Mary Haridin-Baylor Athletics

Favorite Verse: "In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps." - Proverbs 16:9

Nick Brace was promoted to full-time assistant coach in July of 2021 and Special Teams Coordinator in 2024. Brace coaches the defensive tackles for UMHB and also serves as head coach of the Cru’s junior varsity program. He returned to UMHB for the 2020-21 season after spending the fall of 2020 as a defensive assistant coach at the University of Albany. Brace also spent 2017-19 as a graduate assistant and part-time coach for the Cru. He has been a part of six American Southwest Conference championship teams and two national championship squads during his tenure on the UMHB coaching staff. Brace has also made collegiate coaching stops at Methodist University, St. John Fisher College, the University of Buffalo and Mansfield University. In 2023, he was named to the American Football Coaches Association 35 Under 35 Class. 
 
Brace is a 2012 graduate of St. John Fisher College where he was a four-year letterman for the Cardinals as a linebacker. He earned his undergraduate degree in corporate finance and completed his Master’s of Business Administration at UMHB in 2018. Brace and his wife Courtney were married in February 2022.