Brian Baise completed his first season as the head coach of the Harvard men's volleyball team in 2009, helping lead the Crimson to a tie for first place in the EIVA Hay Division with an 11-8 overall record and a 6-2 conference mark. Under Baise's guidance, Harvard won eight of nine matches towards the end of the season.

Four Crimson players were named Academic All-EIVA, while Brady Weissbourd earned second-team All-EIVA honors during Baise's first season at the helm. Weissbourd was also named Academic All-Ivy and was a four-time Hay Division Player of the Week. Matt Jones took home the award once during the 2009 season as well.

Following a 5-16, 3-5 Hay showing in 2010, Baise brought in a strong group of freshmen for 2011. The 2011 Crimson squad, with only one senior on the roster and four freshmen that saw significant court time opened the season with a 6-1 record, tying the best mark to open a season since the 2000 campaign. Harvard would finish the season with a 9-13, 1-7 Hay mark. Dan Schreff earned selection to the 2011 EIVA All-Academic Team following the season.

Baise was named Harvard's new head coach of men's volleyball in an announcement made June 17, 2008.

"I am delighted to welcome Brian Baise to our program," said Nichols Family Director of Athletics Bob Scalise. "Brian has a rich background of success as a player and a coach. His ties to the Ivy League combined with his time at Berkeley gives him the base of knowledge to be successful here."

Prior to coming to Harvard, Baise spent one year as an assistant head coach and one year as the head coach for the club team at the University of California - Berkeley from 1999-2001, leading the Bears to the quarterfinals of the 2000 NIRSA Championships before moving East with his wife, Laurie, who is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Tufts.

"I am thrilled to be coaching again at this level, and I'm fortunate to be able to do it at a university like Harvard," said Baise. "Our players have been clear that they want to be competitive with the top teams in the region. Certainly, that will be our goal over the coming years."

Baise is a 1995 graduate of Princeton where he earned a degree in English and was a four-year starter for the Tigers. A former two-time Junior Olympic All-American, Baise served as the Tigers' captain and was team MVP as a senior.

Before attending Princeton, Baise was a two-time captain and 1991 California Interscholastic Federation first team selection and CIF 3A state champion at Harvard-Westlake High School. He was a member of the U.S. Junior National Team in 1992.