Rob Beckmann enters his second year on the Cajun Prairie as the head coach of LSUE Women's Basketball. Beckmann joined LSU Eunice after four seasons at Independence Community College, serving as the Pirates’ head coach during the 2023-24 campaign.
Beckmann brought immediate success to LSUE, leading the Bengals to the 2024-2025 Louisiana Community Colleges Athletic Conference (LCCAC) regular season championship. The Bengals enjoyed of the program's greatest turnarounds, posting a 20-11 record after a six-win season the year before. LSUE used a 13-game win streak in the second-half of the season to help record the program's sixth 20-plus win season in school history. The 2024-25 LCCAC Coach of the Year guided the Bengals to the Region 23/Gulf District Quarterfinals, defeating Meridian in the first round for LSUE's first postseason win in three years.
He was instrumental in the development of LCCAC Player of the Year and All-Region 23 member Kamiera McDonald. The freshman led the team with points, assists, and steals per game. McDonald was part of a quartet of Bengals to receive All-LCCAC accolades in 2024-25, including fellow first-team member Mariah Heard. Simone Clay and Ray'Onna Sterling were tabbed to the second-team, while McDonald and Sterling were both named to the All-Defensive squad.
A calling card for Beckmann and the Bengals is defense. LSUE led the nation in steals per game (17.7) and opponents' turnovers per game (27.7). The Bengals would win their eight conference games by an average margin of nearly 30 points per game.
Prior to LSUE, Beckmann guided Independence to four wins over nationally ranked opponents in his lone season atop the helm. The Pirates swept Butler during the season series and logged victories over Coffeyville and Garden City in one of the most rugged conferences in junior college basketball, the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference.
Beckmann was on the Independence staff for three years prior to his ascent to the head coach post, helping guide the Pirates to the 2022 Jayhawk Conference Championship. In his first season at ICC, the Pirates secured the program’s first NJCAA Region VI Championship since 1996.
In those four years at Independence, Beckmann helped student-athletes secure more than 80 NCAA Division I offers and multiple opportunities at the NCAA Division II and other four-year levels.
“Purple and gold and wearing LSU across the chest means something across the entire landscape of collegiate athletics and I am thrilled to be the new head coach at LSU Eunice,” LSU Eunice Women’s Basketball head coach Rob Beckmann said. “We will work with great enthusiasm to create an elite level of success on the court, in the classroom, and in the community.”
“LSU Eunice has a history of success across all sports,” Beckmann added. “Winning while having a high level of integrity is built into the fabric of LSU Eunice, and I am extremely grateful to be a part of it.”
Prior to his time in Kansas, Beckman was the Associate Head Coach for the Men’s Basketball team at the State College of Florida (SCF) for two seasons. The Manatees won the Suncoast Conference Tournament Championship twice and made two appearances in the Florida State Tournament.
Beckmann began his coaching career in the High School and AAU ranks for four years. He inherited a Sarasota Military Academy High team that had one a single game prior to his arrival, and during his second season helped guide the team to 16 wins, earning District Coach of the Year honors. His third season at SMA saw the team defeat multiple Top 10 teams in the state of Florida, winning the school’s first ever playoff game.
He would also establish the travel team BAE Sports, which competed in AAU, USSSA and US Amateur Tournaments, producing several student-athletes what would go on to play at the four-year level.
A graduate of the University of Arkansas in 2009, Beckmann holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing. He was an honors program student while at Arkansas, studying in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.
