Coaching Staff

Mandy Sansbury
Assistant Coach

Mandy Sansbury joined the IUPUI softball staff prior to the 2024 season, bringing impressive credentials to the Jaguars’ program. Sansbury brings 12 years of Division II head coach experience

Before coming to IUPUI, Sansbury coached at Division II Mount Olive for nine seasons as the head coach. In the 2021 season, the Trojans earned their first trip to the conference championship final under Sansbury. She also coached the program's second-ever All-American in Kylie Emanuele. During her eight years at UMO, Sansbury recorded a 247-169 overall record.

Sansbury spent the previous eight years coaching at the Division II level, the last three years serving as head softball coach at Glenville State (W. Va.). During her tenure at Glenville State, her team set single-season records for winning percentage and home runs. Glenville State softball student-athletes compiled 12 all-conference selections during Sansbury's three years.

Her teams at Glenville State also excelled in the classroom, compiling a team grade point average above 3.00 each year. The softball team had the highest team GPA in the Glenville State athletics department in the 2011-12 and 2013-14 academic years. Sansbury spent the previous five years as an assistant softball coach at the University of West Georgia.

In addition to coaching at the Division II level, she played collegiate softball at NCAA Division II members Ashland (Ohio) and West Virginia Wesleyan. She was an all-region and all-conference catcher at Ashland and an all-conference selection at West Virginia Virginia Wesleyan, where she earned her undergraduate degree. A physical education major, Sansbury was also a three-time NFCA Scholar-Athlete.

She earned her master's in physical education at West Georgia and her post-master's certification in sport psychology at California University of Pennsylvania.