Megan T. Bryant became Stony Brook's head softball coach in 2001 and has won 20 or more games every season since. She is the winningest coach in Stony Brook softball history accumulating more than 200 victories with the Seawolves.

Bryant made school history in 2008 when she led the Seawolves to their first-ever America East Championship and into the NCAA Tournament. Stony Brook also won a school-record 33 games that season.

During her tenure, Bryant's players have received numerous national and conference accolades. She has coached five NFCA All-Northeast Region players, seven All-America East first teamers, seven America East All-Rookie team players, one America East Pitcher of the Year winner and three Stony Brook Female Athletes of the Year.

Since her arrival, Bryant's teams have broken almost every offensive and defensive school record. In 2008, the Seawolves set school-records in team wins (33), stolen bases (67) saves (seven) and wins by an individual pitcher (24, Alyssa Struzenberg).

As successful as Bryant's teams have been on the diamond, they have enjoyed equal success in the classroom. Her teams traditionally have one of the highest GPA's among Stony Brook's female teams and since 2006 have placed six players on the America East All-Academic team.

Prior to Stony Brook, Bryant served as the head coach at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, from 1988-99. Before Bryant's arrival, the Bulldogs had endured five straight losing seasons and three straight last-place finishes in the Missouri Valley Conference. After a 13-44 finish her first season, Bryant led Drake to a 33-24 record, 10-6 in the MVC, in 1990, which earned her MVC Coach of the Year accolades. In 1993, just four years after her arrival, Drake won both the MVC regular season and tournament titles while compiling a 35-16 record (13-3 MVC), the most wins in a season in school history. Bryant once again received MVC Coach of the Year honors. In 1994, Drake repeated as MVC Tournament champions and obtained a berth in the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs registered winning records six times and finished in the top four in the MVC five times in the last eight seasons Bryant was at the helm.

Bryant began her college coaching career at Stetson University in Deland, Fla., where she compiled a 63-30 record as head coach from 1985-87. Bryant inherited a program that had begun just the season before her arrival, and in her first season led Stetson to the New South Athletic Conference championship in 1986, receiving NSAC Coach of the Year honors. Stetson repeated as NSAC champions in 1987. Bryant has also served as an assistant coach at both Furman University in Greenville, S.C., in 1988 and at St. John's Unviersity.

Bryant also spent four years as a physical education instructor and head coach at Lakeland High School in Shrub Oak, N.Y., from 1981-85.

In addition to her coaching expertise, Bryant has also served on two NCAA Certification Review Equity Subcommittees and as a member of the NCAA Division I Softball Midwest Region Committee from 1994-95.

Bryant graduated from the University of Bridgeport in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in physical education, K-12. She competed in both volleyball and softball at Bridgeport.