Madalyn Bone enters her first season as an Assistant Coach with the Lindenwood Softball program in 2027.
Bone, a native of De Soto, Missouri, spent the 2025 season at Saint Louis University where she helped guide the Billikens to their first Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Championship, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. Prior to SLU, Bone was an assistant coach at Fontbonne University during the 2024 season.
During her days as a player, Bone was a five-year (2019-23) starter and two-time team captain for Missouri Baptist. She earned All-Conference honors three times, including a first-team nod in her final season when she posted a team-high .389 batting average and helped lead the Spartans (35-18-1 overall, 17-3 conference) to an American Midwest Conference regular-season co-championship. Bone registered a .321 career batting average, collected 170 hits in 172 games, and struck out only 20 times in 589 plate appearances.
She has also spent time as an instructor at the DTJ Sports Academy in St. Charles, Mo., served as the head coach of the St. Louis Pirates Fastpitch Club, and was an assistant coach for the St. Louis Illusions Softball Association, while also initiating the De Soto feeder team for younger girls.
