Laura Lynne Beeman (born April 16, 1968) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at the

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Early life and education

Born and raised in

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, Beeman attended

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in ninth grade before transferring to

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and graduating in 1986. She redshirted a year due to a knee injury, then played 24 games for then-Division II

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in the 1987–88 season under coach Nancy Simpson. Beeman averaged 2.1 points and 1.2 rebounds. Beeman then transferred to then-Division III

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and played from 1989 to 1991. As a sophomore in 1989–90, Beeman averaged 7.3 points and 3.0 rebounds and helped Cal State San Bernardino to a 24–4 season and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. In 1990–91, her junior year, Beeman averaged 6.5 points and 3.7 rebounds. Beeman left the team after that season and graduated with a degree in business marketing in 1992.

Coaching career

Also enrolling as a graduate student, Beeman became a women's basketball assistant coach at the

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in 1992. She completed her

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in counseling in 1994. At the junior college level, Beeman became a women's basketball assistant coach at

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in 1994. She also enrolled at

Azusa Pacific University Azusa Pacific University (APU) is a private, evangelical Christian university in Azusa, California. The university was founded in 1899, with classes opening on March 3, 1900, in Whittier, California, and began offering degrees in 1939. The uni ...

that year and earned a master's degree in physical education in 1996. Beeman also was promoted to head coach at Mt. San Antonio in 1995. At Mt. San Antonio, Beeman led the program to four

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titles (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008), ten South Coast Conference titles, and a 390–110 record in 15 seasons from 1995 to 2010. Beeman was an assistant coach for the

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of the WNBA under

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in the 2008 and 2009 seasons. From 2010 to 2012, Beeman was an assistant coach at

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, again under Cooper. In 2012, the

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hired Beeman as head coach for

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. In eleven seasons, Beeman led Hawai'i to four WNIT appearances (

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) and three NCAA tournament appearances (

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). Hawaii won the

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regular season title in 2015 and Big West tournament in

and

Head coaching record

NCAA

References

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