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

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. Schneider was previously the head coach, from 2010 to 2015, for

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, 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

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, 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. Wayland Baptist has 11 campuses in five Texas cities, six states, American Samoa, and K ...

, 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

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. 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

. 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, who was fired in March 2015. Schneider led the 2022–23 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team to the

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, where they defeated the

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in the WNIT championship.

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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