The all-time career wins leader in the history of Region 6 women’s basketball, Cloud County Community College head women's basketball coach Brett Erkenbrack is entering his 38th year as the head coach of the T-Birds, during which time he has compiled a 770-401 (65.8 percent) overall career record with 21 seasons of 20 or more wins.

Erkenbrack has led Cloud County to 13 trips to the Region 6 Final Four and four appearances in the Region 6 Championship game. He has led the T-Birds to two NJCAA Region 6 Championships (2001, 2011) and two appearances in the NJCAA Division I National Tournament (2001, 2011). The 2001 Lady T-Birds became the first Kansas school to ever win the NJCAA Division I National Championship with a 71-56 victory over Midland College (Texas). The 2011 team finished eighth in the NJCAA National Tournament.

Erkenbrack was inducted into the Cloud County Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010 and the NJCAA Hall of Fame in 2017. He was named the CONVERSE/WBCA District 5 Coach of the Year in 1994, the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Western Division Coach of the Year in 2000, as well as twice being named the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2011. He was also named Region 6 Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2011, and was honored as NJCAA National Coach of the Tournament in 2001.

In 2025, Coach Erkenbrack became one of ten head women's basketball coaches nationally, and one of only two Kansas junior college basketball coaches (Jay Herkelman, Coffevyille head men's basketball coach), to be recognized with the first NJCAA Coaches Legacy Awards, recognizing the all-time winningest coaches in NJCAA history.

During his storied career, Erkenbrack has mentored more than 40 players that have been named All-Region 6, including 15 first-team selections. Eight players have been named NJCAA All-Americans and over 50 former players have gone on to play at the NCAA Division I level. Over 100 other former T-Birds have moved on to play at the NCAA Division II or NAIA level. Former T-Bird Shanele Stires played three seasons with the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.

Erkenbrack and the T-Birds wrapped up the 2025-2026 season with a 14-16 overall record, including 10-14 in Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. Cloud County qualified for the 2026 NJCAA Region 6 Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, falling to Barton Community College in the opening round by a final score of 88-64.

Freshman guard Camiah Muldrow and sophomore forward Leila Washington were both named to the All-KJCCC Division I Women's Basketball Second Team. Muldrow ranked third in the KJCCC in scoring at 17.3 points per game. Muldrow finished the season with three games of 30 points or more and five games of 25 points or more. Muldrow also ranked third in the conference in free-throw percentage at 82.5 percent, connecting on 132 of 160 attempts. Muldrow led Cloud County with 3.3 assists per game, ending the season with six games of five assists or more. Washington, a transfer from Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa, averaged 14.0 points per game on a team-leading 48.2 percent field-goal percentage, which ranked the tenth best in the KJCCC. Washington also led Cloud County in rebounding at 7.3 rebounds per game, which was seventh best in the KJCCC. Washington finished the year with six double-double performances. Washington also ranked third in the conference with 41 total blocked shots.

Erkenbrack and his wife Sonia, a retired first grade teacher, have two sons, Blake and Drew, and two grandsons, Kenneth and Luke..

Brett ’86, Sonia ’87, Blake ’08 and Drew’ 13, are all graduates of Cloud County Community College.