Josh Brodin, who volunteered with the Rams in 2018, began his first official season, second overall, in 2019 and is set for his sixth year as an assistant coach on Will Feldman’s staff in 2023.

Brodin brought a wealth of knowledge and experience to Feldman’s staff after running 11 seasons at WPI on the Engineers’ cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field teams.  

As a volunteer, Brodin saw the Rams reach unprecedented heights in 2018. Both programs sealed second place at the GNAC Championships and went on to put together team finishes at the regional race for the first-time in program history. 

He aided in the development of the first-ever male GNAC Rookie of the Year, Matyas Csiki-Fejer, female GNAC Runner of the Year, individual conference champion Emma Weisse, and first-ever NCAA participant, Emily Manfra.

A year later, with Brodin on staff full-time, Suffolk put together more highlight performances in its final year in the GNAC where the men finished third and the women took home second. 

Csiki-Fejer and Manfra were the storylines again. The pair won its respective league races, went on to pace the pack at regionals en route to all-region accolades and at large bids to the NCAA Championships. Csiki-Fejer became the first-ever male runner to reach the national stage, while the Manfra is the first-ever student-athlete to compete at two NCAAs. 

Brodin's much anticipated third season, Suffolk's first in the CCC, was sidelined due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, which cancelled all fall sport competition. 

In 2021, Suffolk began a new era, competing in the CCC for the first time. The Rams burst out on the conference's scene with the women capturing the CCC Championship, behind the threesome of All-CCC honorees Gwen Koziara, Sydney Fogg and Skyler Spanbauer. The men finished second thanks in large part to Matyas Csiki-Fejer, who raced to CCC Runner of the Year. He anchored a trio of men on the All-CCC team that included Nic Malm and Thomas Novy.

Following Suffolk's success at conference, the Rams hosted NCAA DIII East Regionals, the first NCAA event hosted by Suffolk in University history. At regionals, Csiki-Fejer finished as the East runner-up en route to USTFCCCA All-East honors and a spot at NCAAs. In his second trip, the long-distance future Hall of Famer made Suffolk history as the first USTFCCCA All-American.

Suffolk's second season in the CCC saw the Rams' women repeat as champions and the men claim runner-up status. Six women claimed All-CCC, while Hayden Green was the lone all-league performer on the men's side. 

The athletic success has mirrored the academic accolades with the Rams achieving USTFCCCA Team awards in each season with Brodin on staff (2018-22) and seven student-athletes picking up 10 individual honors from the national organization for their work in the classroom as well. Additionally, Manfra and Csiki-Fejer were each recognized as CoSIDA Academic All-Americans. Manfra is a two-time honoree (2018-19, 2019-20), while Csiki-Fejer has three (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22) to his credit.

Brodin can also add the distinction of coaching Suffolk’s first-ever GNAC Women of the Year on his resume as Emily Manfra collected the honor and became the conference’s nominee for NCAA Women of the Year consideration in 2019-20, as well as the CCC's inaugural DIIICA nominee, Matyas Csiki-Fejer, who went on to win the Region II Student-Athlete of the Year. 

Since graduating from WPI in 2013 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering, he has competed with Greater Boston Track Club for the past five years.