Lindsey Mann recently completed her first year as the Director of Operations for Tarleton Women's Basketball.
The 2021-22 season marked Mann’s fifth year with Tarleton women’s basketball. She served as the team’s graduate manager for two seasons from 2019-21 after wrapping up a four-year playing career that started in Stephenville. Mann played two years for Tarleton from 2011-2013.
“Lindsey has a true passion for the game of basketball and will do both big and small things to make sure she passes that passion on to others, especially our team,” Wilson said. “She did an outstanding job as our graduate manager organizing community service and mental health opportunities and helping with the logistics of running a Division I program. It makes sense to elevate her to Director of Basketball Operations, using her creativity by allowing her to continue finding ways to positively impact our program and players. We are blessed to be able to keep Lindsey on staff and look forward to building a successful Division I program together.”
Mann became the first person to fill the position for the women's program.
“I’m so thankful to continue to work & grow with this program,” Mann said. “It’s like home for me here at Tarleton and I feel very blessed to be learning under Coach Wilson and working with an amazing staff. I’m excited about the future as we continue our D1 transition.”
Mann guided Tarleton through the first stages of its Division I transition following her return to Stephenville in 2019.
Tarleton shined in the classroom in its first Division I season with Mann assisting with academic progress. The team posted a 3.63 cumulative grade point average during the spring 2021 semester. Additionally, five players – Lucy Benson, Emily Cavey, Emily Cunningham, Iyana Dorsey and Hailey Ibarra – earned 4.0 marks.
The Texans also maintained active community service involvement throughout the 2020-21 season. During the fall 2020 semester, Mann helped the program organize the “Race for Change” fundraiser in support of the Black Student Union on campus. A 5k fun run was held on Oct. 17 along the Bosque River Trail in Stephenville and elicited participation from all 14 of Tarleton’s intercollegiate athletic programs.
Mann spearheaded other community service initiatives as well, including team participation in a December toy drive with the Stephenville Optimist Club and World Read Aloud Day on Feb. 3.
After her two-year career with Tarleton, Mann went on to finish her career at Mid-America Christian University where she starred on the court for the final two seasons of her eligibility. As a senior, Mann made 18 starts across 27 games and averaged 11.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. She scored in double figures on 16 occasions and closed her career with a pair 30-point games in her final two contests at MACU.
Mann earned an undergraduate degree in sports management in 2017. She earned a Master of Science degree in kinesiology with a concentration in sport administration from Tarleton in May 2021.
