Lindenwood University Athletics

Amy Eagan was named head coach of the Lindenwood women's basketball program on March 28, 2023.

Named the 2024-25 OVC Coach of the Year, Eagan led the Lions to the third-best win improvement in all of Division I, finishing the season with a 23-11 record, including a 16-4 mark inside conference play. The Lions made an appearance in the OVC Tournament Championship game.

Both of those marks for regular season and conference wins are the most in Lindenwood’s NCAA Era. After the regular season the Lions went on to earn the programs first postseason berth at the Division I level, making it all the way to the Super 16 of the WNIT.

Eagan coached a pair of All-Conference players in Ellie Brueggemann and Brook Coffey. Bruggemann was tabbed to the first team, while Coffey landed on the Second and All-Newcomer squads.

In year one under Eagan, the Lions posted a 7-21 record. Lindenwood found itself in many close games, dropping eight contests by seven points or less. The black and gold led the OVC in turnover margin at +3.68. Ellie Brueggemann had an outstanding freshman campaign, averaging 13.8 points per game, which led to second team and all newcomer selections. Makayla Wallace set a new single season program record for steals with 72. She averaged 2.6 steals per game last season, tied for tops in the conference. It also ranked 24th nationally. 
 
Eagan arrives in St. Charles, Mo. after spending three seasons as the head coach of Drury University women’s basketball.  Eagan completed her 14th season as a collegiate head coach, as she had stops at Truman State, Ashford, and St. Ambrose.
 
Eagan brings a career mark of 274-151 (.645) to Lindenwood, including four-straight seasons of 23 or more wins.  Eagan has led three schools to the NCAA Division II tournament for a total of five appearances, as well as one NAIA tournament appearance.  Eagan has claimed five conference titles in her 14 years, including three-straight.
 
In three years at Drury, the Panthers went an impressive 87-9 under the leadership of Eagan.  The Panthers won the GLVC Championship in all three seasons, and appeared in the NCAA Tournament each year.  Eagan was named the 2021 WBCA NCAA Division II Coach of the year.  The Panthers were the 2021 National Runner-Up, as they garnered the NCAA Division II and GLVC Player of the Year.  Eagan earned GLVC Coach of the Year honors this past season, while four of her student-athletes earned all-conference recognition.  In all, Eagan has coach 13 All-GLVC selections while with the Panthers.
 
Before her stint in Springfield, Mo., Eagan coached the Truman State Bulldogs for six years.  From 2013-2019, the Bulldogs went 111-62, as Eagan is the all-time leader in wins at Truman State.  Eagan led Truman State to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, along with a GLVC title in her first year in Kirksville, Mo.  Eagan spent three seasons at Ashford, collecting a record of 28-63.  Eagan began her coaching career in 2005 at St. Ambrose, where she went 48-17 with a MCC Championship and a NAIA Tournament appearance in two seasons.  Eagan earned 2007 MCC Coach of the Year honors in just her second season as a collegiate head coach.
 
Eagan was a standout student-athlete at Truman State, where she left as the all-time leader in assists (529), steals (328), and steals per game (3.3).  Eagan ranked fourth at Truman with her 1,527 career points as a Bulldog.  During the 1998-99 season, Eagan set the school record for points in a game with 46, and was later named honorable-mention All-American.  After her collegiate career, Eagan moved on to play professionally in Norway.  In 2012, Eagan was inducted into the Truman State Hall of Fame.
 
With roots deep in the state of Missouri, Eagan earned all-state honors while playing at South Shelby High School in northeast Missouri.  Eagan earned her bachelors in exercise science from Truman State in 2001, before collecting a master’s in organizational management from Ashford in 2012.

Career Record

Year	School	Overall	Conference	Notes
2005-06	St. Ambrose	21-11	9-5
2006-07	St. Ambrose	27-6	14-0	MCC Champs, NAIA Tournament
2010-11	Ashford	4-26	1-15
2011-12	Ashford	10-20	6-11
2012-13	Ashford	14-17	Ind
2013-14	Truman State	22-9	12-6	GLVC Champs, NCAA DII Tournament
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	13-8	NCAA DII Tournament
2020-21	Drury	24-2	17-1	GLVC Champs, Midwest Region Champs, NCAA DII Runner-Up
2021-22	Drury	32-5	17-3	GLVC Champs, NCAA DII Tournament
2022-23	Drury	31-2	20-0	GLVC Champs, NCAA DII Tournament
2023-24	Lindenwood	7-21	5-13
2024-25	Lindenwood	23-11	16-4	WNIT Super 16
Total	16 Years	304-183	173-95	5 Conf Titles, 1 Region Title, 1 NCAA DII Runner-Up, 6 Tournament Appearances