Charlotte Ann "Chickie" Mason coached both women's basketball at the college level and softball at the high school and college level. Her coaching experience ranged from the high school level finishing her career at Medina Valley High School (Texas) in astroville

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to two year collegiate programs at McClennan Community College and

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to NCAA Division III level at Mary Hardin–Baylor to NCAA Division II level at

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to the NCAA Division I level at Lamar,

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, and UTSA. She helped begin women's programs at two universities, UTSA Roadrunners and

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. She was the first head coach for the UTSA Roadrunners softball program. After leaving UTSA, she became part of the Mary Hardin–Baylor staff in 1998. There, Coach Mason again was instrumental in starting programs in both women's basketball and softball at the university. She is listed as the first head coach for both women's basketball and softball for the Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders.

Early life and education

Charlotte Ann Mason was born in East St. Louis, Illinois and moved to

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at age eight. She also lived in

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as a child. Mason graduated from

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in 1968 and did graduate-level work at

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and

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Coaching career

Mason began her coaching career in 1968 as girls' basketball coach at Eastland High School in Eastland, Texas. In 1976, she moved to

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to coach at

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. From 1979 to 1984, Mason coached at McLennan Community College in

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. She then coached women's basketball at Lamar University from 1984 to 1986,

from 1986 to 1988, and the

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from 1988 to 1990. After nearly two decades as a basketball coach, Mason moved to coaching softball, starting at the

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in 1991. Mason returned to Texas after one season to become the first softball head coach at UTSA. In seven seasons (1992 to 1998), Mason posted a 179–166–1 record at UTSA. Mason then coached both women's basketball and softball at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor from 1998 to 2000, being promoted to head softball coach in 2000 after being a pitching coach in 1999. From 2001 to 2008, she coached softball at Medina High School in Medina, Texas.

Head coaching record

Women's basketball

Softball

References

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