HON UP CLOSE

PERSONAL

Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Wife: Grace
Children: Zachary, Dya
Education:
Cincinnati, 2002 (Bachelor's in Criminal Justice)

COACHING HISTORY

2006-13: Cincinnati, Assistant Coach (Sprints, Hurdles)
2013-19: Florida State, Assistant Coach (Sprints, Hurdles, Relays)
2019-Pres.: Texas A&M, Assistant Coach (Sprints, Hurdles, Relays)

CAREER COACHING ACHIEVEMENTS

2018 USTFCCCA South Region Women's Indoor Assistant Coach of the Year
2019 USTFCCCA South Region Women's Indoor Assistant Coach of the Year
105 All-Americans
49 Conference Champions

CAREER ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS

2001 Conference USA Champion (400m Hurdles)
2004, 2008 Olympic Trials Qualifier

Last Updated 8/5/2020

Brandon Hon was hired as an assistant coach for the Aggie track and field program in August of 2019. Hon previously served as an assistant coach with Florida State University for the past six years.

In his first season with the Aggies, Hon made an immediate impact on the recruiting trail landing top graduate transfer Summer Thorpe (Notre Dame). He also recruited one of Texas' top high school sprinters in Laila Owens.

Prior to Texas A&M, Hon spent seven seasons at Florida State as the Director of Sprints, Hurdles and Relays. His core group of athletes, which included women’s sprinters and all hurdlers, were instrumental in delivering Florida State 12 ACC team titles, with seven conference titles for the men and five for the women.

Within his time as an assistant coach in Tallahassee, the women’s program produced five top-20 NCAA Outdoor Championship finishes, including their second top-10 finish in 2019. Athletes coached by Hon generated 30 All-Americans with 19 first-team honors, 16 ACC event champions, six program records and three ACC records.

Coaching accolades for Hon include the USTFCCCA South Region Women’s Indoor Assistant Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2019.

Athletes coached by Hon who earned ACC honors included Shauna Helps (2016) and Ka’Tia Seymour (2018) each being recognized as Women’s Outdoor Freshman of the Year, Trey Cunningham (2018) being named indoor and outdoor Men’s Freshman of the year, along with Seymour claiming ACC Championship Track MVP twice indoors (2018, 2019) and once outdoors (2019).

Prior to joining Florida State, Hon spent 13 years at the University of Cincinnati as a record-setting student-athlete as well as an assistant coach. The Cincinnati native spent seven years as a full-time assistant with the Bearcats, directing hurdlers and sprinters, while serving as the recruiting coordinator for his final two years.

Hon enjoyed a record-setting collegiate experience as a hurdler with the Bearcats, setting the 60-meter hurdles record and winning the 2001 Conference USA title in the 400 hurdles as the team MVP. He also qualified for the 2004 and 2008 US Olympic Trials.

A 2002 Cincinnati graduate with a degree in criminal justice, he is married to the former Grace Murdock. They are the proud parents of a son, Zachary, and daughter, Dya.