Brandon Christianson has been the Warrior head men's golf coach since July 6, 2015.
In 2017, Christianson led the Warriors to the program's first CCAA Championship since 2015 and a 14th-place finish at the NCAA Division II Championships after Stan State placed second among 20 teams at the NCAA West Regional. Under his leadership, the Warriors have qualified for six NCAA West Regional Championships (2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025), highlighted by a runner-up finish in 2017 and a fifth-place finish in 2022. Stan State has also recorded six top-five finishes at the CCAA Championships during Christianson's tenure, including runner-up finishes in 2016 and 2017 and fourth-place finishes in 2022 and 2023.
Christianson has coached seven All-West Region selections, including Jeff Yamaguchi (2018), Kobie Lockwood (2019, 2020), Chris Ebster (2023), Nate Jetton (2023, 2024), and Chris Chomyn (2024, 2025). He has also coached 13 All-CCAA honorees, highlighted by Jeff Yamaguchi (2018), Kobie Lockwood and Brad Sparrer (2019), Michael Jura III (2020, 2022), Chris Ebster (2022 Honorable Mention, 2023), Nate Jetton (2023, 2024), Chris Chomyn (2024, 2025), and Jack Peters (2025).
Christianson has mentored three CCAA individual award winners, including CCAA Freshman of the Year Michael Jura III (2018) and CCAA Newcomer of the Year recipients Kobie Lockwood (2019) and Nate Jetton (2023). In addition, Warriors have earned CCAA Championships All-Tournament Team honors under Christianson, including Jordan Koelewyn and Chris Ebster in 2017 and Chris Chomyn in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Most recently, Christianson coached back-to-back PING/GCAA All-Americans in Nate Jetton (2024) and Chris Chomyn (2025). Both student-athletes earned All-West Region and All-CCAA honors, while Chomyn became a three-time CCAA Championships All-Tournament Team selection.
Prior to arriving at Stan State, Christianson, a 2009 graduate of UCLA, had been a full-time assistant coach under Derek Freeman at UCLA since 2012. A four-year member of the UCLA Bruins men's golf team, Christianson was a part of the 2008 NCAA Championship squad.
Christianson is the Warriors' third head coach for men's golf, following the legendary Jim Hanny and Mike Cook, who became the head coach at the University of the Pacific after seven seasons guiding the Warriors.
As a member of the Bruins' staff from 2012 to 2015, Christianson worked in a variety of administrative and coaching areas. One of his main duties was to help organize the annual Gifford Collegiate Championship, hosted by UCLA. In addition, he organized and ran practices, mentored players and served as one of the Bruins' designated coaches. From 2006-08, he also worked at the annual UCLA golf camps, teaching young golfers the fundamentals of the game as well as managing many aspects of the camp operation.
After earning four varsity letters for the Bruins from 2005-08, Christianson served one season as the Bruins' Undergraduate Assistant Coach while completing his degree in History. He returned to Westwood after working on the PGA Tour as a caddie for three years (2010-12), most recently with UCLA alumnus Kevin Chappell.
In his four seasons (2005-08) on the UCLA team, Christianson played 57 career rounds and posted a stroke average of 74.5. He also recorded 10 Top 10 finishes, 18 Top 20 finishes, 14 rounds below par and five rounds below 70. In his second collegiate round as a freshman in 2005, he fired a team-best 66 (-6), which became his best collegiate score. In 2008, in his final collegiate round, he fired a 68 (-4) to tie for 19th at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic. That season, the Bruins won the NCAA title.
Christianson is originally from Valencia, California. At Valencia High School, he earned four varsity letters and was a two-time Foothill League MVP. In a conference championship tournament in 2004, he fired a league-record score of 65 at Harding Park. In the 2003 CIF Southern Section playoffs, he blistered Soule Park Golf Course for a 10-under-par 62, considered to be the lowest round ever by a Southern California high school golfer.
