Draft:Amy Eagan
American basketball coach
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Amy Eagan is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team.[1]
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| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | New Mexico |
| Conference | Mountain West Conference |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Shelbina, Missouri, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Truman State University (2001) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2001 | Truman State (graduate assistant) |
| 2005–2007 | St. Ambrose (head coach) |
| 2010–2013 | Ashford (head coach) |
| 2013–2019 | Truman State (head coach) |
| 2020–2023 | Drury (head coach) |
| 2023–2026 | Lindenwood (head coach) |
| 2026–present | New Mexico (head coach) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 329–191 (.633) |
| Tournaments |
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| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Playing career
Eagan played at Truman State University from 1995 to 1999, where she was one of the most decorated players in program history.[2]
She remains the program’s all-time leader in:
- Free throws made (483)
- Free throws attempted (704)
- Assists (529)
- Steals (328)
- Steals per game (3.3)
She scored 1,527 career points and ranks among the top 10 in multiple statistical categories.
In 1998–99, she earned honorable mention All-America honors and set a single-game program record with 46 points.
Following her college career, Eagan played professionally in Norway. She was inducted into the Truman State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012.
Coaching career
Early career
Eagan began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Truman State from 1999 to 2001.
She later became head coach at St. Ambrose University (2005–2007), where she compiled a 48–17 record and won a conference championship in 2007, earning MCC Coach of the Year honors.[3]
She then served as head coach at Ashford University from 2010 to 2013.[4]
Truman State
Eagan returned to Truman State as head coach in 2013.
Over six seasons, she compiled a 111–62 record and became the winningest coach in program history. She also led the team to a GLVC Tournament championship and multiple NCAA Division II Tournament appearances.
Drury
In 2020, Eagan was hired as head coach at Drury.[5]
She led one of the most dominant stretches in NCAA Division II history:
- 87–9 record over three seasons
- 3× GLVC championships
- 2021 NCAA Division II national runner-up [6]
She was named WBCA NCAA Division II Coach of the Year in 2021.[7]
Lindenwood
Eagan became head coach at Lindenwood in 2023, leading the program through its transition to Division I.[8]
In 2024–25, she led a major turnaround:
- 23–11 record
- 16–4 conference record
- OVC championship game appearance
- WNIT Super 16 [9]
In 2025–26, Lindenwood won the program’s first Division I conference championship.[10]
She was named Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year in 2025.[11]
New Mexico
On March 31, 2026, New Mexico hired Eagan as its head women's basketball coach. She became the seventh head coach in program history.[12]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Ambrose (Midwest Collegiate Conference) (2005–2007) | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | St. Ambrose | 21–11 | 9–5 | ||||||
| 2006–07 | St. Ambrose | 27–6 | 14–0 | NAIA Tournament First Round | |||||
| St. Ambrose: | 48–17 | 23–5 | |||||||
| Ashford (Midwest Collegiate Conference) (2010–2013) | |||||||||
| 2010–11 | Ashford | 4–26 | 1–15 | ||||||
| 2011–12 | Ashford | 10–20 | 6–11 | ||||||
| 2012–13 | Ashford | 14–17 | |||||||
| Ashford: | 28–63 | 7–26 | |||||||
| Truman State (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (2013–2019) | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | Truman State | 22–9 | 12–6 | NCAA II First Round | |||||
| 2014–15 | Truman State | 16–11 | 10–8 | ||||||
| 2015–16 | Truman State | 20–10 | 13–5 | ||||||
| 2016–17 | Truman State | 15–13 | 10–8 | ||||||
| 2017–18 | Truman State | 15–11 | 10–8 | ||||||
| 2018–19 | Truman State | 23–8 | 13–5 | NCAA II First Round | |||||
| Truman State: | 111–62 | 68–40 | |||||||
| Drury (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (2020–2023) | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | Drury | 24–2 | 17–1 | NCAA II Runner-up | |||||
| 2021–22 | Drury | 32–5 | 17–3 | ||||||
| 2022–23 | Drury | 31–2 | 20–0 | ||||||
| Drury: | 87–9 | 54–4 | |||||||
| Lindenwood (Ohio Valley Conference) (2023–2026) | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | Lindenwood | 7–21 | 5–13 | ||||||
| 2024–25 | Lindenwood | 23–11 | 16–4 | WNIT Super 16 | |||||
| 2025–26 | Lindenwood | 25–8 | 16–4 | ||||||
| Lindenwood: | 55–40 | 37–21 | |||||||
| New Mexico (Mountain West Conference) (2026–present) | |||||||||
| 2026-27 | New Mexico | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||||||
| New Mexico: | 0-0 | 0-0 |
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| Total: | 329–191 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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