Bio

Garrett Brunsvold is in his fourth year as Offensive Analyst.

In his first three seasons with the Statesmen, Brunsvold has helped the program to historic offensive campaigns, including ranking high nationally in numerous categories.  He has guided numerous NAIA All-Americans with Breck Putzier having three honors.  Putzier has also been named Heart of America Athletic Conference Player of the Year three times after leading the NAIA in goals, assists, and points in both 2023 and 2024.  Wyatt Christiansen was named Heart Newcomer of the Year as well in 2023.

The WPU offense led the country in goals and assists in 2023 and 2024, while leading the nation in goals per game in 2025 with 19.0.  Five individuals garnered All-America status in 2025, while WPU won the 2025 Heart regular season and tournament crowns en route to appearing in the NAIA National Championship for the second year in a row.

Brunsvold came to WPU after coaching Waukee High School (Iowa) to its best record in program history. He guided the squad to its first winning season and an appearance in the state championship game.

He also headed the Team 36 club team in Minnesota from 2019-2022, helping it to the highest high school titles at the Top Flight tournament in Indiana and Middle of the Map event in Kansas.

A graduate of Lindenwood University (Master’s of Business Administration degree in 2019), Brunsvold was a three-year member of a program that was ranked as high as #4 in the country. He scored 38 goals with 12 assists in his career.

A native of Smithtown, N.Y., Brunsvold attended Smithtown High School West. He played on the #1 public school in the state (#3 in the country) in 2014, and later that year began coaching for Smithtown Youth Lacrosse.