Lincoln University of Missouri Athletics

Andrea "Drea" Mize begins her fourth season as the head coach of the Lincoln women's basketball team in 2023-24.

Mize enjoyed her best season yet in 2022-23, leading Lincoln to its best conference record since 2014-15. The Blue Tigers won their most games yet in a season under Mize, and their most games inside Jason Gym since 2018-19.
 
In her first year leading the program, Mize directed a Blue Tiger squad that excelled at forcing turnovers, as LU created an average of 16 takeaways per game, the second-most in the MIAA. LU additionally finished sixth in the conference, and 43rd in NCAA Division II, with 176 total steals. The Blue Tigers also excelled at the line, making 318 free throws, the 12th-most by any Division II program. Mize coached Niyah Jackson to All-MIAA honorable mention status, and AJ Bradley led the league, and finished third in the country, with 124 made free throws. Ashtin Ingram, meanwhile, ended the year 15th in the nation with 44 blocks.
 
Mize spent the previous two years as the head coach at Central Florida College, where she led the Patriots to 31 victories and a berth in the FCSAA State/NJCAA District tournament.  Mize took over a program that had won just eight games and increased its win total each season, improving to 12 wins in 2018-19 and a 19-victory campaign in 2019-20. The Patriots also improved in nearly every statistical category over the past two seasons, including on offense, where CFC went from average 62.6 points per game before Mize arrived to averaging 74.3 points this past season.
 
Prior to taking over at Central Florida College, Mize was an assistant coach at Martin Methodist College for three seasons, helping the RedHawks reach the NAIA national tournament each season. In 2017-18, Mize helped MMC win its first-ever regular season conference championship, and she helped the program twice reach the finals of the Southern States Athletic Conference tournament.
 
Mize coached the Indiana Flight AAU team for four years and had her own basketball training company for three years. Mize spent three seasons as a player at NCAA Division I Indiana University, where she played for Curt Miller, the current head coach of the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun. Mize graduated from Indiana in 2015.