Bio

Midland University ’12
Dakota Wesleyan University ’14

 During the offseason, Jacob Brandl was promoted to associate head men’s basketball coach as he enters his eighth season with the Dakota Wesleyan University men’s basketball team in 2019-20.

 In his first seven seasons, Brandl has been responsible for recruiting players from the Midwest region, serving as the academic coordinator for Tiger teams that have never finished below a 3.3 team GPA and includes 15 NAIA ScholarAthletes and two NAIA Academic All-Americans.

 He has helped guide the Tigers at the side of head coach Matt Wilber to five straight NAIA National Tournament appearances.

 Brandl helped coach the Tigers to a record season in 2014-15, where the team finished as the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship runnerup. He was also on the DWU bench as the Tigers headed back to the national tournament last season.

 Brandl came to the Tigers from Midland University, where he earned his degree in secondary education with an emphasis in social science. He also obtained a degree in history, as well as a coaching endorsement. While at Midland, Brandl spent two seasons as a student assistant coach for the Warrior men’s basketball team.

 He played college basketball first at North Platte Community College and then at Dana College, where he played his final two seasons before the school closed in 2010. At North Platte, Neb., he averaged nine points and three rebounds per game and led the team in 3-pointers made. In two seasons at Dana, Brandl averaged 10 points and set the school record for 3-point shots made in a game twice with seven. He is in the top seven all time in 3-pointers made with 138 in 59 games. Brandl earned All-GPAC Honorable Mention honors as a senior in 2010.
 

 Brandl is a North Platte native and averaged 24 points and 10 rebounds per game for North Platte St. Patrick High School. He was named the area playerof-the-year in 2006.

 Brandl graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Educational Policy and Administration from Dakota Wesleyan in 2014. He lives in Mitchell with his wife, Ashley.