Recruiting Area: Section 5
Brett Segala joined the Cortland coaching staff in 2021 working with the team's running backs after enjoying a playing career as a record-setting quarterback for the Red Dragons.
Segala set Cortland career records with 6,518 passing yards, 467 completions, 59 touchdown passes and nine 300-yard passing games, and was second with 6,847 career total offensive yards, despite playing in just 26 games, 24 as a starter. A two-time All-Empire 8 selection, he established a school regular-season record with 2,671 passing yards in 2018 and he threw for 2,716 yards and 22 touchdowns in 11 games, including one postseason contest, in 2019. Segala was a member of Red Dragon squads that qualified for the New York Bowl three straight years from 2017-19 as well as the ECAC Clayton Chapman Bowl in 2016. Segala attended Division II Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania for one year before transferring to Cortland.
A native of Webster, N.Y., Segala graduated from Webster Schroeder High School in 2015. He played football for three seasons and was named first team all-county and All-Greater Rochester as a senior as well as second team all-county as a junior. He also was a three-year member of the baseball team. Segala's father, James, played football and baseball at Gallaudet University, and his brother, Brees, is currently a member of the Cortland football squad.
