Brandon Christianson has been the Warrior head men's golf coach since July 6, 2015.
In 2017 Christianson led his team to a CCAA championship and a 14th place finish in the NCAA Championship. Prior to which Stan State placed second out of 20 teams at the NCAA West Regional Tournament. For the second consecutive year, Christianson coached an All-American. Chris Chomyn earned PING/GCAA All-American honors. Nate Jetton was named an All-American in 2023. Chomyn and Jetton each received All-Region honors along with being nameed to the All-CCAA Team in 2024.. Chomyn was an All-Tournament Team honoree at the CCAA Championships in April 2023.
Prior to arriving at Cal State Stanislaus, 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 the successful Cook, who became the head coach at the University of the Pacific in May 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 the 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 results, 18 Top 20s, 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. At Valencia High School, he earned four varsity letters and twice was the 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 GC for a 10-under par round of 62, considered to be the lowest round ever by a high school player in Southern California.
