Brynn McNamara
Brynn McNamara
Title: Assistant Athletic Director
Phone: 610-861-1531
Email: mcnamarab@moravian.edu

Brynn McNamaraformerly Seidenstricker, joined the Moravian University staff as Assistant Director of Athletics in August 2021. She works closely with Director of Athletics and Recreation Mary Beth Spirk to advance the Department of Athletics and Recreation serving as administrator for Men's & Women's Cross Country/Track & Field, Men's Golf, Women's Lacrosse, Men's & Women's Swimming, Men's & Women's Tennis, and Athletic Communications. In her position, McNamara oversees the internal operations of the department including game day operations, ticketing, and athletic facilities' usage. Additionally, McNamara oversees student-athlete programming including the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, departmental mental health initiatives, and NCAA Sexual Violence Prevention education. Across campus, McNamara serves on Moravian University's RISE Teamwork & Leadership Task Force and the SHARE committee. 

McNamara came to Bethlehem after four years as the Assistant Athletic Director for Student Services at the University of North Georgia. In that position, McNamara developed and implemented an academic support unit and the Nighthawk360 program. Nighthawk 360 is the comprehensive life skills program for all UNG student-athletes that focuses on health and well-being, career development, and preparing student-athletes for their next steps in athletics and in life. As a member of the senior leadership team, she also provided sport oversight of men's soccer and men's basketball.

Prior to her time at North Georgia, McNamara worked for two years at Mercyhurst University as the field hockey graduate assistant coach and SAAC advisor. She also spent a year as an NCAA postgraduate intern with the governance department, working primarily with the Division III membership committee structure during the 2014-15 academic year.

Professionally, McNamara is a trained NCAA Leadership Development, Institute for Sports and Social Justice Huddle Up program and OneLove Foundation facilitator. She is also a graduate of the 2019 Women Leaders in College Sports Institute for Administrative Advancement.

McNamara graduated from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in 2014 with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration, and received her Masters of Science in Organizational Leadership with a concentration in Sports Leadership from Mercyhurst in 2017. As an undergraduate at Shippensburg, McNamara helped the Red Raiders field hockey program post a 75-10 record winning the 2013 National Championship as a senior. McNamara also served as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference representative to the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).

McNamara and her husband, Joe, reside in Allentown, PA. with their daughter Eleanor.