Naval Academy Athletics

Brian Blick is in his fifth year at the Naval Academy as the Director of Football Operations. A 2012 graduate of the Naval Academy, Blick majored in history and played defensive back for the Midshipmen.

Blick oversees the Navy football support staff and provides direction for all off-field activities. He is responsible for coordinating the daily operations, logisticsand administration of the team, as well as the management of the team budget and organization of team travel.  Blick also has close ties with The Brotherhood organization of former Navy football players and serves as the staff’s liaison.

Blick and his wife, Kristin, hail from Greenville, N.C., where they attended J. H. Rose High School together. After graduation, Blick attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, R.I. before entering the Naval Academy in the summer of 2008.  

Upon graduating from the Naval Academy in May of 2012, Blick was commissioned as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.  Blick served his first year of service as a TAD Graduate Assistant Football Coach for the Midshipmen during the 2012 season. Following the season, Blick continued his journey through The Basic School in Quantico, Va., and received the military occupational specialty of Field Artillery Officer. Following a short stint of occupational schooling at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Blick was assigned to 2d Battalion, 10th Marines in Camp Lejeune, N.C. While stationed there, he served for three years holding various leadership positions to include Battery Fire Direction Officer, Platoon Commander, Battery Executive Officer, Battalion Assistant Logistics Officer, and Battalion Supply Officer in Charge.  

As a Platoon Commander with Battery E, 2d Battalion, 10th Marines, Blick deployed with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit in October of 2015. In March of 2016 his unit was tasked to support OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE in northern Iraq. Blick served as the Battery Executive Officer for Task Force Spartan, the first general purpose U.S. force to execute combat operations against the Islamic State.  

In May of 2017, Blick transitioned out of the Marine Corps.  He and his wife, Kristin, reside in Annapolis with their son, Maddox, and daughter, Rosie Lou.