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Brandon Schneider (born December 4, 1971) is an American college women's basketball coach at the University of Kansas. 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, an NCAA Division II 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, Schneider was hired as an assistant coach at Emporia State University (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. 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 University of Kansas, following Bonnie Henrickson, who was fired in March, 2015.
Head coach record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emporia State Lady Hornets (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) | |||||||||
| 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 Regional 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 Regional Finalist | |||||
| 2009–10 | Emporia State | 30–5 | 16–4 | NCAA Div. II National Champions | |||||
| Emporia State: | 306–72 (.810) | 173–43 (.801) | |||||||
| Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks (Southland Conference) | |||||||||
| 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 | T-6th | |||||
| 2013–14 | Stephen F. Austin | 23–13 | 13–5 | T-1st | WBI Runner Up | ||||
| 2014–15 | Stephen F. Austin | 23–8 | 16–2 | 1st | WNIT First Round | ||||
| Stephen F. Austin: | 95–66 (.590) | 57–29 (.663) | |||||||
| Kansas Jayhawks (Big 12 Conference) | |||||||||
| 2015–16 | Kansas | 6–25 | 0–18 | 10th | |||||
| 2016–17 | Kansas | 8–22 | 2–16 | 10th | |||||
| 2017–18 | Kansas | 12–18 | 3–15 | 9th | |||||
| 2018–19 | Kansas | 13–18 | 2–16 | 10th | |||||
| 2019–20 | Kansas | 15–14 | 4–14 | 10th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Kansas | 7–18 | 3–15 | T-9th | |||||
| Kansas: | 57–98 (.368) | 14–94 (.130) | |||||||
| Total: | 458–236 (.660) | ||||||||
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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. They became the first father/son combination to take teams to the Elite Eight. Schneider and his wife Ali, have two sons.
