Lindasy Ward will enter her third year on the Lindenwood women's basketball staff in 2025-26.
Under Ward in 2024-25, Lindenwood posted the third-best win improvement in all of Division I, finishing the year with a record of 23-11, including a 16-4 mark inside conference play. 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. Ellie Brueggemann and Brooke Coffey earned All-Conference honors during the year.
Ward guided the Lions to a 7-21 record in 2023-24. 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.
Ward spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Benedictine University. In 2021-22, the Eagles won 17 games and made a NACC semifinal appearance. Ward primarily worked with the guards and coached Hana Piro to finish seventh in the NACC in assists per game (3.0) and fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3).
Prior to her time in Lisle, Ill. she served as a graduate assistant at William Woods. During that time Ward coached one all-conference performer and helped recruit the 2021-22 America Midwest Conference Freshman of the Year.
Ward is no stranger to the Lindenwood women’s basketball program as the Crocker, Mo. native suited up for the Lions from 2016-2020. Over that time, Ward amassed over 1,100 career points and holds the single-season and program record for assists with 433. At the conclusion of her senior season, the Lions had gone to three straight NCAA Tournaments and had broken into the WBCA Top 25 rankings multiple times. Ward capped off her career by earning All-GLVC honors her senior year while also earning Academic All-Conference honors.
