Leonard Erickson joined the Lincoln women's basketball program as assistant coach in 2024 and is in his first season with the program.
Erickson joins the Blue Tigers after a two-year stint as the assistant coach at Lake Superior State University. During that time he coached a pair of All-GLIAC performers, including Grace Bradford, the 2022-23 GLIAC Freshman of the Year.
Prior to joining the staff at Lake Superior State, Erickson spent six years as a head coach. From 2019-22, Erickson coached at Milwaukee Area Technical College, where he led the Stormers to 27 victories and a pair of trips to the quarterfinals of the NJCAA Region 4 championship. From 2016-19, Erickson was the head coach at Little Priest Tribal College.
Erickson, who spent two seasons as a graduate assistant at Division I Indiana State, broke into the professional ranks by serving as the assistant women's basketball coach at Southwestern Community College. In addition to his years of coaching experience, Erickson has also helped lead basketball camps at Division I programs Butler, Indiana and Drake as well as Division II program Northwest Missouri. He also has served as a volunteer assistant at Dakota State University (2009) and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (2012-14).
Erickson is a member of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and the Latino Association of Basketball Coaches. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas-El Paso in 2012 and a master's degree from Indiana State University in 2014.
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