Tairia Flowers
Flowers in 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current position | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Title | Head coach | |||||||||||||||||
| Team | Loyola Marymount | |||||||||||||||||
| Conference | WCC | |||||||||||||||||
| Biographical details | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 9, 1981 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | UCLA | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Arizona Heat | |||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | First base, catcher | |||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Softball | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | UC Riverside (asst.) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Long Beach State (asst.) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2020 | Cal State Northridge | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Loyola Marymount | |||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | USA Women's Softball (asst.) | |||||||||||||||||
| Head coaching record | ||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 259–263 (.496) | |||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | NCAA Division I: 0–2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Accomplishments and honors | ||||||||||||||||||
| Championships | ||||||||||||||||||
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Tairia Mims Flowers (born January 9, 1981) is an African-American former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, softball player and current head coach at Loyola Marymount. She played college softball as a third baseman for the UCLA Bruins from 2000 to 2003, winning a national championship in 2003 and ranking top-five in school career RBIs and home runs. Flowers also helped them to two runner-up finishes and was named a three-time All-Tournament honoree. Flowers won a gold and silver medal as part of Team USA at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.