Rosalyn Tindel begins her fifth season with the Lady Mavs as an assistant coach in 2024-25.
Tindel, who primarily works with post players and focuses on defensive game planning, was a big part in helping the Lady Mavs defense that saw them ranked 53rd and tops in the WAC in blocks per game with 4.1 while also being third in the conference and in the top 100 nationally in defensive rebounds per game with26.2. Tindel was also an instrumental part of the team's success in 2021-22 as UTA captured the Sun Belt tournament championship, finished with a 20-8 record and nearly upset No. 3 seed Iowa State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.
Prior to joining the Lady Mavs, Tindel spent two seasons (2018-20) at Paris Junior College. That came following high school coaching stops at New Diana, North Mesquite and Whitehouse.
The Wichita Falls, Texas native also has extensive community college experience at Lon Morris College, where she coached from 2002-10 prior to its closure. While there, Tindel coached two JUCO All-Americans and several all-conference, all-region and all-academic team members. Her teams ranked in the top 10 academically in seven of eight seasons, and her teams had a 98 percent graduation rate with nine players achieving membership in the Phi Theta Kappa honor society.
During the 2004-05 season, Tindel led Lon Morris College to its first ever regional tournament appearance. In that run, they knocked off Trinity Valley Community College - then the No. 1 team in the nation - to reach the conference championship game before finishing one win away from the national tournament.
Tindel played collegiately at Midwestern State University under then-coach Jeff Ray. During those two years, the team compiled a 50-14 record while winning a conference title and making the first of two NAIA national tournament appearances in the school’s history.
Tindel, who was a teacher and a coach at Wichita Falls ISD in volleyball, basketball and track from 1997-2002, earned her bachelor’s degree from Midwestern State University and a master’s degree in health and kinesiology from the University of Texas at Tyler.
UPDATED: 9/17/24
