Brian Neal enters his 3rd year of his second stint as the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Thomas More during the 2026-27 season, and his 10th overall season at Thomas More. During his time at Thomas More, he as compiled a record of 204-56.

During the 2025-26 season, the Saints posted a 22-7 overall record and a 14-6 mark within the conference. Thomas More earned the No. 3 seed in the G-MAC Tournament falling in the G-MAC Quarterfinals to the Findlay Oilers. Seniors Sereniti Webb and Rylee Turner were both named to the G-MAC All-Conference First Team. Thomas More had four members named to the CSC Academic All-District team. Twice was a Saint named the G-MAC Athlete of the Week.

In his first season back at Thomas More, the Saints posted an overall record of 11-18 and a G-MAC record of 8-12. Thomas More reached the G-MAC Quarterfinals where they fell to the top seeded Ashland Eagles.

Neal returns to Thomas More after a one-year head coaching stint at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Fla. He led the Fire to a 22-8 overall record and a 11-3 record in conference play. The Fire captured the SUN regular season title outright and won the SUN tournament championship, earning them an automatic bid to the NAIA National Tournament.
 
Prior to Southeastern, Neal served as an assistant coach under former head coach Jeff Hans at Thomas More, helping the Saints to an overall 31-4 record and leading the team to the 2023 NAIA National Championship game.
Neal also served as the assistant coach at Butler University from 2020-2022, and at Eastern Illinois from 2019-2020. He spent six seasons as head coach at NCAA DI Xavier University from 2011-2018, helping to rebuild their program. In his second season, he increased the program's win total by 10 and had the ninth biggest turnaround in the NCAA that season. He tallied three Big East Honorable Mention honorees and two All-Freshman Team honorees. Neal had spent two seasons prior as an assistant on the Musketeers staff.
 
Neal returns to Thomas More as the head coach after being away for 13 years. During his seven (2004-2011) seasons at Thomas More, he recorded an impressive overall record of 171-31 (.847), with seven consecutive winning seasons, six consecutive 20 win seasons, five consecutive PAC Championships, and five straight NCAA DIII National Tournament appearances. Neal was named PAC Coach of the Year four times, two-time Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year, coached 24 All-Conference Players, one All-American, and one Conference Player of the Year. In 2010-2011, he led the program to their first number one ranking in the country and second undefeated regular season in four years, while also advancing to the Sweet 16 for the second time in three seasons. He was named the Russell Athletics/WBCA Region Six DIII Coach of the Year in 2011.
 
Before his time at Thomas More, he served as assistant coach at Northern Kentucky University (NKU) under Nancy Winstel for six seasons. He helped coach the Norse to a 156-36 (.813) overall record. While also helping the team capture the NCAA DII National Championship (2020), two National Championship game appearances, four Elite Eight appearances, and appearing in the National Tournament each year he was there.
 
Neal started his coaching career at Wilmington College as an assistant coach to Jerry Scheve from 1992-1998. The Quakers had back-to-back 20-win seasons in his first two seasons there. Neal also served as the sports information director.
 
He graduated from NKU in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a minor in English. Neal and his wife Amy reside in Northern Kentucky with their four children, Allison, Madison, Emma, and Maxwell.