Brandon Schneider (born December 4, 1971) is an American college women's basketball coach at the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. T ...

. 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 Emporia State University (Emporia State or ESU) is a public university in Emporia, Kansas, United States. Established in March 1863 as the Kansas State Normal School, Emporia State is the third-oldest public university in the state of Kansas. E ...

, an

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school located in Emporia, Kansas, where he led the team to the 2010 National Championship.

Coaching career

Emporia State University

After a successful playing career at

Wayland Baptist University Wayland Baptist University (WBU) is a private Baptist university based in Plainview, Texas. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas ( Southern Baptist Convention). Wayland Baptist has 11 campuses in five Texas cities, s ...

, Schneider was hired as an assistant coach at

(ESU) in 1995. 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. 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 The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded in ...

. In Schneider's 12 years at the helm, he became the winningest coach in Emporia State history with a record of 306–72. 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. 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.

Stephen F. Austin University

In April 2010, one month after leading Emporia State to a National Championship, Schneider became head coach at Stephen F. Austin State University. 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.

University of Kansas

On April 21, 2015, Schneider was introduced as the new head coach at the

, following

Bonnie Henrickson Bonnie Henrickson (born April 13, 1963) is the head women's college basketball coach at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prior to becoming the head coach at UC Santa Barbara, Henrickson was the head coach at the University of Kansas fro ...

, who was fired in March, 2015. The Kansas women's basketball program was in a rebuild for the first several seasons of Schneider's tenure with Kansas. Schneider coached Kansas to its best season in seven years during 2019-20. Kansas opened the season perfect after going 11-0, which led to the Jayhawks receiving votes in the Associated Press poll. That season KU finished with its best record since 2013 at 15-14. In the 2021–22 season, Schneider's Jayhawks again received votes in the AP and Coaches poll after back-to-back upsets of the 13th-ranked Texas Longhorns and 14th-ranked Baylor Bears.

Personal life

Prior to coaching, Schneider was a 1995 honors graduate of Wayland Baptist University. During his time at Wayland Baptist, Schneider was a four-year letterman in men’s basketball and was the school’s first-ever All-American, capturing the honor three times. 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. They became the first father/son combination to take teams to the Elite Eight. Schneider and his wife Ali have two sons.

Head coach record

References

External links

Kansas Jayhawks bio
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