Brandon Espinosa will begin his first year on the Texan bench at the beginning of the 2024-25 season.
It will mark Espinosa’s second season coaching in the WAC after serving as an assistant at UTRGV during the 2023-24 season.
Prior to UTRGV, he spent four season as the head coach of Paul Quinn College (PQC) dating from 2019 to 2023. In 2022-23, the Tigers went 15-8, including a United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) Division I Small College National Championship Quarterfinals appearance. The Tigers had one player receive All-RRAC First Team and one player receive All-RRAC Second Team honors. In the 2021-22 season, Espinosa guided the Tigers to the USCAA Men’s Division I National Championship. Espinosa earned USCAA National Coach of the Year recognition while leading two players to USCAA First Team All-American and one player to USCAA Second Team All-American honors. During his first season in 2019-20, Espinosa led the Tigers to their most conference wins since 2012-13. PQC had one player earn All-RRAC First Team and one player earn All-RRAC Second Team honors.
While he was coaching at PQC, Espinosa worked as the Director of the Elite Youth Basketball League and the head coach for Drive Nation 17U, during which time he worked with four McDonald’s All-Americans. This included 2024 NBA Draft fifth overall pick, Ron Holland, 2023 16th overall pick, Keyonte George and 2023 second round pick, Jordan Walsh. He also coached the ESPN Top 100 No. 9 recruit Liam McNeeley during his time with Drive Nation.
Before his time at PQC, Espinosa was the associate head coach at Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC) for two seasons. In the 2017-18 season, BPCC finished with a record of 17-14 and qualified for the Region 14 Championship Tournament. The 17 wins was the most for BPCC in ten years. In 2016-17, BPCC qualified for the Region 14 Championship Tournament.
Before his time at BPCC, Espinosa was an assistant coach at Ranger College under head coach Billy Gillispie. In 2015-16, he helped orchestrate a colossal turnaround as the Rangers went from 2-23 to 35-3. The Rangers reached the NJCAA national tournament and made a Final Four appearance for the first time in program history.
Before his time at Ranger, Espinosa was an assistant coach with the Dallas Mavericks’ NBA G-League affiliate, the Texas Legends. During his two seasons with the Legends he coached NBA Draft picks and future NBA players such as Delonte West, Fab Melo, Damion James, Melvin Ely and Shane Larkin.
Espinosa played collegiate basketball for Dallas Christian College. In 2010, the Crusaders won the ACCA National Championship. Espinosa earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in 2011.
He is married to the former Kaitlyn Mitcham. The couple has a daughter, Karsyn and currently resides in Stephenville.
