{{short description|American college basketball coach|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{use mdy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Laura Beeman | image = Laura Beeman in 2011.jpg | alt = | caption = Beeman in 2011 | current_title = Associate athletics director | current_team = Hawaii | current_conference = | current_record = | contract = $190,008<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Hawaii Board of Regents Meeting, May 21, 2026 |url=https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/bor/regular/notice/202605210900.regular.pdf |access-date=31 May 2026 |page=9}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|4|16}} | birth_place = San Bernardino, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1987–1988 | player_team1 = UC Riverside | player_years2 = 1989–1991 | player_team2 = Cal State San Bernardino | player_positions = Guard | coach_years1 = 1992–1994 | coach_team1 = Redlands (asst.) | coach_years2 = 1994–1995 | coach_team2 = Mt. San Antonio (asst.) | coach_years3 = 1995–2010 | coach_team3 = Mt. San Antonio | coach_years4 = 2008–2009 | coach_team4 = Los Angeles Sparks (asst.) | coach_years5 = 2010–2012 | coach_team5 = USC (asst.) | coach_years6 = 2012–2026 | coach_team6 = Hawaii | admin_years1 = 2026–present | admin_team1 = Hawaii (associate AD) | overall_record = {{winning percentage|244|180|record=y}} (college) <!-- As of 3/19/26 --><br /> {{winning percentage|390|110|record=y}} (junior college) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = 0–3 (NCAA)<Br />0–4 (WNIT)<Br />0–2 (WBIT) | championships = {{plainlist| *4× CCCAA (2004, 2006–08) *4× Big West regular season (2015, 2022, 2024, 2025) *3× Big West tournament (2016, 2022, 2023) }} | awards = {{plainlist| *4× Big West Coach of the Year (2015, 2022, 2024, 2025) }} | coaching_records = }}

'''Laura Lynne Beeman''' (born April 16, 1968) is a retired American college basketball coach who was the head women's basketball coach at the University of Hawaii from 2012 to 2026. Beeman is currently the asssociate athletics director for student-athlete success at Hawaii, a role she was appointed to in May 2026.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beeman named UH Mānoa associate AD for student-athlete success |url=https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2026/05/15/beeman-named-uh-manoa-associate-ad/ |website=University of Hawaii News |access-date=31 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chinen |first1=Kyle |title=‘I’m really excited’: Laura Beeman begins new chapter with UH Athletics |url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/05/29/im-really-excited-laura-beeman-begins-new-chapter-with-uh-athletics/ |website=Hawaii News Now |access-date=31 May 2026}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Born and raised in San Bernardino, California, Beeman attended San Gorgonio High School in ninth grade before transferring to San Bernardino High School and graduating in 1986.<ref>[http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/HELMS/Basketball/HelmsBasketballAnnual1986.pdf Chino High School's Candida Echeverria named player of year in 2-A Div. basketball for '86]</ref> She redshirted a year due to a knee injury,<ref name="builds a winner">{{cite web|url=http://www.insidesocal.com/iecollegesports/2007/12/14/beeman-builds-a-winner-at-mt-s/|title=Beeman builds a winner at Mt. SAC|author=Gardner, Michelle|work=Inside Socal|publisher=Los Angeles News Group|date=December 14, 2007|access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref> then played 24 games for then-Division II UC Riverside in the 1987–88 season under coach Nancy Simpson. Beeman averaged 2.1 points and 1.2 rebounds.<ref>[http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WBB2/Women's%20Basketball_Women's_Division%20II_1988_111_University%20of%20California,%20Riverside.pdf Final 1988 Women's Basketball Statistics Report: UC Riverside]</ref>

Beeman then transferred to then-Division III Cal State San Bernardino and played from 1989 to 1991. As a sophomore in 1989–90, Beeman averaged 7.3 points and 3.0 rebounds and helped Cal State San Bernardino to a 24–4 season and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.<ref name="builds a winner"/><ref>[http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WBB2/Women's%20Basketball_Women's_Division%20III_1990_93_California%20State%20University,%20San%20Bernardino.pdf Final 1990 Division III Women's Basketball Statistics Report: Cal State San Bernardino]</ref> In 1990–91, her junior year, Beeman averaged 6.5 points and 3.7 rebounds.<ref>[http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WBB2/Women's%20Basketball_Women's_Division%20III_1991_93_California%20State%20University,%20San%20Bernardino.pdf Final 1991 Division III Women's Basketball Statistics Report: Cal State San Bernardino]</ref> Beeman left the team after that season and graduated with a degree in business marketing in 1992.<ref name="builds a winner"/><ref name="Hawaii bio">{{cite web|url=http://hawaiiathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1742&path=wbball |title=Laura Beeman |publisher=University of Hawaii Athletics |date= |access-date=2016-06-15}}</ref>

==Coaching career== Also enrolling as a graduate student, Beeman became a women's basketball assistant coach at the University of Redlands in 1992. She completed her M.Ed. in counseling in 1994.<ref name="Hawaii bio"/>

At the junior college level, Beeman became a women's basketball assistant coach at Mt. San Antonio College in 1994.<ref name="builds a winner"/> She also enrolled at Azusa Pacific University that year and earned a master's degree in physical education in 1996.<ref name="Hawaii bio"/> Beeman also was promoted to head coach at Mt. San Antonio in 1995.<ref name="builds a winner"/> At Mt. San Antonio, Beeman led the program to four CCCAA titles (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008), ten South Coast Conference titles, and a 390–110 record in 15 seasons from 1995 to 2010.<ref name="Hawaii bio"/><ref name="Mt. SAC">{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609112001/http://athletics.mtsac.edu/staff/lbeeman.htm|archivedate=June 9, 2010|url=http://athletics.mtsac.edu/staff/lbeeman.htm|title=Laura Beeman|publisher=Mt. San Antonio College|accessdate=October 9, 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Beeman was an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA under Michael Cooper in the 2008 and 2009 seasons. From 2010 to 2012, Beeman was an assistant coach at USC, again under Cooper.<ref name="USC">{{cite web|url=http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/laura_beeman_670545.html|title=Laura Beeman|publisher=USC Athletics|access-date=October 9, 2023|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126093142/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/laura_beeman_670545.html|archivedate=November 26, 2013}}</ref>

In 2012, the University of Hawaii at Manoa hired Beeman as head coach for Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball. In eleven seasons, Beeman led Hawai'i to four WNIT appearances (2013, 2014, 2015, 2019) and three NCAA tournament appearances (2016, 2022, 2023). Hawaii won the Big West Conference regular season title in 2015, 2022 and 2024 and Big West tournament in 2016, 2022 and 2023.<ref name="Hawaii bio"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hawaiiathletics.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=4106&path=wbball|title=2015-2016 Women's Basketball Schedule|publisher=Hawaii Athletics|access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref>

Beeman announced her retirement from coaching after the 2025–26 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Laura Beeman Announces Retirement as Women’s Basketball Head Coach |url=https://hawaiiathletics.com/news/2026/3/30/womens-basketball-laura-beeman-announces-retirement-as-womens-basketball-head-coach.aspx |website=University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics |access-date=31 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=McInnis|first1=Brian|title=Hawaii women's basketball coach Laura Beeman retires after 14 seasons in Manoa |url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/hi/hawaii/sports/2026/03/31/hawaii-women-s-basketball-coach-laura-beeman-retires-2026 |website=Spectrum News Hawaii |access-date=31 March 2026}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==

===NCAA=== {{CBB Yearly Record Start | type=coach | conference= |postseason=}} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=Hawaii Rainbow Wahine |startyear=2012 |conference=Big West Conference |endyear=2026 |}} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2012–13 | name = Hawai'i | overall = 17–14 | conference = 13–5 | confstanding = T–2nd | postseason = WNIT First Round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2013–14 | name = Hawai'i | overall = 17–14 | conference = 10–6 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = WNIT First Round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 2014–15 | name = Hawai'i | overall = 23–9 | conference = 14–2 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = WNIT First Round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 2015–16 | name = Hawai'i | overall = 21–11 | conference = 12–4 | confstanding = T–2nd | postseason = NCAA First Round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2016–17 | name = Hawai'i | overall = 12–18 | conference = 7–9 | confstanding = T–6th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2017–18 | name = Hawai'i | overall = 12–18 | conference = 5–11 | confstanding = 8th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2018–19 | name = Hawai'i | overall = 15–17 | conference = 10–6 | confstanding = T–2nd | postseason = WNIT First Round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2019–20 | name = Hawai'i | overall = 16–14 | conference = 9–7 | confstanding = T–2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2020–21 | name = Hawai'i | overall = 9–8 | conference = 7–6 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = confboth | season = 2021–22 | name = Hawai'i | overall = 20–10 | conference = 13–3 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = NCAA First Round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 2022–23 | name = Hawai'i | overall = 18–15 | conference = 13–7 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = NCAA First Round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 2023–24 | name = Hawai'i | overall = 20–11 | conference = 17–3 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = WBIT First Round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 2024–25 | name = Hawai'i | overall = 22–10 | conference = 16–4 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = WBIT First Round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2025–26 | name = Hawai'i | overall = 22–11 | conference = 14–6 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Hawaii | overall = {{Winning percentage|244|180|record=y}} | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|160|79|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record End |overall = {{Winning percentage|244|180|record=y}} }}

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