Brian Fay will begin his first season as the Fairfield Stags Head Coach after spending the last eight years as an Associate Head Coach and assistant during. Fay has seen the growth of the program that has become a perennial championship contender and a powerhouse in the region. During his time the Stags have won the 2025 MAAC Tournament Title, four regular season championships, reached 30-wins in seven-straight seasons. advanced to two NCAA Regionals, and earned the conference's first-ever At-Large bid during the historic 2021 season.
In total, the Stags have won 248 games and 63 percent of their contests during his stay.
Fay was a part of two 39-win Fairfield teams that set the program's single-season record for wins. He has also aided in the development of 46 All-MAAC players, including 31 offensive players. Eighteen of those 31 Stags were named to the conference’s First Team.
The honors also include 12 All-Region selections, eight All-New England honorees, and two All-Americans.
Fay was also crucial in the development of four MAAC Players of the Year in Matthew Bucciero, Jack Gethings, Mike Caruso, and Charlie Pagliarini. Gethings became the program’s first-ever MAAC Player of the Year after setting a single season record with 88 hits.
Pagliraini had the best offensive season in school history, blasting the single season record with 24 homers and broke the MAAC single season record with 97 RBI.
He was also a part of the most historic regular season in conference history, helping guide the Stags to a 35-1 record and a .972 winning percentage, the highest in NCAA Division I history.
That success put the Stags in the national spotlight as Fairfield was awarded their first-ever ranking in a national Top-25 poll as they reached No. 23 in Baseball America.
In his eight seasons mentoring the offense, the Stags have a .288 team batting average, 460 homers, a .391 on-base percentage, and a .460 slugging percentage. The Stags have also averaged 7.3 runs per game during those eight seasons.
Fay was a four year letter winner at Siena and won the MAAC Championship as a junior in 2014, advancing to the NCAA Regionals in the Fort Worth Regional where he helped the Saints win their first-ever NCAA Tournament game.
