Brandon Schneider

Brandon Schneider
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Kansas
Conference Big 12
Record 6–25
Annual salary $300,000[1]
Biographical details
Born (1971-12-04) December 4, 1971
Canyon, Texas
Playing career
1991–1995 Wayland Baptist
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1998 Emporia State (asst.)
1998–2010 Emporia State
2010–2015 Stephen F. Austin
2015–present Kansas
Head coaching record
Overall 407–163 (.714)
Tournaments 24–14
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Division II Tournament championship (2010)
2× Southland regular season championship (2014 T, 2015)
7× MIAA regular season championships (1999–2001, 2004, 2008, 2009)
3× MIAA Tournament championships (1999–2001)
Awards
D-II Bulletin NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year (2010)
4× WBCA South Central Region Coach of the Year
3× MIAA Coach of the Year
Records
Most wins in Emporia State history (306)

Brandon Schneider (born December 4, 1971)[2] is an American college women's basketball coach at the University of Kansas.[3] Schneider was previously the head coach, from 2010 to 2015, for Stephen F. Austin State University, and from 1998 to 2010 at Emporia State University, a NCAA Division II school located in Emporia, Kansas, where he led the team to the 2010 National Championship.[4]

Coaching career

After a successful playing career at Wayland Baptist University, Schneider was hired as an assistant coach at Emporia State University (ESU) in 1995.[5] After three years of being an assistant coach, Schneider was promoted to head coach, where he stayed for 12 years compiling an overall record of 306–72.[6]

Emporia State

2010 National Championship banner hanging in White Auditorium

After being an assistant coach for three years, Schneider was promoted to head coach after head coach Cindy Stein left for the University of Missouri.[7] In Schneider's 12 years at the helm, he became the winningest coach in Emporia State history with a record of 306–72.[6] While at Emporia State, Schneider won six MIAA regular season titles, three MIAA tournaments, four Regional titles and the school’s first-ever Division II National title in any sport.[8][9] Schneider led the Lady Hornets to 12 NCAA Tournaments, seven MIAA Regular Season Championships, four MIAA Tournament Championships, four NCAA II South Central Regional Championships, and two NCAA II Final Four Appearances.[4]

Record at Emporia State

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Emporia State Lady Hornets (MIAA) (1998–2010)
1998–99 Emporia State 30–3 15–1 NCAA Final Four
1999–00 Emporia State 28–4 16–2 NCAA Elite 8
2000–01 Emporia State 28–2 17–1 NCAA Sweet 16
2001–02 Emporia State 16–12 8–10
2002–03 Emporia State 23–8 14–4 NCAA Regionals Finalist
2003–04 Emporia State 24–5 15–3 NCAA Regional Finalist
2004–05 Emporia State 27–6 14–4 NCAA Sweet 16
2005–06 Emporia State 28–5 13–3 NCAA Elite 8
2006–07 Emporia State 22–8 14–4 NCAA First Round
2007–08 Emporia State 23–8 14–4 NCAA Sweet 16
2008–09 Emporia State 26–6 17–3 NCAA Regionals Finalist
2009–10 Emporia State 30–5 16–4 NCAA Div. II National Champions
Emporia State: 306–72 173–43 (.801)
Total: 306–72 (.810)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Stephen F. Austin

In April 2010, one month after leading Emporia State to a National Championship, Schneider became head coach at Stephen F. Austin State University.[10] Schneider won his first conference title during the 2013–14 season with a 13–5 record in league play and reached the championship game of the Women's Basketball Invitational.[11]

Record at SFA

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks (Southland Conference) (2010–2015)
2010–11 Stephen F. Austin 12–18 9–7
2011–12 Stephen F. Austin 23–10 11–5 WBI First Round
2012–13 Stephen F. Austin 14–17 8–10
2013–14 Stephen F. Austin 23–13 13–5 WBI Runner Up
2014–15 Stephen F. Austin 23–8 16–2 WNIT First Round
Stephen F. Austin: 95–66 57–29 (.663)
Total: 95–66 (.590)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Kansas

On April 21, 2015, Schneider was introduced as the new head coach at the University of Kansas, following Bonnie Henrickson, who was fired in March, 2015.[12][13]

Record at Kansas

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Kansas Jayhawks (Big 12 Conference) (2015–present)
2015–16 Kansas 6–25 0–18
Kansas: 6–25 0–18 (.000)
Total: 6–25 (.194)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Personal life

Schneider's father, Bob, was one of the most successful women's coaches at the NCAA Division II level, having served as the head coach at West Texas A&M from 1981 to 2006.[14] They became the first father/son combination to take teams to the Elite Eight.[15] Schneider and his wife Ali, have two sons, Cash and Cole.[11]

References

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