John Brannen (born January 18, 1974) is an American basketball coach currently serving as a program analyst and senior special assistant for the University of Dayton Flyers. He was most recently the men's basketball coach of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats. Brannen previously spent four seasons as the head coach for the Northern Kentucky University Norse. Before that he spent nine seasons as an assistant coach to Anthony Grant at both VCU and Alabama. For the Tide's two games in the 2015 National Invitation Tournament, Brannen served as interim head coach.