Brent Alwine joined Billy Gernon's staff in July 2010, after spending the previous two years at Creighton. Alwine will work with the Bronco infielders and serve as WMU's recruiting coordinator.

Alwine played under Gernon at IPFW from 2003-06 and was an assistant coach for the Mastodons during the 2007 and 2008 seasons, helping Gernon transition IPFW from an independent to a member of the Summit League.

At Creighton, Alwine worked with hitters and outfielders, and also oversaw the Bluejay baseball camps. Creighton had winning seasons during both of Alwine's years there as he worked with a total of three MLB draftees and a fourth player who signed an MLB contract as a free agent.

Posting 31 wins in 2009, Creighton hitters finished the season with a .299 average, their best mark since 2005. The team had five players from its everyday lineup named to the All-Missouri Valley team. In 2010, Creighton fielded two MLB draftees and four All-MVC selections.

Creighton excelled defensively, as the Bluejays led the nation in fielding percentage in both 2009 and 2010. Creighton posted a .984 fielding mark in 2009 and had a .980 percentage in 2010. The 2009 numbers set an NCAA record for the best fielding percentage since the incorporation of the aluminum bat in collegiate baseball.

Prior to coming to Omaha, Alwine coached at IPFW for two years. While there, he worked with the hitters and infielders. He was an assistant coach in IPFW's first year in conference play where he worked with one All-Summit League player and a Ping Freshman All-American.

A four-year starter in the infield, Alwine concluded an impressive playing career at IPFW with a .311 career batting average and a .951 fielding percentage.

In July of 2008, Alwine coached a team in Puerto Rico, as part of Coast to Coast Baseball. He also spent the 2006 and 2007 summer as a baseball instructor at Camp Greylock where he worked under Bob Morgan retired head baseball coach from Indiana University.

Alwine and graduated from IPFW in 2006 and earned a masters degree from IPFW in 2009. He is married to the former Brandi Alspach.