Brian Rowland returned to Maryland as an assistant coach in March 2024. He was previously on staff in College Park for eight seasons from 2010-2017.
Prior to spending the 2023 season with UMBC, Rowland was the head coach at Temple University for five seasons (2018-2022). Rowland led the Owls to notable wins over No. 2 SMU, Louisville, UConn and Tulsa during his tenure and helped the Ows achieve a No. 3 seed in the 2021 American Athletic Conference Tournament, the highest postseason seed in program history as a member of that league.
The former UMBC goalkeeper holds the program's single-season (11, 2002) and career shutouts record (25). He earned First Team All-Northeast Conference honors in his senior season of 2002.
Following Rowland's career at UMBC, he played professionally with the Toronto Lynx of the USL (2003-04), the Baltimore Blast and Milwaukee Wave of the MISL (2003-07) and finally with Crystal Palace USA of the USL from 2007 to 2009. Prior to landing at UMBC, Rowland competed on the Canadian Youth National U-20 team and trialed at Manchester United and Fulham.
Rowland is a native of Toronto, Ontario and earned his bachelor's degree in economics from UMBC in 2003. Rowland holds a USSF A License (2012) and is involved with US Soccer as a scout for their Youth National Teams.
