Vice President/Director of Athletics Ryan Berryman has announced that Amy Eagan, a veteran head coach and owner of six NCAA Tournament appearances and six conference titles, has been named the seventh women’s basketball coach in University of New Mexico history.
The veteran coach brings to Albuquerque a career 329-191 record, a .633 winning percentage, and an overall mark of 189-96 in conference games, raising her league mark to .663. Over the last seven years, her teams have posted a 165-57 record (.743) and a conference mark of 104-30 (.776).
“We are thrilled to welcome Coach Eagan to New Mexico,” said Berryman. “She has a long history of success, of championships, and being a leader of young women. We are excited to get the Coach Eagan era of Lobo Women’s Basketball underway.”
For Eagan, a native of Missouri, the 2026-27 season will be her first with New Mexico, but her 18th overall as a collegiate head coach.
“It’s such an honor to be named the head coach at The University of New Mexico,” said Eagan. “I want to thank Ryan Berryman and Amy Beggin for their belief in me, and for this tremendous opportunity. I’m excited to be a part of a program with such a rich history and a passionate fan base. We aim to win Mountain West Championships and reach the NCAA Tournament with outstanding young women of character and community, and those goals will guide our program.”
Eagan comes to UNM after three seasons at Lindenwood University, leading the program through its transition from Division II to Division I, taking a program that won just two games the year prior to her arrival to winning 23 games, advancing to the Ohio Valley Conference championship game, and advancing to the Super 16 of the WNIT in 2024-25.
Last season, the Lions tied for the Ohio Valley Conference championship, winning 50-49 over Western Illinois for the first Division I women’s basketball championship in Lindenwood’s history as the team advanced to a second straight OVC title game.
Overall, Lindenwood finished the season ranked in the top 100 in the NET (at 96, ahead of 10 of 12 Mountain West programs), and the Lions ranked 52nd in Division I in adjusted offensive efficiency, 11th in effective field goal percentage, 56th in turnover percentage, 20th in 2-point field goal percentage, and seventh in three-point field goal percentage.
Prior to Lindenwood, Eagan spent three seasons at Drury. After taking over for current Arizona State head coach Molly Miller, Eagan led Drury to three straight Great Lakes Valley Conference titles, going 87-9 in her three seasons. Included in that run were two 30-win campaigns, going 32-5 and 31-2.
In 2020-21, she led Drury to a 24-2 mark, winning both the GLVC and Midwest Region titles on the way to the NCAA Division II championship game. She was named the WBCA NCAA Division II Coach of the Year in 2021, and while with the Panthers, 13 players earned All-GLVC accolades, including a Player of the Year honor, as well as Coach of the Year honors for herself.
She also has head coaching stops at Truman State (her alma mater), Ashford, and St. Ambrose. Her 111-62 record still stands as the all-time mark for coaching wins and winning percentage, and her .630 conference winning percentage is the all-time mark as well.
Eagan won conference titles at both Truman State and St. Ambrose, where she earned MCC Coach of the Year honors in just her second season as a head coach.
Eagan played at Truman State from 1995-99, and she still is the Truman State career leader in free throws made (483) and attempted (704), assists (529), steals (328, 139 more than second place), and steals per game (3.3). She still ranks among the top 10 in scoring (1,527 points, 6th), scoring average (15.3 ppg, 6th), field goals made (493, 9th), rebounds (643, 9th), assists per game (5.3 apg, 2nd), and games started (98, 8th).
She was named honorable mention All-America in 1998-99, a season in which she set a single-game record for points with 46, which is still the only 40-point game in Truman State women’s basketball history. She went from Truman State to play professionally in Norway, and in 2012, she was inducted into the Truman State Hall of Fame.
Eagan was an all-state high school player in Missouri, earning honors at South Shelby High. She earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Truman State in 2001 and a master’s degree in organizational management from Ashford in 2012.
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