Andy Brinkman has helped with the Kenyon goalkeepers for the last three years and is the Director and Owner of GK1 Goalkeeping Academy. Many of his keepers have moved on to top NCAA programs, The MLS and US National teams.

Brinkman was the Director of Goalkeeping for the Columbus Crew Academy System from 2008 to 2016. He also was the head goalkeeper coach for the first team in 2013-14 and spent the 2007-2010 seasons as the assistant goalkeeper coach to Columbus Crew first team (MLS). 

Brinkman was the head Goalkeeper Coach at Ohio State, where, in 2007, the team won the Big Ten and was the NCAA National Runner-up (College Cup finalists). In 2006, he helped coach Xavier University to their first A10 Championship tournament playoff appearance in nine years. Prior to his run at Division I, Brinkman spent six years as an assistant coach at Wilmington College, where he was named the 2004 Ohio Athletic Conference Assistant Coach of the Year. 

Andy has coached numerous US National Youth Team, All-Conference, All-Region, and All-American players and holds his NSCAA Goalkeeping Premier License, NSCAA Premier National License, and his USSF “A.”

Andy kick-started his collegiate coaching career at his alma mater, Hiram College, in 1999 as an assistant coach. During his playing days at Hiram, Brinkman was the Terriers' starting goalkeeper in 1997 and 1998. The team twice won the OAC title and reached a national ranking as high as No. 9.