Melissa Maines - Women's Basketball Coach - University of Minnesota Athletics

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Nov 4

TBD

Women's Basketball

vs North Dakota

Nov 7

TBA

Women's Basketball

vs Manhattan

Nov 14

TBA

Women's Basketball

vs NJIT

Melissa Maines

Title:
Assistant AD/Director of Operations
Email:
mmaines@umn.edu
Phone:
612-626-1668

Melissa Maines is in her fifth season at the University of Minnesota where she oversees the team's daily organization. She spent her first two years as director of operations before being promoted to the title of Assistant AD/Director of Operations on July 9, 2020. She was then promoted to Assistant Athletic Director / General Manager on September 2, 2022.

Maines oversees all off-court aspects of the Minnesota's women's basketball program.

Prior to Minnesota, she completed the second of two stints at her alma mater, Texas Tech. She spent the past five seasons as director of basketball operations and earned a promotion to the title of assistant athletics director in 2014. Prior to that, she worked for the Red Raiders from 1996-02 in the operations position, as well as the regional director for women's athletics.

Her responsibilities with the Lady Raiders include managing the budget, working as the liaison with Under Armour, fan engagement, team travel, supervising the graduate assistants and managers and community service outreach.

Maines graduated in 1998 from Texas Tech with a degree in exercise sports science and received a masters from there in sports administration in 2001.

Maines and her wife Becky have a one year old son, Fletcher and live in Falcon Heights.

Prior to returning to her alma mater, Maines was the director of basketball operations at Auburn University from 2004-2012. She initially left Texas Tech in 2002 when she was hired as the assistant to the head coach at the University of Florida from 2002-2004.