Brandon Laird, who was hired in May of 2011 as an assistant at Sacramento State, was promoted to associate head coach.

Prior to Sacramento State, Laird spent two years (2009-11) as an assistant at UC Davis. He also has three years of head coaching experience from his days at Menlo College (2006-09) where he led the team to its most wins in nearly 20 years (18 victories in 2007-08), a Cal-Pac Conference Tournament championship, and the third NAIA national tournament appearance in school history.

Laird also spent three years as an assistant with Menlo (2003-06) where he helped rebuild a program that went 4-22 his first season to 17-11 in his third year. His first collegiate coaching experience took place at UC Davis where Laird served on the staff during the 2002-03 season. He spent the previous year (2001-02) as an assistant at his high school alma mater (El Camino).

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