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Don Brandon
Biographical details
Bornc. 1941 (age 82–83)
Vinemont, Alabama, U.S.
Alma mater
Playing career
Football
1959–1962Anderson (IN)
Basketball
1960–1963Anderson (IN)
Baseball
1960–1963Anderson (IN)
Position(s)End (football)
Pitcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1964Anderson (IN) (JV)
1965–1966Anderson HS (IN) (assistant JV)
1967Anderson HS (IN) (JV)
1968–1975Anderson (IN) (assistant)
1976–1977Anderson (IN)
Basketball
1968–?Anderson (IN) (assistant)
Baseball
1965–1967Anderson HS (IN) (assistant)
1968–1971Anderson (IN) (assistant)
1972Anderson (IN)
1973Anderson (IN) (assistant)
1974–2010Anderson (IN)
Track and field
1965–1967Anderson HS (IN)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1975–1978Anderson (IN)
Head coaching record
Overall1,110–588 (.654) (college baseball)
6–12 (college football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCCAA National Championship (1991)
Awards
Football
2× All-Hoosier Conference (1961–1962)
Baseball
2× All-Hoosier Conference (1962–1963)

Donald P. Brandon (born c. 1941) is an American former college baseball head coach and former college athlete. He coached at Anderson University in Indiana for 38 seasons.

Biography

Brandon served as head coach of the Anderson Ravens baseball team in 1972 and from 1974 to 2010.[1] He recorded 1,110 wins and 588 losses, for a .654 winning percentage. He led the Ravens to 13 conference titles, 12 NAIA District titles, 5 NAIA World Series appearances (1984, 1987, 1993, 1998, and 2003) and the 1991 National Christian College Athletic Association National Championship.[1]

Brandon attended Anderson University and Ball State University, where he earned degrees in 1963 and 1967, respectively.[1] He later earned a doctorate at Springfield College in Massachusetts in 1976.[1] While a student at Anderson, Brandon earned varsity letters in baseball and football, and also played on the basketball team.[1] Anderson's baseball coach at that time was former Brooklyn Dodgers player Carl Erskine.

Brandon first coached at Anderson in 1968, as an assistant with the football and basketball teams.[2] He later was an assistant baseball coach under Erskine.[1] Brandon served as head coach of the baseball team in 1972, with Erskine coaching a final season in 1973.[1][3] Brandon then was head coach from 1974 through 2010.[1]

Born in Vinemont, Alabama, Brandon graduated from high school in Cullman, Alabama, in 1959.[4] He was inducted to the Cullman County, Alabama, Sports Hall of Fame in 2011,[4] and the Anderson University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010.[5] Brandon married in 1962; he and his wife have two children.[1]

Head coaching record

College football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Anderson Ravens (Hoosier–Buckeye Conference) (1976–1977)
1976 Anderson 3–6 3–5 7th
1977 Anderson 3–6 3–5 6th
Anderson: 6–12 6–10
Total: 6–12

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Foley, Brian (September 12, 2009). "Longtime Anderson University Coach Don Brandon Announces Retirement". collegebaseballdaily.com.
  2. ^ "Don Brandon Named To AC Athletic Staff". Anderson Daily Bulletin. Anderson, Indiana. July 19, 1968. p. 9. Retrieved September 6, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Anderson Names Former Raven Star Head Coach". The Indianapolis Star. AP. June 2, 1973. p. 30. Retrieved September 6, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b Graves, Justin (April 18, 2011). "CULLMAN COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Brandon led Ravens to 14 HCAC titles". The Cullman Times. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "Dr. Don Brandon – 2010 Coach/Athlete". prestosports.com. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
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