Brian Schmidt
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- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
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- Phone:
- 440-826-2183
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- Email:
- bschmidt@bw.edu
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Brian Schmidt finished his ninth season and third as Associate Head Coach at Baldwin Wallace University in 2022-23. He served the previous six seasons as an assistant coach.
Schmidt at BW
- Promoted to Associate Head Coach on January 4, 2021
- Mentored 25 Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selections, 19 All-OAC performers, the OAC Jim Burson Defensive Player of the Year and the OAC Co-Freshman of the Year
- Coached on six consecutive winning seasons with an overall record of 102-62 and a 61-47 mark in the OAC
- Coached in six OAC Tournaments with one tournament title, two championship game and three semifinal appearances.
- Won the 2019 OAC Tournament Championship
- Advanced to second round of NCAA Tournament in 2019
Coaching Experience
- Assistant varsity coach and strength and conditioning coach at Brunswick High School with Athletic Alumni Association Hall of Famer Joe Mackey for five years.
- Coached to team to at least 14 victories in each of the five seasons
- Appeared in the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) District semifinal four times
- OHSAA district runner-up finish in 2014.
As a Player
- Four-year letterwinner and starter at Heidelberg University
- Two-year team captain
- Won the 2008 OAC Tournament title.
- All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection in 2007 and 2008
- He individually earned All-OAC honors in both 2007 and 2008
- Ranks 16th all-time in Heidelberg history with 1,183 points
- Heidelberg school-record holder for field goal percentage in a season and career
Hometown Roots
- Brunswick, Ohio native
- Graduate of Brunswick High School where he played basketball
- Coach Schmidt and his wife Halle, a 2008 BW graduate reside in Brunswick with their sons, Griffin and Carson