Eric Dumas, a former assistant with both the men's and women's basketball programs at Lambuth University, enters his eighth season with the Southeastern Louisiana women's basketball staff.
Dumas primarily works with the post players and works with fellow assistant Brent Harris on developing scouting reports and game plans for each Southeastern opponent. Dumas is also a vital member of the Southeastern recruiting process and oversees the Lady Lion conditioning program.
Under Dumas’ guidance, the Lady Lion post corps helped Southeastern post a Southland Conference-best plus-5.7 rebounding margin in 2008-09. Dumas worked with multi-time All-Southland selection Kristy Carlin – one of the top scorers and rebounders in school history – as well as All-Southland performers Brenita Williams, Jazmin Cain, Nakeya Downing and Pam Mathews.
Dumas spent six seasons as an assistant for men's coach Brad Jones at Lambuth and served his last season at Lambuth as a women's assistant for Lori Davis Jones. Dumas was interim head coach for part of the 2001-02 season and during his tenure with the Lady Eagles, he served as recruiting coordinator and coached the post players.
The Paducah, Ky., native helped guide the Lady Eagles to a Sweet 16 berth in the 2001-02 NAIA Tournament. He also helped Lambuth men's team to the 1999 NAIA National Tournament for the first time and the Mid-South Conference Championship in 1999-2000.
Prior to entering coaching, Dumas played men’s basketball at Lambuth, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in education in 1996. At Paducah Tillman High School, Dumas played on the boy’s basketball team and was a member of the football team as a freshman. Dumas is single and resides in Hammond.
