FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University Women's Basketball program has announced the promotion of assistant coach Erika Brown to the position of Associate Head Coach effective immediately. Brown has helped the Stags to back-to-back MAAC Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances with the Stags holding an .894 winning percentage in those two years, the second-highest in the country.
 
"I am truly grateful to be named Associate Head Coach at Fairfield University," Brown said. "It's been an honor to serve this program, university, and community for the past three years. I want to give a huge thank you to Carly for this opportunity and her love and support that she has provided me over the years. Her belief and trust in me motivates me to work even harder for her and this program every single day. This program has an elite leader and I'm happy to be a part of what we have built here. I'm super excited for this new opportunity!"
 
"E is one of the hardest workers I have ever met in my life," Head Coach Carly Thibault-DuDonis said. "She, along with the rest of my incredible staff, has been instrumental in building this program to be one of the best women's basketball programs in the country.  She is a relentless recruiter, has a genuine spirit who can connect with all of our student-athletes and all of our prospective student-athletes, and a future head coach in the making." 
 
Brown has helped the Stags to 74 wins in her three years on the staff, the most victories in a three-year span in program history. Fairfield holds a .771 winning percentage during that span, the 14th-best in the Division I landscape. Fairfield successfully defended their MAAC Championship with their second-straight conference title this past season. During Fairfield's two championship seasons, the Stags hold a 45-1 record against MAAC opponents.
 
As the team's defensive coordinator, Brown has motivated the Stags to be one of the best defensive teams in the nation, ranking in the top-15 in scoring defense in each of the last two seasons. Fairfield has also ranked in the top-five in the conference in 3-point percentage defense and turnovers forced in all three years.
 
As the program's recruiting coordinator, Brown has led in the recruiting of six All-MAAC players including Meghan Andersen who earned First Team honors in back-to-back seasons. Andersen was also one of two major award winners in the last three years as she picked up the MAAC Rookie of the Year in 2024 while Raiana Brown was voted the MAAC Sixth Player of the Year in 2025.
 
Brown has also been instrumental in Fairfield's success in the classroom with the Stags being honored with 11 MAAC All-Academic members in the last two seasons.  That number also includes four student-athletes being named to the CSC Academic All-District teams including Emina Selimovic who was awarded with the university's Bellarmine medal given to the student with the highest GPA in the graduating class.