Charlotte Mason (coach)

Charlotte Ann "Chickie" Mason coached both women's basketball at the college level and softball at the high school and college level. Her coaching experience ranged from the high school level finishing her career at Medina Valley High School (Texas) in [Castroville], Texas to two year collegiate programs at McClennan Community College and Temple Junior College to NCAA Division III level at Mary Hardin–Baylor to NCAA Division II level at North Dakota to the NCAA Division I level at Lamar, Nevada, and UTSA.

Charlotte "Chickie" Mason

Biographical details
Born	March 16, 1945 East St. Louis, Illinois
Died	May 14, 2011 (aged 66) Pipe Creek, Texas
Alma mater	Wayland Baptist University Texas A&M University Baylor University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Women's basketball
1968–1976	Eastland HS
1976–1979	Tivy HS
1979–1984	McLennan CC
1984–1986	Lamar
1986–1988	Temple JC
1988–1990	Nevada
1998–2000	Mary Hardin–Baylor
Softball
1991	North Dakota
1992–1998	UTSA
1999	Mary Hardin–Baylor (asst.)
2000	Mary Hardin–Baylor
2001–2008	Medina Valley HS
Head coaching record
Overall	WBB: 37-94 (.282) Softball: 216-97 (.690)

She helped begin women's programs at two universities, UTSA Roadrunners and University of Mary Hardin–Baylor. She was the first head coach for the UTSA Roadrunners softball program. After leaving UTSA, she became part of the Mary Hardin–Baylor staff in 1998. There, Coach Mason again was instrumental in starting programs in both women's basketball and softball at the university. She is listed as the first head coach for both women's basketball and softball for the Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders.

Early life and education

Charlotte Ann Mason was born in East St. Louis, Illinois and moved to San Antonio, Texas at age eight. She also lived in Colorado as a child. Mason graduated from Wayland Baptist University in 1968 and did graduate-level work at Texas A&M University and Baylor University.[1]

Coaching career

Mason began her coaching career in 1968 as girls' basketball coach at Eastland High School in Eastland, Texas. In 1976, she moved to Kerrville, Texas to coach at Tivy High School.[2]

From 1979 to 1984, Mason coached at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas.[3] She then coached women's basketball at Lamar University from 1984 to 1986, Temple Junior College from 1986 to 1988, and the University of Nevada, Reno from 1988 to 1990.[3][4]

After nearly two decades as a basketball coach, Mason moved to coaching softball, starting at the University of North Dakota in 1991. Mason returned to Texas after one season to become the first softball head coach at UTSA. In seven seasons (1992 to 1998), Mason posted a 179–166–1 record at UTSA.[5] Mason then coached both women's basketball and softball at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor from 1998 to 2000, being promoted to head softball coach in 2000 after being a pitching coach in 1999.[1][6][3] From 2001 to 2008, she coached softball at Medina High School in Medina, Texas.[1]

Head coaching record

Women's basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Lamar Lady Cardinals (Southland Conference) (1984–1986)
1984–85	Lamar	12–15	7–5	3rd
1985–86	Lamar	5–21	2–10	6th
Lamar:		17–36 (.321)	9–15 (.375)
Nevada Wolf Pack[7] (Big Sky Conference) (1988–1990)
1988–89	Nevada	2–25	0–16	9th
1989–90	Nevada	6–21	2–14	9th
Nevada:		8–46 (.148)	2–30 (.063)
Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders (American Southwest Conference) (1999–2000)
1998–99	Mary Hardin–Baylor	14–12	4–4	3rd (West)[8]	NAIA Ind. Midwest Regional[3]
1999–2000	Mary Hardin–Baylor	12–12	7–5	3rd (West)[9]
Mary Hardin-Baylor:		26–24 (.520)	11–9 (.550)
Total:		51–106 (.325)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Softball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
North Dakota Fighting Sioux (North Central Conference) (1991–1991)
1991	North Dakota	17–16	2–4	3rd (Northern)
North Dakota:		17–16 (.515)	2–4 (.333)
UTSA Roadrunners (NCAA Division I independent) (1992–1992)
1992	UTSA	15–36
UTSA Roadrunners (Southland Conference) (1993–1998)
1993	UTSA	21–23	10–16	5th
1994	UTSA	31–21	20–12	4th
1995	UTSA	30–18–1	17–15	4th
1996	UTSA	32–20	15–9	T–3rd
1997	UTSA	21–30	11–13	6th
1998	UTSA	31–20	17–8	3rd
UTSA:		182–67 (.731)	90–73 (.552)
Mary Hardin-Baylor (American Southwest Conference) (2000–2000)
2000	Mary Hardin-Baylor	17–14	12–4
Total:		216-97 (.690)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. Elaine Ayala (June 5, 2011). "Mason was a longtime coach. Her winning career was punctuated by toughness, caring". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
2. The Waco Citizen, June 26, 1979
3. "Meet the Coach: Chickie Mason". University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Archived from the original on April 7, 2000.
4. "Nevada Wolf Pack Women's Basketball". University of Nevada Athletics. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
5. "Softball Coaches Career". NCAA.org. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
6. "News and Notes" (PDF). Fast Pitch Coaches Association. August 1, 1998. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
7. Big Sky All-Time Records, p. 98.
8. http://www.ascsports.org/custompages/wbball/1998-99/CONFSKED.HTM
9. http://www.ascsports.org/custompages/wbball/1999-00/CONFSKED.HTM