Charlotte (Chickie) Mason

Charlotte (Chickie) Mason

Sport(s)	Women's basketball Softball
Biographical details
Born	Circa 1945[1]
Died	May 14, 2011 Pipe Creek, TX
Alma mater	Wayland Baptist University Texas A&M University Baylor University[1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Circa 1980's	McClennan Community College[1]
1984-1986	Lamar
1987-1988	Temple Junior College[1]
1988-1990	Nevada[2]
1990-1991	North Dakota[3]
1991–1998	UTSA[1][4]
1998–2000	Mary Hardin–Baylor[5]
2000–2008	Medina High School[1]
Head coaching record
Overall	WBB: 37-94 (.282) Softball: 216-97 (.690)

Charlotte (Chickie) Mason coached both women's basketball at the college level and softball at the high school and college level. Her coaching experience ranged from the high school level finishing her career at Medina High School (Texas) in Medina, Texas to two year collegiate programs at McClennan Community College and Temple Junior College to NCAA Division III level at Mary Hardin–Baylor to NCAA Division II level at North Dakota to the NCAA Division I level at Lamar, Nevada, and UTSA.

She helped begin women's programs at two universities, UTSA Roadrunners and University of Mary Hardin–Baylor. She was the first head coach for the UTSA Roadrunners softball program. After leaving UTSA, she became part of the Mary Hardin–Baylor staff in 1998. There, Coach Mason again was instrumental in starting programs in both women's basketball and softball at the university. She is listed as the first head coach for both women's basketball and softball for the Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders.

Head coaching record

Women's basketball

Coach Mason served as head women's basketball coach for the Lamar Cardinals, the Nevada Wolf Pack, and the Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders.

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Lamar (Southland Conference) (1984–1986)
1984–85	Lamar	12–15	7–5	3rd
1985–86	Lamar	5–21	2–10	6th
Lamar:		17–36 (.321)	9–15 (.375)
Nevada (Big Sky Conference) (1988–1990)
1988–89	Nevada	2–25	0–16
1989–90	Nevada	6–21	2–14
Nevada:		8–46 (.148)	2–30 (.063)
Mary Hardin-Baylor (American Southwest Conference) (1999–2000)
1999–20	Mary Hardin-Baylor	12–12	7–5
Total:		37-94 (.282)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Softball

Coach Mason served as head softball coach for UTSA, North Dakota, and the Mary Hardin-Baylor.

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
North Dakota (North Central) (1990–1991)
1990–91	North Dakota	17–16	2–4
North Dakota:		17–16 (.515)	2–4 (.333)
UTSA (Independent) (1991–1992)
1991–92	UTSA	15–36
UTSA (Southland Conference) (1992–1998)
1992–93	UTSA	21–23	10–16	5th
1993–94	UTSA	31–21	20–12	4th
1994–95	UTSA	30–18–1	17–15	4th
1995–96	UTSA	32–20	15–9	T–3rd
1996–97	UTSA	21–30	11–13	6th
1997–98	UTSA	31–20	17–8	3rd
UTSA:		182–67 (.731)	90–73 (.552)
Mary Hardin-Baylor (American Southwest Conference) (1999–2000)
1999–20	Mary Hardin-Baylor	17–14	12–4
Total:		216-97 (.690)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. Elaine Ayala (June 5, 2011). "Mason was a longtime coach. Her winning career was punctuated by toughness, caring.". mysanantonio.com. San Antonio Express--News. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
2. "Nevada Wolf Pack Women's Basketball". University of Nevada Athletics. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
3. "Softball Coaches Career". NCAA.org. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
4. "2016 UTSA softball Almanac". UTSA Athletics. pp. 49–50. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
5. "News and Notes" (PDF). Fast Pitch Coaches Association. August 1, 1998. p. 3. Retrieved March 15, 2016.