Lindsay Edmonds

Lindsay Edmonds
Edmonds in 2023
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamRice Owls
ConferenceAmerican
Record56–37 (.602)
Playing career
2001–2005Appalachian State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007–2009Appalachian State (asst.)
2009–2013James Madison (asst.)
2013–2021NC State (asst.)
2021–presentRice
Head coaching record
Overall56–37 (.602)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
AAC Tournament (2024)

Lindsay Edmonds (née Smith) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Rice University women's basketball team. She previously served as an assistant coach at Appalachian State University, James Madison University, and North Carolina State University.

Career

Edmonds was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She attended college at Appalachian State, where she played on the basketball team for four years, serving as co-captain for two.

Appalachian State statistics

Sources[1]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001–02 Appalachian State 29 209 35.2% 34.0% 76.0% 2.0 2.0 0.6 0.1 7.2
2002–03 Appalachian State 28 282 39.8% 38.8% 56.3% 3.3 2.5 0.6 0.1 10.1
2003–04 Appalachian State 33 263 32.4% 28.0% 79.2% 3.3 3.0 1.2 0.4 9.4
2004–05 Appalachian State 28 322 35.2% 30.6% 67.7% 2.6 2.3 0.9 0.4 11.5
Career 113 1076 35.6% 32.2% 68.8% 2.8 2.5 0.8 0.3 9.5

Coaching

She began her coaching career in 2005 by coaching high school basketball, and in 2007 she took an assistant coaching position at her alma mater. In 2009, she became an assistant coach for the James Madison Dukes women's basketball team; during her four years at James Madison, the team made the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament twice and the Women's National Invitation Tournament twice. North Carolina State hired Edmonds as an assistant coach in 2013; she was promoted to recruiting coordinator in 2018 and associate head coach in 2019. During her time at NC State, the school reached the NCAA tournament five times and the Sweet Sixteen three times.[2][3]

Rice hired Edmonds in 2021 to coach their women's basketball team. Her overall record at Rice is 37–22 over two seasons. She led Rice to an appearance in the 2023 Women's National Invitation Tournament in the 2022–23 season.[4]

Personal life

Edmonds has a husband, Ulrick Edmonds, and three daughters. During NC State's appearance in the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, NCAA restrictions on team travel parties during the COVID-19 pandemic required her to travel without two of her daughters. She documented her experience to USA Today, which criticized the NCAA's treatment of her and other mothers coaching in the tournament.[5]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Rice Owls (Conference USA) (2021–2023)
2021–22 Rice 14–13 8–9 9th
2022–23 Rice 23–9 13–7 3rd WNIT Second Round
Rice Owls (American Athletic Conference) (2023–present)
2023–24 Rice 19–15 9–9 T–6th NCAA First Round
Rice: 56–37 (.602) 30–25 (.545)
Total: 56–37 (.602)

      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

References

  1. ^ "NCAA Statistics". ncaa.org. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  2. ^ "Linndsay Edmonds". Rice University. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  3. ^ Richardson, Vanessa (April 23, 2021). "Rice names Lindsay Edmonds as women's basketball head coach". KPRC-TV. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  4. ^ Schrager, Daniel (March 21, 2023). "Women's basketball bounced from NIT by Oregon in second round". The Rice Thresher. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  5. ^ Schnell, Lindsay (March 24, 2021). "NCAA put working moms in a pinch, making coaches' kids count against travel party restrictions to women's NCAA Tournament". USA Today. Retrieved March 26, 2023.