Maddie Beal begins her first season with the Sooners in 2025 after being hired by Mansfield in early 2025. Ā
Beal arrived in Norman after spending two seasons at Michigan State where she was an assistant coach for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Prior to her stint at Michigan State, she was an assistant coach at DePaul in 2022 and served as a two-year graduate manager at Ole Miss, where the Rebels made their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2010.
Beal was recognized in April 2023 as a recipient of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 award, which honors up-and-coming coaches at all levels of volleyball. In May 2023, Beal was a participant at the 52nd NCAA Women Coaches Academy, a program designed for women coaches to elevate their holistic coaching effectiveness by learning advanced leadership skills and strategies that directly affect their personal and team success. Participants focus on non-sport-specific concepts in an environment that fosters inclusion across the sports community.
Beal was a four-year letterwinner at Minnesota where she earned Academic All-B1G honors in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Beal served as a co-captain for the Golden Gophers in 2017 and helped Minnesota to a Final Four run during her sophomore season in 2015. After the conclusion of her career in the Twin Cities, Beal joined the beach volleyball program at TCU for one season. Beal's father, Doug, coached the U.S. Men's National Team to a gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.