Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Email:
- bobby.brasel@unt.edu
- Phone:
- 940-565-3654
Bobby Brasel enters his fourth season as associate head coach with the North Texas women’s basketball program.
For the Mean Green, his duties include recruiting, opponent scouting, game preparation and scheduling.
In each year since Brasel’s arrival in Denton, North Texas has improved on its previous season’s record including more than doubling it in their first season and winning at least one game each year in the Conference USA Tournament. In 2018, guard Terriell Bradley was voted first-team all-conference, the program’s first honoree in nine seasons and just its third in 15 years. In the 2018 offseason, the Mean Green recruited two NJCAA All-Americans, one more than it had recruited in the 41 years prior.
Brasel had been with Arkansas-Little Rock for two years before coming to Denton, serving as an assistant coach with a special emphasis on Texas and junior college recruiting as well as guard development.
With the Trojans, Brasel helped guide the team to a program-record 29 wins in the 2014-15 season. Those wins included victories over No. 24 LSU, Oklahoma, and sixth-seeded Texas A&M in the NCAA Tournament. Overall, UALR went 47-18 in his two years on the staff, including a 30-8 record in Sun Belt play and a 25-5 home record. Brasel recruited Alexius Dawn, who earned Sun Belt All-Conference honors and set the tournament record with 15 three-pointers made.
Before Little Rock, Brasel was on the South Alabama coaching staff for seven seasons where he was responsible for scheduling and junior college recruiting. Overall, he coached six players who combined for eight Sun Belt All-Conference honors.
During his seven years in Mobile, the Jaguars consistently had one of the best defenses in the Sun Belt. The team was top two in scoring defense four times, while leading the Sun Belt in field-goal percentage defense three times and three-point defense twice. During the 2011-12 season, USA only allowed a program-record 52.8 points per game which was 11th in the nation.
From 1999-2007, Brasel was the head coach at Garden City Community College resurrecting the Lady Broncbuster program. Before his arrival, Garden City had a 38-percent all-time winning percentage. Under Brasel, his teams were ranked in the NJCAA top-20 for four consecutive seasons. In total, the Lady Broncbusters made six postseason appearances, including Jayhawk Conference and Region 6 titles in 2003, culminating in a trip to the NJCAA Final Four.
In his seven seasons at Garden City, Brasel accumulated an overall record of 111-108 and was the winningest coach in program history. He recruited and coached two NJCAA All-Americans, eight Academic All-Americans, and sent at least one player to the Division I level every year. In 2003, he earned Coach of the Year honors from the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, the Jayhawk Conference, and the NJCAA District E. His student-athletes at Garden City compiled a 98-percent graduation rate.
Originally from Big Spring, Brasel earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from the University of Texas of the Permian Basin in 1993.
