Lauren Pittman - Women's Basketball Coach

Lauren Pittman

Title:
Associate Head Coach
Email:
lauren.pittman@usm.edu

Previous Experience
2025-present	Southern Miss - Associate Head Coach
2023-25	ULM - Associate Head Coach
2019-23	Jones County JC - Assistant Coach
2016-19	Southern Miss - Assistant Coach/Recruiting
2015-16	Jones County JC - Assistant Coach
2012-15	Petal HS - Assistant Coach
2011-13	Southern Exposure - Volunteer Coach
Hometown
Clara, Miss.
Education
B.S. (Sport Coaching Education) The University of Southern Mississippi, 2014
Playing Career
2006-10	Southern Miss

A native of Clara, Miss., Pittman returns to her alma mater alongside head coach Missy Bilderback to serve as the Lady Eagles’ associate head coach. A three-year letterwinner for Southern Miss from 2006-10, Pittman previously worked under former head coach Joye Lee-McNelis as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator from 2016-19.

The upcoming 2025-26 season will be her fourth overall as a member of the Lady Eagles’ staff and her eighth overall year with the program. It also marks her eighth overall season working with Coach Bilderback.

In two seasons at ULM as the program’s associate head coach, Pittman helped the Warhawks to success unseen in nearly 40 years. Her first season in Monroe saw the Warhawks post a 21-14 campaign and the program’s first postseason win in 39 years. As associate head coach, Pittman helped oversee the program while working primarily with the guards on the court.

Under her tutelage, the Warhawks garnered three slots on the All-Sun Belt squads. The 2023-24 season saw Daisha Bradford earn second team laurels while Jakayla Johnson checked in on the third team. In the 2024-25 season, Johnson earned first team All-SBC honors.

Before her two seasons in Monroe, Pittman enjoyed two stints with Bilderback at Jones College (Ellisville, Miss.). Most recently from 2019-23, she helped the Bobcats post a combined 95-17 (.848) record. The team reached 20 wins in all four campaigns while capturing three MACJC/MACCC Titles, four NJCAA Region 23 Titles and four trips to the NJCAA Tournament.

Together, Pittman and Bilderback coach 10 NJCAA All-Americans and saw 22 Bobcats sign with Division I programs. The 2021-22 squad posted a 25-8 record with three ranked wins to help the program earn its first-ever No. 1 national ranking. The Bobcats rolled all the way to the NJCAA Final Four, setting a program record for the best postseason appearance by any team.

Prior to her second stint in Ellisville, Pittman worked three seasons at Southern Miss under Joye Lee-McNelis. While with her alma mater from 2016-19, the Lady Eagles tallied 56 total wins with two trips to the postseason. In her first year, Southern Miss advanced to the Conference USA Championship Game and posted a 23-11 ledger before earning a bid to the 2017 WNIT.

Pittman arrived back at Southern Miss after one season at Jones College where she first worked under Coach Bilderback. She was a member of Bilderback’s first staff in Ellisville, helping the Bobcats to a 19-7 overall record. In her five combined seasons in Ellisville, JC posted a combined 114-24.

Before joining Bilderback’s inaugural staff, Pittman worked as a coach and teacher at Petal High School from 2012-15. She oversaw the school’s strength and conditioning program while serving as an assistant coach for the girls’ basketball team.

Pittman first arrived in Hattiesburg as a high school signee after prepping at Wayne County High School (Waynesboro, Miss.). She earned Conference USA All-Freshman honors in the 2006-07 campaign before redshirting as a sophomore due to a shoulder injury. She earned three letters as a Lady Eagle with appearances in 71 games and 31 starts.

She finished her bachelor’s degree in sports coaching education at Southern Miss in 2014 in addition to a minor in biological sciences.