Associate Head Women’s Basketball Coach / Recruiting Coordinator
Fresno State University
Experience
2014 – Present: Associate Head Coach (16-Present)/Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coordinator, Fresno State University
2011 – 2013: Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, San Jose State University
2010 – 2011: Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, California State University-Bakersfield
2002 – 2009: Professional Player, Detroit Shock (WNBA)/Various Overseas Teams (Bulgaria, France, Greece, Latvia, Lebanon, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland)
1998 – 2002: Player, Idaho State University
Education
2008: Keller Graduate School of Management, Masters, Accounting and Financial Management
2002: Idaho State University, Bachelors, Communication
Personal
Hometown: Dillon, MT
Career Highlights
Selected to participate in the 2024 WBCA Next Generation Institute, and the 2024 and 2023 TopConnect programs
Has helped lead Fresno State to a 177-141 (.557) record, seven winning seasons, three 22+ win seasons, one Mountain West Conference Regular Season Championship, and five post-season berths
In 2019-20, assisted Fresno State to the first MWC Regular Season Championship in program history
Fresno State’s scoring offense finished nationally ranked 13th in 2020-21 and 22nd in 2019-20
As an Assistant Coach at Fresno State, has recruited and coached 29 MWC All-Conference Team selections, as well as three Players of the Year, two Defensive Players of the Year, and one Freshman of the Year
In 2010-11, helped lead Cal State Bakersfield to 22 wins and a WBI Tournament Championship game appearance
Honored as both the Latvian League and Swiss League MVP, led teams to championships in the Adriatic League, Arad Club, Bulgarian League, French League, Latvian League, and Swiss Cup
Graduated as the all-time leading scorer and rebounder in Idaho State program history, was a 2014 inductee into the Idaho State University Sports Hall of Fame and named as one of the Big Sky Conference’s 25 Greatest Female Athletes of all-time in 2013
As the 2000-01 Big Sky Player of the Year, led Idaho State to the Big Sky Conference Regular Season Championship, Big Sky Conference Tournament Championship, and NCAA Tournament that season (all firsts in program history)
News & Media
5/23/23 – Mandi Carver has Got Next (Sports LifeTalk)
5/15/21 – Mandi Carver Thriving at Fresno State (406 MT Sports)