Adrian College

Brett Wetzel enters his eighth season as Head Coach of Adrian College Men's Lacrosse in the Spring of 2026.

AT ADRIAN 

• Numerous Bulldogs have earned Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association athlete of the week awards--none in the previous four years until Wetzel's arrival.
• The Bulldogs have been named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Warrior and New Balance Division III National Team of the Week four times (Max Leventis x2, Christian Aurand, Michael Jonas) during his tenure, which is the most in MIAA history.
• Mentored the only multi-USILA Warrior and New Balance weekly honoree in conference history, Max Leventis (March 10, 2020; Feb. 25, 2019).
• Under Wetzel's tutelage, Leventis set school records for ground balls in a game (22 at Earlham, 3/7/2020) and season (174, 2019) as well as face-off wins in a game (26 vs Kalamazoo, 4/23/2019) and season (235, 2019) through just two seasons.
• As a freshman, Leventis ranked third nationally with 12.43 ground balls per game to pace the MIAA in 2019. As a team, Adrian scooped up 42.93 per game that year.
• Over 30 different team and individual school records have been broken or tied under Wetzel's watch.
• In the truncated 2020 campaign, sophomore attack Chris French led the MIAA in goals (21) and shots (57), classmate Peyton Gasche topped the conference in total points (33) and assists (16), and Leventis paced the MIAA with 50 ground balls and 84 face-off wins.
• During Wetzel's first season in 2019, the team's No. 1 MIAA statistical rankings included 38.29 shots per game, 30.8 shooting percentage, 65.3 shots-on-goal percentage, 30 man-up goals, and 36.6 man-up percentage.
• In 2025, Wetzel coached two Conference Players of the Year (Michael Jonas, Cameron Reed) and six All-MIAA honorees, while leading the Bulldogs to a second-place finish in MIAA Regular season play; the first time for the program since 2015. The Bulldogs also carried the highest Save Percentage, Assists Per Game rate, Points Per Game rate, Penalty Killing rate, and Man-Up Goals Per Game rate in the entire conference during 2025.
• Under his watch in 2025, Wetzel also coached and witnessed the breaking of numerous individual and team program statistical records as Michael Jonas, Cameron Reed, and Sam Spangler shattered several individual program records during their senior seasons.
• Coach Wetzel has guided his team to four national USILA Team Academic Awards, recognizing their cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher in each season. Max Leventis '22 also earned a USILA Scholar All-American nod after the 2022 campaign under Wetzel's guidance.
• Wetzel was named the 2025 MIAA Men's Lacrosse Coach of the Year, making him only the second Adrian Men's Lacrosse Coach to win such an award (Brendan Hayes, 2010).

PRIOR TO CURRENT POSITION

• Coached three seasons at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. He worked with the offense in 2016 and 2017 before leading the defense in 2018; he also mentored the face-off men each season. 
• In 2016, he helped the Lords reach the North Coast Athletic Conference Semifinals, earn six All-NCAC selections, one United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association All-American (the program's first since 2007) and one USILA Scholar All-American.
• In 2016 & 2017, the Lords' offense ranked as one of the best in the country, ranking in the Top 25 in both goals per game and man-up percentage while also earning three All-NCAC selections in 2017.
• In 2018, he led a defensive unit that was key in Kenyon returning to the NCAC Semifinals. Wetzel coached the 2018 NCAC Newcomer of the Year on the defensive end, the program's first such honor since 2013.
• Wetzel began his coaching career as the assistant coach at Albion College. He had been with the Albion program since its second season of existence, and over the course of five seasons the Britons' win total improved each year while recording double digit wins in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
• The 2013 and 2014 seasons saw Albion finish as the conference runner-up to Adrian College. The 2015 season culminated in the program's first Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championship, first NCAA Tournament bid, and their first NCAA tournament victory. While at Albion, Wetzel worked with both the offense and defense during his five-season stint and coached 31 all-conference selections, one Scholar All-American and one All-American.

COLLEGIATE PLAYING CAREER

• Wetzel was a four-year starter at defense for SUNY Potsdam from 2005-08 under Coach Rick Berkman.
• In 2008, he was selected to represent the North squad for the USILA North-South Senior All-Star Game.
• He was named the team’s Rookie of the Year following the 2005 season.
• Made three State University of New York Athletic Conference tournament appearances and one Eastern College Athletic Conference postseason tournament appearance.

PERSONAL

• Hometown is Ithaca, N.Y.
• Began his playing days at Ithaca High School under Coach Frank Welch.
• Earned his bachelor’s degree in history from SUNY Potsdam in 2009.
• Works numerous lacrosse camps and clinics across the nation.
• Avid fan of the NHL's Buffalo Sabres, NFL's Buffalo Bills, and MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers.