Laura Lynne Beeman (born April 16, 1968) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at the University of Hawaii.
Beeman then transferred to then-Division III Cal State San Bernardino 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.[2][4] In 1990–91, her junior year, Beeman averaged 6.5 points and 3.7 rebounds.[5] Beeman left the team after that season and graduated with a degree in business marketing in 1992.[2][6]
Coaching career
Also enrolling as a graduate student, Beeman became a women's basketball assistant coach at the University of Redlands in 1992. She completed her M.Ed. in counseling in 1994.[6]
At the junior college level, Beeman became a women's basketball assistant coach at Mt. San Antonio College in 1994.[2] She also enrolled at Azusa Pacific University that year and earned a master's degree in physical education in 1996.[6] Beeman also was promoted to head coach at Mt. San Antonio in 1995.[2] At Mt. San Antonio, Beeman led the program to four CCCAA titles (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008), ten South Coast Conference titles, and a 390–110 record in 15 seasons from 1995 to 2010.[6][7]
Beeman was an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA under Michael Cooper in the 2008 and 2009 seasons. From 2010 to 2012, Beeman was an assistant coach at USC, again under Cooper.[8]
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion