Brad Schick

Brad Schick completed his 18th season as an assistant basketball coach for the Mines men's basketball team in 2024-25.

Schick has been on a constant on the bench for Mines during the greatest era of success in the program's history, helping coach the Orediggers to six RMAC regular-season championships (2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2025), three RMAC Tournament titles (2012, 2017, 2025), and 14 NCAA Tournament berths, including eight in a row from 2014 to 2021.

Mines has advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight twice with Schick on the bench, including in 2020-21 when the Orediggers also spent six weeks at #1 in the NABC poll. In the pandemic-shortened 2019-20 season, Mines qualified for the NCAA Tournament, while in 2018-19, Schick helped Mines win yet another title as the Orediggers set a program record for RMAC wins (21-1) and winning streak (22 in a row) to capture the RMAC regular-season title.

Mines posted a mark of 29-5 overall and 18-2 in the RMAC during the 2024-25 season, sweeping the league titles for just the third time in program history. Majok Deng took home Player of the Year honors and was joined on the All-RMAC teams by Riley Schroeder, Markus Pastorcic-Straun, Grant Pressly and Alex Romack. Mines ranked season in the league in scoring offense (81.4 PPG) and led the RMAC with 619 assists on the season while having a top three scoring defense (68.9 PPG). Pressly finished the season tied for the most assists in the RMAC with 125 and led the league in assist/turnover ratio as did the Orediggers as a team (1.42, 619 AST, 436 TO).

The Orediggers went 24-9 in 2023-24 and posted a 17-5 record in RMAC play to finish third in the conference. Mines was home to RMAC Freshman of the Year Alex Romack and All-League selections Majok Deng, Sam Beskind and Cade Mankle. Across the league, Mines posted the best scoring defense, allowing just 70.4 PPG and led the conference in three-point percentage (.386) and assist/turnover ratio (1.36, 552 AST, 407 TO) while ranking second in rebounds (1,238), blocked shots (113) and assists (552).

Mines posted their best record in five seasons in 2022-23, going 26-6 overall and 18-4 in RMAC play and finished the season as the RMAC leader in assists with 564 and ranked among the top 10 nationally in that category. Adam Thistlewood and Brendan Sullivan were both named First Team All-RMAC selections.

The 2016-17 season turned into the greatest in program history as Schick helped the Orediggers to the NCAA Elite Eight for the first time. Led by all-American Gokul Natesan, Mines won both the RMAC regular-season and Tournament titles and earned the right to host the NCAA South Central tournament, which it won with wins over Arkansas-Fort Smith, Fort Lewis, and West Texas A&M. Mines set a program record for wins at 30-5 as they made the trip to Sioux Falls for the Elite Eight.

Schick helped the Orediggers to a 15-12 overall record during the 2012-13 season, including a 12-10 record in RMAC play. Luke Meisch and Trevor Wages earned First Team All-RMAC honors, while Wages was also named Daktronics Second Team All-Region. Brian Muller was named Second Team All-RMAC as well. 

Schick helped Mines to the greatest season in program history to date during the 2011-12 season, including a school-record 29 victories en route to the squad's second-straight RMAC regular season title. The squad also captured the institution's first RMAC Postseason Tournament title (RMAC Shootout) as well as the right to host the Central Region Tournament after ending the regular season as the top-ranked team in the region. Mines spent the entire season inside the NABC/Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll – climbing from No. 18 at the beginning of the year to No. 1 in the final regular season poll. The No. 1 ranking was the first in program history, and the Orediggers entered their third-straight NCAA Tournament as the top-ranked team in all of Division II basketball. The squad finished the year with its first-ever appearance in the Sweet 16 and ended the season with a 29-3 overall record. Head Coach Pryor Orser earned his second-straight RMAC Coach of the Year honor after leading Mines to a 20-2 conference record during the campaign, and was also named the NABC Central District Coach of the Year, the 2011-12 Basketball Times Division II Coach of the Year and was also named one of 10 finalists for the 2012 Clarence "Big House" Gaines Division II National Coach of the Year award. Mines posted its second win over a top-ranked team with a 68-57 victory over then-No. 1 Metro State on January 6, and the squad used that momentum to post victories in 19 of its final 21 games, including 17 in a row at one point. Junior Brett Green was named RMAC Player of the Year as well as an NABC All-American, Basketball Times Second Team All-American and Third Team All-American by the Division II Bulletin. He was also named  First Team All-District by the NABC while Dale Minschwaner was named First Team All-RMAC and Second Team All-District by the NABC. Trevor Wages earned Second Team All-RMAC accolades and Trevor Ritchie was named Third Team All-RMAC as well as RMAC Freshman of the Year. Mines finished the season ranked No. 9 in the final NABC/Division II Coaches Poll and finished second nationally in win-loss percentage (90.6), fourth nationally in scoring margin (+15.1), 11th nationally in rebounding margin (+7.0), 16th nationally in scoring defense (61.7), 17th nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (39.4) and 30th nationally in free throw percentage (74.6).  

Mines won the RMAC regular-season championship and earned the #1 seed in the RMAC Shootout in 2010-11. Mines (25-6 overall, 18-4 RMAC) set new single-season program records for overall and conference victories and qualified for the NCAA Division II Central Region Tournament for the second year in a row. The Orediggers, who were ranked 20th in the final 2010-11 NABC Top 25 Poll, were ranked as high as #2 in the Central Region and #18 in the nation in 2010-11. Three Orediggers earned All-RMAC recognition, including Sean Armstrong, who went on to garner All-Region and All-American honors.

In 2009-10, Mines recorded a 17-11 overall record (14-5 RMAC) and earned a share of the RMAC East Division title.  The Orediggers made their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament and established a new single-season program record for conference victories.  CSM earned the #1 seed in the East Division for the RMAC Shootout and hosted a Quarterfinal game at Lockridge Arena. Dale Minschwaner earned First Team All-RMAC, RMAC East Division Player of the Year and First Team All-East Division honors while Brett Green garnered RMAC East Division Freshman of the Year and Third Team All-RMAC accolades.  Sean Armstrong earned Second Team All-East Division honors, as well. 2009-10 also marked a program-record sixth consecutive winning season for the Orediggers.

Mines posted a 14-13 overall record (9-10 RMAC) in 2008-09. Two Orediggers were named All-RMAC, including Kyle Pape (Second Team All-East Division) and Minschwaner (Third Team All-East Division). Minschwaner was also selected as the 2008-09 RMAC East Division Freshman of the Year.

In 2007-08, the Orediggers compiled a 15-14 overall record (8-11 RMAC). Three Orediggers earned All-RMAC recognition, including Pape, who was a unanimous First Team All-RMAC East Division selection.

Prior to his arrival at Mines, Schick spent three seasons (2004-05 to 2006-07) as an assistant women's basketball coach at the University of Nebraska - Omaha. Schick also spent four seasons (2000-01 to 2003-04) as the associate head men's basketball coach at Fort Lewis College.

During his time in Durango, Schick helped guide the Skyhawks to two RMAC West Division titles and one RMAC championship. FLC also advanced into a pair of NCAA Division II tournaments.

A former collegiate standout at the University of Northern Colorado (1995-96 to 1997-98) and Western State College (1998-99), Schick earned First Team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and All-Region honors during his final year of eligibility with the Mountaineers. As a senior at Western State, Schick finished third in the RMAC in scoring with 18.8 points per game. Schick also finished fourth in the conference in free throw % (.814), sixth in three-point field goals made (3.38 per game) and 12th in three-point field goal % (.404).

Schick's career collegiate statistics include a .435 field goal % (344-of-791), a .409 three-point field goal % (219-of-536), an .805 free throw % (165-of-205) and 1,072 points in 99 games (10.8 ppg). Schick also amassed a combined 288 total rebounds (2.9 rpg), 172 assists and 77 steals at UNC and WSC. Schick, who garnered Academic All-Region recognition at UNC in 1996-97, also earned an NCAA Division II Post-Graduate Scholarship.

A three-sport star in basketball, football and baseball as a prep, Schick graduated from Gunnison High School in 1995. Schick set numerous school records in basketball, including career marks for points (1,870), rebounds (635), assists (240) and scoring average (25.3 ppg). Schick, who led the state in scoring as a senior, ranks sixth in Colorado prep history in career scoring. During his senior season at GHS, Schick established single-season school records for points scored (812) and points per game (35.3). Schick's 59 points against Buena Vista in 1994-95 is the fourth-highest single-game total in state history.

The recipient of the Rocky Mountain News' Fred Steinmark Award for academic and athletic excellence in 1994-95, Schick was a consensus Colorado 3A All-State selection as a senior at Gunnison. Schick, who was named All-State six times and All-Conference seven times as a prep, was chosen as Sports Illustrated's Old Spice Athlete of the Month and was nominated for the McDonald's All-American team.

Schick, who carried a 3.94 GPA throughout his college career, graduated from Northern Colorado with a bachelor's degree in meteorology in 2000. Schick went on to earn his master's in recreation administration from UNC in 2007.