Brian Brennan joined the Titans Women's Basketball staff in July 2026. This is his first season with the Titans.
Brian Brennan brings more than 20 years of coaching, player development, and program-building experience at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels.
Brennan began his coaching career in 2004 at his alma mater, Loara High School in Anaheim, California, where he was a two-sport All-League performer in basketball and baseball.
After two seasons, he joined the Cypress College men’s basketball staff, overseeing recruiting, player development, and the program’s offensive philosophy. During his three seasons with the Chargers, the team’s scoring average improved from 62.1 points per game to 83.1 points per game. He later spent the 2010–11 season as an assistant coach at Fullerton College under head coach Andre Smith.
In 2011, Brennan founded BUILD Basketball, a player development and basketball consulting organization that has become one of Southern California’s premier development programs. Through BUILD Basketball, he has worked with professional players, McDonald’s All-Americans, NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III, NAIA, junior college, high school, and youth athletes. He has also served as a basketball consultant for NCAA and CIF coaches and programs, providing guidance in player development systems, offensive concepts, practice design, culture building, and long-term program development.
Brennan returned to the high school ranks as Player Development Coach at Mater Dei High School under legendary head coach Kevin Kiernan. During his three seasons with the Monarchs, Mater Dei captured backto-back CIF Southern Section Open Division Championships while Brennan helped develop numerous future NCAA Division I student-athletes, McDonald’s All-Americans, and professional players.
In 2021, Brennan joined Fairmont San Juan Capistrano as the founding Head Boys Basketball Coach while helping launch the school’s Basketball Academy. After an inaugural 1–24 season, he guided the Warriors to a 16–12 record, a league championship, and a CIF playoff berth in year two, earning League Coach of the Year honors. Brennan also designed and developed the Fairmont Middle School Basketball Academy, which has grown into one of Southern California’s premier sports academy programs. He currently serves as the Director and Lead Coach of the Fairmont Girls Basketball Academy.
During the 2021 season, Brennan also completed his final year as Player Development Coach at Mater Dei before joining the Orange Coast College women’s basketball staff in 2023 as Player Development Coach. During his three seasons with the Pirates, the program made three consecutive CCCAA playoff appearances, advanced to two CCCAA State Championship games, and captured the 2024 CCCAA State Championship.
Brennan resides in Long Beach, California, with his wife, Melissa, and their four children: Jayson, Melia, Jacki, and Braxton. Away from the court, he enjoys cooking, reading books across a wide variety of genres, watching Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and Cobra Kai, listening to his extensive vinyl record collection, and taking quick family getaways to Palm Springs.
