Victoria Lipscomb joined the IUPUI women’s basketball staff in July 2016 following two seasons as a graduate assistant at Michigan State University. While there, Lipscomb specialized in the development and coaching of post players, while also coordinating team managers in addition to the scout team. She gained valuable experience creating scouting reports, analyzing game film and game preparation.
During her playing career, Lipscomb was a four-year letter winner and three year captain at Oakland University from 2009 to 2014. She finished her career averaging 6.5 points per game, 4.5 rebounds per game, and 3.0 assists per game. Lipscomb was a five-time All-Academic selection (four in the Summit League, one in the Horizon League). She finished her career ranked seventh in program history in assists (363) and 11th in steals (192). She set the Oakland record for minutes played in a game (58) in 2012, during a four-overtime game against Western Michigan. In 2014, Lipscomb also competed as part of the Oakland University Track & Field team, earning Horizon League honors in the 4x100m relay. Lipscomb also served as a member of the Oakland University Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
In 2014, Lipscomb was selected to participate in the “So You Want to be a Coach Program” sponsored by the Women’s Basketball Caches Association.
Lipscomb earned her bachelor’s degree in communication from Oakland University in 2013 and her master’s degree in communication from the same university in April 2016. Impressively, she also earned a master’s degree in kinesiology and sports administration from Michigan State University in May 2016.
