After leading Metro State to two Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Tournament berths and one NCAA Tournament bid in his first two seasons, Brannon Hays begins his third season at the helm in 2008-09.

Hays has a 47-16 record in his two seasons at Metro State and a 105-94 record in seven seasons as a head coach.

In 2007-08, the Roadrunners went 19-12 and qualified for the RMAC Tournament. Metro State led the conference in scoring defense and put together a six-game winning streak at the end of the year before bowing out in the first round of the league tournament.

Hays was named interim head coach in August 2006 after former head coach Mike Dunlap resigned prior to the start of the school year. However, the program did not miss a beat as Hays led the Roadrunners to a 28-4 overall record and their 10th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. Metro State won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Tournament and regular-season titles along the way, while posting school records for three-point percentage (.441) and treys in a single season (298). Hays was rewarded for his success by being named the permanent head coach in the spring of 2007.

Hays served as an assistant coach under Dunlap during the 2005-06 season, returning to Metro State for his second stint. He helped lead the Roadrunners to a 21-10 mark and a NCAA Tournament appearance.

Prior to his return to Metro State, Hays spent five seasons as the head coach at Colorado Christian. While he was in Lakewood, Hays led the Cougars to their first-ever appearance in the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II national top 25 poll. The Cougars ranked No. 1 in field-goal percentage and three-point percentage nationally and advanced to the RMAC tournament three times. In the five years prior to Hays' arrival, Colorado Christian went just 32-101 overall, while the Cougars went 58-78 under Hays, including a 19-9 mark in both 2003-04 and 2004-05.

Prior to his appointment at Colorado Christian, Hays served three years as an assistant under Dunlap at Metro State. Hays served as an assistant during the Roadrunners' 2000 national championship.

Hays has also served as the strength and conditioning coach for the Colorado Explosion (1999) and was an assistant at Cal Lutheran under Dunlap. Other experience includes serving as an assistant coach in the Australian League for Adelaide, a top professional team, and also serving as head coach for the Norwood Basketball Club.

Hays played college basketball at Cal Lutheran under head coach Dunlap, before serving as a volunteer coach on Dunlap's staff. Hays graduated from Cal Lutheran in 1993, earning a bachelor's degree in computer information systems with a minor in coaching. He went on to earn a master's of sport science with an emphasis in sports coaching from the United States Sports Academy in 2005.

A native of Chula Vista, Calif., Hays and his wife, Lori, have two children, Harrison and Addison.