ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH RANDY SCHNEIDER
The 2022-23 season will be Randy Schneider's fourth season as associate head coach at College of Charleston and 16th year working with Robin Harmony at three schools.
Schneider has been instrumental in upgrading the talent level in the Cougar women's basketball program. Last season, freshman Grace Abercrombie was named to the CAA All-Rookie Team following an impressive freshman campaign. This season, the Cougars will welcome in a quartet of talented freshmen into the fold.
With Schneider playing a pivotal role, the coaching staff continued to add talent to the program in November 2021 when they signed a recruiting class that was ranked No. 1 in the CAA and No. 47 in the country by the Dan Olson Collegiate Girls Basketball Report.
Schneider previously served as associate head coach under Harmony at Lamar from 2013-19, and the duo established one of the most successful women’s basketball programs in the Southland Conference. In their last season at Lamar, the Cardinals posted a 24-7 overall record, won a regular season title and made their second-straight Women’s NIT appearance.
In six seasons at Lamar, the Cardinals compiled a 115-66 (.635) overall winning record including an 83-25 (.769) mark in conference play. The team also won 42-straight home games at the Montagne Center – the second-longest active home winning streak in the nation at the time behind only UConn.
Schneider was instrumental in landing five recruiting classes that were ranked No. 1 in the Southland Conference by the All-Star Girls Report. Those classes helped Lamar win three regular season conference championships and make four appearances in a national postseason tournament.
His recruits included two Southland Conference Freshmen of the Year in Kiara Desamours in 2015-16 and Jadyn Pimentel in 2017-18. Moe Kinard was honored as the 2016-17 Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year and set the NCAA record for 3-pointers made in a single game (13) in 2018-19.
Chastadie Barrs was a four-time Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Year and was named player of the year and an AP honorable mention All-American in 2018-19. She set Division I records for single-season steals (192) and career steals (632) and was a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award, presented to the top point guard in the nation.
While at Lamar, the Cardinals faced some of the nation’s top programs including Baylor, Oregon, Oklahoma and Mississippi State. They claimed a 74-68 road win at No. 16-ranked Texas A&M in November 2018.
The veteran coach also helped the Cardinals become one of the top defensive teams in the nation. Lamar led the nation in steals, turnovers forced and turnover margin in each of his final three seasons.
Prior to his time in Beaumont, Schneider served as an assistant coach at St. Thomas (Fla.) University for six seasons on Harmony’s staff. The Bobcats posted six consecutive seasons of at least 20 wins, advanced to the NAIA Tournament on three occasions and were ranked as high as No. 11 in the nation.
In his last season at St. Thomas, the Bobcats turned in the best record in program history – going 27-4 including a perfect 14-0 mark in the Sun Conference.
Before St. Thomas, Schneider coached girls high school basketball for eight seasons, compiling a 131-57 record and reaching state tournaments seven times.
Schneider also served as head coach of the Premier Jaguars AAU basketball team in Miami and the Miami Suns, one of the premier AAU clubs in the nation. He coached four players who went on to compete in the WNBA, including Erica Wheeler of the Indiana Fever.
Originally from Miami, Schneider graduated cum laude in 1998 from Florida International University with a bachelor’s degree in education. He and his wife, Jennifer, have one daughter, Taylor.