Brett Axelrod, a former assistant coach at LIU-Brooklyn and Fordham, starts his third season at Saint Peter’s in 2022 under head coach Julia Bazi. In conjunction with his position at Saint Peter's, Axelrod serves as a goalkeepers coach with Modern Goalkeeper Training Systems.

After a Covid-shortened season in 2020-2021, Axelrod helped lead the Peacocks to one of their best conference seasons in recent times in 2021. Saint Peter's won 3 MAAC games for only the second time since 1998 and had multiple all-conference honorees, including goalkeeper Annabelle Adams to the MAAC all-rookie team and defender Fatou Doucoure to the all-MAAC 2nd team. The team also placed 8 players on the MAAC all-Academic team and finished the year with a cumulative team GPA of 3.644.

During his three-year tenure at Fordham, Axelrod helped coach the Rams to a record of 32-18-11 over three seasons while also leading the team to their 2016 Atlantic 10 championship victory.  Working primarily with the goalkeepers, he coached Rashid Nuhu, who earned Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors and captured the Atlantic 10 Championship's Most Outstanding Player Award.
 
In 2017, Axelrod was a part of a run to the NCAA quarterfinals and a #11 national ranking in the United Soccer Coaches poll.  Fordham finished the year with a school record 14 wins, posted two wins over nationally-ranked opponents, recorded its first two NCAA tournament wins over St. Francis Brooklyn and #11 seed Virginia, and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals following an exciting penalty kick shootout win at #6 seed Duke, before falling to #3 seed North Carolina.  In goal, Nuhu picked up First Team All-Atlantic 10 and All-ECAC honors, as well as USC All-Midwest Region Second Team accolades.

Axelrod spent the 2014 and 2015 season in Brooklyn, serving as an assistant coach at LIU where he worked primarily with goalkeepers. He helped the Blackbirds win the 2015 NEC Championship as LIU finished the regular season was a perfect 7-0 mark, ranking second in the conference in goals against average.
 
A four-year letter winner at Whitman College, where he also coached from 2009 to 2011, Axelrod received a degree in Sociology from the school in 2009.
 
Axelrod was a four-year starter in goal for Whitman, and was named the Northwest Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2008, after leading the team to an 11-2-7 record with 10 shutouts. During his senior season with the Blues, Axelrod ranked Top 5 nationally in both save percentage and goals against average. He was also the recipient of the Borleske Trophy, presented annually to the top male athlete at Whitman.
 
After graduating, Axelrod was an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s varsity soccer teams at his alma mater. He also served as the Executive Director of the Helena Youth Soccer Association in Helena, Montana.
 
Axelrod holds a USSF National “C” coaching license and a Level 3 Goalkeepers certificate from the United Soccer Coaches. He has also attained a M.S. in HR Management from Stony Brook University.