Kansas women’s basketball coach Brandon Schneider said he is “really proud” that his father, Bob Schneider, is among the eight people who will be inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame as part of its Class of 2022.
Bob Schneider spent 25 seasons as the coach at West Texas A&M and went 585-163 with an appearance in the national championship game in 1987-88. He also coached at Texas Woman’s University and at three high schools in Texas and New Mexico, and he has an all-time coaching record of 1,045-293 across all levels with only two losing seasons in 40 years.
“He’s done a lot,” Schneider said. “I would consider him one of the pioneers of the game, coaching 46 years and being at the high school level and then at the collegiate level as well.”
Brandon Schneider is in his seventh season at Kansas. Before being hired to coach the Jayhawks, he was the head coach at Stephen F. Austin for five seasons and the head coach at Emporia State for 12.
He said his father was in attendance for Kansas’ victory over Kansas State on Saturday and continues to watch all of the Jayhawks’ games.
“In terms of what he did for me, first off, he tried to convince me not to coach, but I think he’s an incredible teacher of the game and really stresses the importance of fundamentals,” he said. “He’s always stressed to me just to be yourself. Don’t try to be somebody else. Don’t be a phony. Just try to be yourself.”
The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee, will hold its Class of 2022 induction ceremony on June 11. The other members are six-Time WNBA All-Star and Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon, DePaul coach Doug Bruno, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and WNBA champion DeLisha Milton-Jones, three-time WNBA champion and three-time WNBA All-Star Penny Taylor, former Western Kentucky coach Paul Sanderford, broadcaster Debbie Antonelli and Alice “Cookie” Barron, a three-time national champion in the 1950s.
