Bushnell University

The Chad Meadors File
2018-Present
2020 CCC Coach of the Year 2021 CCC Coach of the Year
1 All American 14 All-Conference 35 NAIA Scholar-Athletes 2 CCC Championships 1 CCC Tournament Championship 4 Post-Season Appearances 1 NAIA Tournament Appearance
Year	W	L	PCT
2018-19	10	19	.345
2019-20	26*	5	.839
2020-21	11	2	.846
2021-22	19	13	.594
2022-23	17	11	.607
2023-24	16	13	.624
TOTALS	99	63	.611
*School Record

Chad Meadors became the fourth head coach of the Bushnell University women’s basketball team in 2018, and in short-order became a two-time Cascade Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year while leading the Beacons to back-to-back CCC Championships. By 2023 he had become Bushnell's winningest coach in program history. 

In just his second season, Meadors led the Beacons to a record 26-win season along with their first Cascade Collegiate Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championships. He was named the CCC Coach of the Year. That 2019-2020 team also qualified for the NAIA Division II National Championship Tournament as a No. 4 seed but the tournament was canceled before their first game due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pandemic-shortened 2020-2021 season included their second consecutive conference title, winning the CCC Spring Championship with a conference record of 9-1. The team ended that season on a ten-game winning streak.

The 2020-21 season was also a landmark year for the women's basketball team off the court. The Beacons were named the Cascade Collegiate Conference Team of Character, and Meadors was named the CCC Les Schwab Coach of Character, leading a program that represented respect, integrity, responsibility, servant leadership, and sportsmanship. When it wasn't clear if the 2020-21 season was going to happen due to COVID-19, Coach Meadors and his players were strong advocates for all of the CCC (and non-NCAA DI) schools in Oregon, working with the Oregon Health Authority and the Governor's office to request policy changes that eventually led to basketball teams being able to return to play for the Spring CCC season.
 
Meadors came to Eugene from Longview, Washington where he spent 11 seasons as the head women’s coach at Lower Columbia College. During his tenure, the Red Devils went 224-106 and averaged over 20 wins per season. They held an .841 winning percentage in league games and won five NWAC West Division championships. Meadors was a four-time NWAC Coach of the Year during his tenure. He coached 23 All-Region players including two Player of the Year winners.

Meadors earned a bachelors degree in social science from Western Oregon University. 
 
Meadors also serves as an Assistant Athletic Director and oversees travel coordination. Outside of coaching, Meadors has a major impact on the Bushnell campus. He serves as an EPIC mentor, providing guidance and a deeper connection to an at-risk Bushnell student. EPIC students get to select their mentor and Chad is always highly sought after. He also frequently guest lectures in classes, speaks at Fellowship of Christian Athletes events, and serves as a Deputy Title IX Coordinator.

In 2021, along with another faculty member, he led a service trip to Talent, Ore., in May, where a team of seven students (all non-athletes) helped a family who lost their home in the fall fires. They cleared the land of metal and glass, and helped cut and remove dead trees, limbs, and brush.

Spring 2023 Beacon Magazine: Coaching For Life - Mentoring and Teaching the Whole Student

What his players have said: 

Morgan McKinney: "Our program takes pride in trying to be the best versions of ourselves every day and coach is the one that leads by example. I am incredibly thankful that I was given the opportunity to be coaches by Chad. He gave me the ability to be my authentic self while also becoming the best athlete I could have been. His belief, care, and selflessness is what has brought the program to light. I am forever thankful."
 
Aspen Slifka: "Coach Chad genuinely lives his values and shares them with our team. His goal is not just to make us better players, but better people too."
 
Sarah Reinecker: "Coach Meadors is the hardest coach I have every played for and I have never been pushed that hard in my life, but he knows what we are capable of and he pushes us way beyond what he thought our limit was. I have never had a male coach that cares so much about how we are doing mentally, emotionally, and physically outside of basketball and he wants what is best for each and every one of our individual futures. During my freshman year he said, 'my job is to help you grow into strong independent women who are ready to face the world when you finish college, I just get to do that through basketball.' A coach with that mentality will give his all on and off the court for us and that is why we are so successful."
 
Claire Salness: "Coach is one of the most passionate and energetic people I have met and I admire his determination to have a good day, no matter what. He is a champion of character in many ways but he never fails to show how much he really cares about us as individuals. He has helped me through some difficult decisions and held me accountable to help push me to be a better player and person."