Brandon Laird
Brandon Laird
Current position: Associate head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Idaho Vandals (Head coach: Alex Pribble)
Current conference: Big Sky Conference
Teams coached: Menlo College Oaks, Sacramento State Hornets
Menlo College record^: 33-32 (.508)
Sacramento State record: 11-18 (.379)
Overall record^: 44-50 (.468)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- NAIA Division II Tournament Appearances: 1 (2008)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Idaho (assoc. HC) |
| 2022-2023 | UC Davis (special asst) |
| 2021-2022 | Sacramento State (interim HC) |
| 2012-2021 | Sacramento State (assoc. HC) |
| 2011-2012 | Sacramento State (asst) |
| 2009-2011 | UC Davis (asst) |
| 2006-2009 | Menlo College |
| 2003-2006 | Menlo College (asst) |
| 2002-2003 | UC Davis (volunteer asst) |
Brandon Laird Facts
- Brandon Laird
- Hometown: Sacramento, California
- Alma Mater: University of California, Davis (BA, 2001) / United States Sports Academy (MA, 2005)
- Graduated from El Camino HS (CA) and played four years at then-DII UC Davis for head coaches Bob Williams and Brian Fogel
- As a freshman, Laird was part of the 1997-98 Aggies team that won the D-II NCAA National Championship
- Started his coaching career as an assistant back at El Camino HS, then spent one year volunteering for Fogel at UC Davis
- Became an assistant coach at NAIA Menlo College (CA) in 2003 and three years later was named head coach of the program
- Went 33-32 overall, going 18-10 in year two during which the Oaks won a Cal-Pac title and reached the NAIA Tournament
- Returned to UC Davis in 2009 and spent the next two seasons as an assistant coach under Gary Stewart
- Hired as an assistant at Sacramento State in 2011, working on Brian Katz‘ staff for the next ten seasons
- Elevated to associate head coach in 2012 and named interim head coach for 2021-22 following Katz’ retirement
- Returned to UC Davis a third time in 2022, serving as special assistant and program analyst under Jim Les
- In May 2023, Laird was announced as the new associate head coach under Alex Pribble at Idaho
Brandon Laird Coaching Tree
- coming soon
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and NAIA Division II levels
