Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Director of Basketball Operations
- Email:
- lflaum@tulane.edu
- Phone:
- 314-7249
Lauren Flaum is entering her third season as the director of basketball operations at Tulane. In her first two years with the Green Wave, Tulane has made back-to-back trips to the WNIT (2021 & 2022) and amassed a 39-19 overall record and a 23-11 conference mark. Flaum directs the women’s basketball program’s day-to-day operations while assisting the coaching staff with game and practice scheduling, budget management, equipment, housing, camps, on-campus recruiting, facility upgrades and working closely with others within Tulane’s athletic department in addition to managing the program’s team travel.
Prior to arriving at Tulane Lauren spent seven season on the University of Toledo women’s basketball staff. Flaum coordinated or assisted in various administrative areas, including budget management, camps, on-campus recruiting, apparel contact and academics. She also oversaw budgets, maintains all databases for the staff, coordinates the guest coaches program, assists with compliance activities and fundraising and serves as the Toledo Women’s Basketball Fan Club liaison.
In addition, Flaum also served as the teams video coordinator and assisted with breaking down game film for the coaches.
During her time at Toledo, the Midnight Blue & Gold amassed a 130-96 overall record and a 69-57 mark in the conference. The Rockets have also advanced to the postseason on four occasions, including their first trip to the NCAA Championships since 2001 in 2016-17.
A 2009 graduate of Eastern Michigan University, Flaum remained at her alma mater as a graduate assistant video coordinator for both the women’s and men’s basketball programs from 2009-12.
A native of Sylvania, Ohio, Flaum earned her bachelor’s degree in communication from Eastern Michigan in 2009 and master’s degree in health and human services in sport management from EMU in 2011. Lauren graduated from the University of Toledo college of Law with a certificate in Higher Education Compliance in 2019.
