Lance Madison provides Oklahoma City University with an assistant coach with experience coaching on several levels.
Madison comes to OCU after two seasons as men’s basketball assistant coach at Hutchinson (Kan.) for Steve Eck. The tradition-rich Blue Dragons finished 26-7, second place in regular-season league play and in the NJCAA Region VI semifinals in 2010-11. During Madison’s first season in Hutchinson, the Blue Dragons were 27-6 with another second-place showing and semifinal finish. Hutchinson had a breakthrough season as it hadn’t advanced that far into the postseason since 2003-04.
Prior to Hutchinson, Madison spent two seasons at Cowley County (Kan.). In two seasons at Cowley, Madison’s record was 60-8, including a school-record 31 victories in 2007-08. Cowley won a pair of Jayhawk Conference East championships and appeared in two Region VI championship games.
Before Cowley, Madison was at the University of Texas-Pan American, an NCAA Division I program. During the 2006-07 season, Madison helped the Broncs improve from six wins in the previous season to 14 wins. The eight-win improvement was the biggest turnaround in the state of Texas for college basketball.
During 2005-06, Madison served on the coaching staff at the University of Texas at San Antonio. With the Roadrunners, he served as the recruiting coordinator of junior-college prospects from the states of Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois and Iowa. In his lone season at UTSA, Madison helped the Roadrunners win the Southland Conference Tournament.
Prior to coaching at UTSA, Madison served three seasons as an associate head coach with Eck at Redlands Community College in El Reno, Okla. Madison helped the Cougars post a stellar 94-9 record in his three seasons with the program. Redlands advanced to the 2004 NJCAA Division I national championship game.
During his time at Redlands, he helped the program capture a trio of Bi-State West Conference Championships along with a pair of NJCAA Tournament appearances and Region II crowns.
Madison spent five seasons at Olney Central (Ill.), an NCAA Division II program, from 1996-2002 where he served as an assistant men’s basketball coach. The Knights posted 20 or more wins all five seasons. He also guided the softball program.
He began his coaching career at Vincennes (Ind.), an NJCAA Division II program, during the 1992-93 season.
During his playing career, Madison was at Vincennes for two seasons, leading the team to an NJCAA Tournament appearance as a sophomore. He later transferred to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, where he was a two-year letter winner and team captain as a senior.
