Brett Swain begins his first season with the baseball team at New Mexico State as an assistant coach.
He spent the last three seasons on the Omaha baseball staff (2016-19). Swain was the pitching coach last season after serving as the volunteer assistant his first two years.
In 2019, Swain helped guide Omaha to its first-ever NCAA Regional appearance after laying claim to the Summit League Regular-Season and Tournament titles. The team also had the nation's highest fielding percentage at .984 and saw eight Mavericks garner All-Summit honors.
On the mound, Swain coached three All-Summit performers in Payton Kinney, Cal Hehnke and Grant Suponchick. Kinney finished the campaign tied for the program's record in wins (11) and set a new single-season record for innings pitched (115.0). Kinney also earned Summit League Pitcher of the Year and Tournament MVP honors.
A native of Omaha, Swain was an athletic academic assistant at UNO in 2015-16. He was also an assistant baseball coach at Skutt Catholic High School from 2011-16.
As a collegiate player, Swain played two seasons at Fort Scott CC (2011-12) and one year at Creighton (2013). At Fort Scott, he was a Second-Team All-Jayhawk Conference selection as a freshman and an honorable mention pick as a sophomore.
Swain graduated with his bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Nebraska in 2015.
