Brandon Shald serves as Assistant Coach for University of California, Berkeley's Men's Rowing program in Berkeley. The Cal source profile describes Shald's current role and recent program context, including that Brandon Shald '09 enters his third season as an an assistant coach with the Cal men’s rowing team, joining Scott Frandsen’s staff in June of 2018. A 2007 IRA Champion and 2009 Cal graduate, Shald joins the Golden Bear staff as an assistant coach after spending the last three seasons at Penn, coaching alongside former Golden Bear coach Geoff Bond.
The same profile adds background on Shald's coaching path, team results, and player-development record. A three-year member of the Cal men’s rowing team, Shald helped the Bears’ novice eight to an undefeated season in 2007, winning both the Pac-10 and IRA Championships while also capturing the prestigious Temple Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. After graduating in 2009 with a degree in Classical Civilization, Shald spent time training with the U.S. A Nebraska native, Shald began his coaching career in 2009, working as a coach at the Chesapeake Boathouse in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. For the ICDB record, that background gives readers a fuller picture of the experience Brandon Shald brings to the Men's Rowing staff.
