 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Kansas |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Record | 143–163 (.467) |
| Annual salary | $300,000[1] |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1971-12-04)December 4, 1971 (age 54) Canyon, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1995 | Wayland Baptist |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1995–1998 | Emporia State (assistant) |
| 1998–2010 | Emporia State |
| 2010–2015 | Stephen F. Austin |
| 2015–present | Kansas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 545–301 (.644) |
| Tournaments | 26–14 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Division II Tournament championship (2010) WNIT Championship (2023) 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 | |
| 2022Big 12Coach of the Year 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 Americancollege women's basketball coach at theUniversity of Kansas.[3] Schneider was previously the head coach, from 2010 to 2015, forStephen F. Austin State University, and from 1998 to 2010 atEmporia State University, anNCAA Division II school located inEmporia, Kansas, where he led the team to the2010 National Championship.[4]
After a successful playing career atWayland Baptist University, Schneider was hired as an assistant coach atEmporia 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]
After being an assistant coach for three years, Schneider was promoted to head coach after head coachCindy Stein left for theUniversity 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]
In April 2010, one month after leading Emporia State to a National Championship, Schneider became head coach atStephen 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]
On April 21, 2015, Schneider was introduced as the new head coach at theUniversity of Kansas, followingBonnie Henrickson, who was fired in March 2015.[12][13]
Schneider led the2022–23 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team to the2023 Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated theColumbia Lions in the WNIT championship.[14]
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.[15] They became the first father/son combination to take teams to the Elite Eight.[16] Schneider and his wife Ali have two sons.[11]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emporia State Lady Hornets(Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association)(1998–2010) | |||||||||
| 1998–99 | Emporia State | 30–3 | 15–1 | NCAA Division II Final Four | |||||
| 1999–00 | Emporia State | 28–4 | 16–2 | NCAA Elite 8 | |||||
| 2000–01 | Emporia State | 28–2 | 17–1 | NCAA Division II 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 Div. II Elite Eight | |||||
| 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 Elite Eight | |||||
| 2009–10 | Emporia State | 30–5 | 16–4 | NCAA National Champions | |||||
| Emporia State: | 306–72 (.810) | 173–43 (.801) | |||||||
| Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks(Southland Conference)(2010–2015) | |||||||||
| 2010–11 | Stephen F. Austin | 12–18 | 9–7 | ||||||
| 2011–12 | Stephen F. Austin | 24–10 | 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: | 96–66 (.593) | 57–29 (.663) | |||||||
| Kansas Jayhawks(Big 12 Conference)(2015–present) | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 2021–22 | Kansas | 21–10 | 11–7 | 5th | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Kansas | 25–11 | 9–9 | 7th | WNIT Champions | ||||
| 2023–24 | Kansas | 20–13 | 11–7 | 7th | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2024-25 | Kansas | 16–14 | 6–12 | 11th | |||||
| Kansas: | 143–163 (.467) | 51–129 (.283) | |||||||
| Total: | 545–301 (.644) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||