC selections, and five NFCA All-Region members.
Brown picked up her 300th career win during the 2019 season and has led the Bengals to the SUNYAC postseason in four of her first six seasons at the helm. She and her staff were also honored as the Sandra Hollander SUNYAC Coaching Staff of the Year in 2021.
Prior to her arrival at Buffalo State, she acquired 18 years of coaching experience at multiple levels. She spent six seasons coaching at Sage, where she also served as the Senior Woman Administrator. Brown led the Gators to a 141-101 overall record, including a regular-season Skyline Conference Championship in 2014 and she was also the Skyline Conference Co-Coach of the Year in 2012.
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Prior to her time at Sage, Brown coached at all levels from junior college to NCAA Division I. She was the head coach for three seasons at Division II California State University, Chico, was head coach for four years at East Stroudsburg, and also was head coach for one season with Division III Skidmore. She also had stints as an assistant coach with Butte College, Southern Utah University, Wagner College and at Westminster College. Brown has also worked several years at the UCLA Softball Summer Camp.
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Brown was a four-year starting outfielder with the Bengals’ softball team from 1996-99 where she helped the Bengals win a SUNYAC Championship and make a pair of appearances in the NCAA playoffs.
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She completed her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Buffalo State and earned her master’s in general education from the University at Albany.Â
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| SUNYAC Tournament Appearances |
6: 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 |
| NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete Team |
1: 2021 |
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| SUNYAC All-Conference Selections: |
29 |
| SUNYAC Player of the Year: |
1: Oriana Castello (2021) |
| Sandra Hollander Coach of the Year: |
2: 2021, 2026 |
| NFCA All-Region Selections: |
7: Danielle Szymkowiak - 2nd (2018), Oriana Castello - 3rd (2021), Oriana Castello - 2nd (2022), Sydney Bielicki - 2nd (2023), Sarah Congelosi - 3rd (2023), Caitlyn Parsons - 2nd (2024), Lexi Quagliana - 3rd (2026) |
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| Buffalo State |
Overall Record |
SUNYAC Record |
Year-End Finish |
| 2026 |
28-13 |
12-6 (3rd) |
2nd Place SUNYAC Championship Tournament |
| 2025 |
22-18 |
14-4 (3rd) |
SUNYAC Semifinalist |
| 2024Â Â Â Â |
17-20 |
8-10 (6th) |
3rd Place SUNYAC Championship Tournament |
| 2023 |
25-15 |
12-6 (4th) |
2nd Place SUNYAC Championship Tournament |
| 2022 |
15-21 |
7-11(7th) |
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| 2021 |
13-14 |
9-7 (2nd West) |
SUNYAC Semifinalist |
| 2020 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
NO SEASON – COVID-19 |
| 2019 |
17-19 |
6-12 (8th) |
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| 2018 |
11-20 |
9-9 (6th) |
SUNYACÂ First Round |
| Overall at Buffalo State (9Â seasons) |
148-140 (.514) |
77-65 (.542) |
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| Overall as Head Coach (23Â seasons) |
433-456-2 (.487) |
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(UPDATED 5/12/26)
