Union College Athletics

One of the longest tenured and most successful coaches in the history of Union athletics, Brian Speck left an indelible impact during his time coaching the women's soccer and softball teams between 1995-2019.
 
Speck's biggest successes came on the pitch, where he guided the women's soccer team to never-before-seen success. He finished his 25-year career with a 311-111-35 (.719) record at the helm of the program, leading Union to 10 NCAA Tournaments and six conference championships, as well as the 14 winningest seasons in program history and 12 years with a national ranking. He led the team to a 13-1-1 record and its first-ever national ranking on the way to NSCAA Regional Coach of the Year honors in 1998, then guided the 1999 Hall of Fame squad to the national tournament for the first time, where they became the first women's team at Union to win an NCAA Tournament contest. His teams reached as high as fifth nationally in both 2000 and 2005, with the 2005 squad finishing 18-1-3 to cap a remarkable three-year run that saw the team post a combined 56-5-5 mark. A three-time conference Coach of the Year, he has seen nine of his players inducted into the Union Athletics Hall of Fame.
 
Speck also spent 14 years with the Union softball team, serving two years as head coach and 12 years as an assistant alongside Pete Brown '83. Together, the pair led the program to unprecedented heights, posting a combined 326-147 record and four NCAA Tournament appearances.
 
Speck finished his time at Union with the third-most wins in a single sport in Union history and his 330 wins between soccer and softball are fourth-most ever for a Union mentor. He remains one of only four Union coaches to lead a team for at least 25 years and mentored over 300 Union student-athletes in his quarter-century of service.