Coaches

• First year Casa Roble JV Head Coach Brandon White enters his 7th year coaching. Coach White is not new to the High School ranks with coaching stints at Dougherty Valley High in San Ramon and American High in Fremont.
• As a player Coach White scored over a 1,000 points in high school as a 4 year varsity starter. Received all league honors for three straight years and was voted All-Metro Honorable Mention. Coach White went on to play at Ohlone College with Coach Erickson.
• Coach White has been married for 10 to his beautiful wife, Esther. They have two wonderful children - Alijah, 17, and Lynae 14.

My name is Brendan Erickson and I am the Head Boys Basketball Coach and AVID teacher at Casa Roble High School. This is my first year at Casa Roble High School, however, I have coached high school basketball for 15 years. I was previously a lower level head coach and varsity assistant at Newark Memorial High School from 2005-2019. While at Newark I also started my teaching career in 2016 teaching social science.

Coaching Resume:

• Casa Roble High School (2019-Present)
• RoseCity Ballers (2019-Present)
• Newark Memorial High School (2005-2019)
  • Nor-Cal Champs: 2010
  • Nor-Cal Tournament: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
  • NCS Champs: 2012, 2013, 2014
  • MVAL League Champs: 2005-2014

Playing Career:

• Ohlone College
  • Coast Conference Champs: 2003
  • State Tournament Sweet 16: 2003
• Newark Memorial High School
  • All League: 1999, 2000
  • All-Metro: 2000
  • Nor-Cal State Champs: 2000
  • NCS Champs: 2000
  • MVAL Champs: 1999,2000

• Zak graduated from Casa Roble in 2015 and played basketball for 4 years, 2 of which were on varsity.
• After high school Zak went on to study History at CSU Chico as well has serving two years as the men’s basketball teams team manager. At Chico Zak learned how a collegiate basketball program is run and operated. He is excited to join the Coaching staff at Casa Roble High School and the Orangevale Bighorns. He hopes to have a lasting impression on the program and help it grow into a competitive and exciting program.

Coaching Resume:

• Professional player development coach 2012-Present.
• Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at Virginia Wesleyan University 2013-2015. Making it to the D3 Final Four in 2015.
• Played collegiately at Virginia Wesleyan University.
• Prepped at Vanden High School (2007).