John William "Brick" Breeden (January 4, 1904 – August 13, 1977) was a college basketball coach and player.

[1] Born in Oyer, Missouri, Breeden moved to Montana with his family in 1918, and they settled in Bozeman two years later.

He graduated from Gallatin County High School in 1925 and then attended Montana State College.

As a star basketball player, he helped lead the Bobcats to the Helms Foundation national championship in 1929.

He died at his Bozeman home of natural causes at age 73 in 1977; the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at MSU was named in his honor in 1981.