Chris Bresnahan, a former player at Elon University, begins his first year on the Fordham baseball coaching staff, as a volunteer assistant coach.
 
Serving as the outfield and first base coach, Bresnahan helped coach the Rams to its first Atlantic 10 Championship appearance in four seasons in 2014, where the Rams picked up their first tournament win since 2007.  Fordham also saw a number of award winners throughout the 2014 campaign, as four players earned All-League honors, marking the first time since 1997 that Fordham had four players honored by the Atlantic 10.  Among the honorees was First Team All-Atlantic 10 outfielder Tim Swatek, who led the conference in batting average (.392), on-base percentage (.491), and walks (32).

Bresnahan came to Rose Hill after finishing his playing career at Elon University, starting 85 games over his final two seasons.  In 2013, he helped the Phoenix win the Southern Conference Championship and earn an automatic NCAA Tournament berth.  In the NCAA tournament, Elon made its first Regional final appearance in the Charlottesville Regional with Bresnahan at the heart of the team’s success.  He batted .385 (5-13) in the regional with three RBI and two runs scored in four games and was named to the Charlottesville All-Regional Team.
 
Before arriving at Elon, Bresnahan was a high school standout at St. Rose High School in Belmar, New Jersey.  A native of Freehold, New Jersey, he was a four-time First Team All-Division selection and earned First, Second and Third Team All-Shore Conference accolades as well as all-county honors in his four seasons.  He helped lead his prep squad to four division titles.
 
For coaching experience, Bresnahan has coached for the World Yacht Clippers, based in Westchester County the past two summers (2012-13).  He also assisted with the Elon baseball summer camp in 2013.
 
Bresnahan graduated from Elon with a bachelor’s of science degree in Sport & Event Management with a minor in Business Administration.