Lauren Macer is entering her second season as the head coach of the Storm women's basketball program in 2025-26.
Macer came to Lake Erie after spending two stints as the head women's basketball coach at Notre Dame College (NDC). Throughout her five seasons at the helm for NDC, she compiled a record of 89-51 and made the Mountain East Conference Tournament each year. The 2019-20 season was the most successful as Macer's Falcons set program records with 26 wins, 18 conference wins and 12 road wins. The Falcons reached the MEC Tournament championship game before qualifying for the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in program history. Notre Dame's offense ranked 15th in NCAA Division II with 79.2 points per game, 34th with 458 assists and 35th in field goal percentage at 44.3-percent. NDC was third in the Mountain East Conference in assists to turnover margin at 1.07. On defense, the Falcons ranked 15th in the country in total steals with 344 and 23rd with 11.1 steals per game. They ranked second in the MEC by allowing just 70.4 points per game, third in field goal percentage defense at 40.8-percent and second in blocks with 111.
In between stints at NDC, Macer was the top assistant during transformative years for the Mastodons. In her first season, the Mastodons made a jump in nearly all statistical categories, including points per game (53.7-60.1), free throw percentage (71.4-81.9), assists per game (9.5-12.7) and 3-point percentage (25.0-32.5). The Mastodons' 81.9 percent free throw clip was the second-best in the country in 2021-22 and was the best in program history. She helped the Mastodons to their most wins since 2014-15 and most league wins since 2013-14. She also helped to lead Ryin Ott and Shayla Sellers to All-League honors. The Mastodon's wrapped up their season by making an appearance in Horizon League Tournament Semifinals.
Prior to being named the head coach at Notre Dame in 2017-18, she played for the Falcons, where she was a 1,000-point scorer. After finishing her career as the best free throw shooter in program history, she joined the staff as a volunteer assistant, then transitioned to graduate assistant, and was promoted to assistant coach for the 2016-17 season.
She received her bachelors degree in Adolescent Young Adult Education with a concentration in English Language Arts from Notre Dame College in 2013 and also completed her Masters of Education with a Reading Certification.
As a Twinsburg High School graduate, she received 10 varsity letters, excelling in basketball, soccer and track with two appearances at the state track meet. In 2015, Macer was inducted into the Twinsburg High School Hall of Fame.
