Stacey (Lukasiewicz) VanDyken joined the Northwest Nazarene women's basketball program as an assistant coach in the summer of 2021, and now enters her third season in the 2023-24 academic year.
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Stacey came to NNU from California Baptist University, where she spent the 2018-19 to 2020-2021 seasons as the Director of Basketball Operations. Prior to that, she was an assistant at Central Washington during the 2017-18 season. She was also a member of the Seattle Pacific women’s basketball team before transitioning to coaching, playing in all but one of the Falcons' games over her four seasons.
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At Cal Baptist, she worked under head coach Jarrod Olson, who was the WAC Coach of the Year two out of the last three years. During her time at CBU, the program compiled an overall record of 60-28. In the 2020-21 season, Cal Baptist recorded the best Division I record in the country at 26-1. The Lancers won the WAC regular season and tournament titles, and won two games in the WNIT before losing in the quarterfinals.
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During her one season at CWU, the Wildcats qualified for the GNAC tournament with an 11-9 conference record.
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A native of Denver, Colorado, she earned a Master’s in Athletic Administration from Central Washington after graduating from Seattle Pacific with a degree in Exercise Science and Teaching Health and Fitness with a minor in coaching.
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