Coaching Staff

Head Coach 

Lucas McDonald

► 1st year as Head Coach at Dodge City Community College

► Hometown: Chapman, KS

► High School: Chapman High School

► Colleges: Kansas Wesleyan University

Coach McDonald enters his first year as the head coach of the Dodge City Community College women's basketball team.

Lucas has spent the past five seasons as a head girls basketball coach in the Birmingham, Alabama area. Most recently he had been the head girls basketball coach at Pelham High School since 2007. He led Pelham to only the second hosting of an area tournament in the school’s history.  
Prior to Pelham, McDonald spent a season as the head girls basketball coach at Pleasant Grove High School. His 5A team was ranked 9th in the Alabama Sports Writers Association poll and made an appearance in the Northwest regional.  
 

McDonald has also coached at the collegiate level seven years. From 2004 to 2006, he was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Birmingham Southern College. During his tenure at Southern, he helped the Lady Panthers rank second in the NCAA in steals per game.  
 

Lucas is no stranger to the Lady Conquistador basketball program. Coach McDonald was an assistant coach for Jim Turgeon from 2001 to 2004. During his first stint at Dodge City CC, McDonald helped to steadily improve the Lady Conquistador basketball program. After winning 13 games during the 2001-2002 season, the Lady Conquistadors won 22 games during the 2002-2003 season and then set a school record for wins during the 2003-2004 season with 26 wins.  
The 2003-2004 squad also reached the Region VI championship game before falling to Seward County and was ranked nationally for 11 weeks.  
 

A graduate of Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, KS, McDonald spent two seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater. He completed his bachelor of science degree in Biology along with a secondary education certificate. Lucas is married to Amy (DeBoer) McDonald and we have two children, Avery, age 9, and Denton, age 5
 

Assistant Coach

Crystal Reed

► 1st year at Dodge City Community College

► Hometown: San Antonio, TX

► High School: Sam Houston High School

► Colleges: Dodge City CC; Birmingham Southern College

Coach Reed enters her first season as the women's basketball coach at Dodge City Community College but is no stranger to the Lady Conquistador basketball program. Reed was a member of the Lady Conquistador basketball team during the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 seasons.

During her playing days at Dodge City, Reed earned All-KJCCC Western Division Honorable Mention status and is in the top ten in several categories. Reed's 03-04 squad reached the Region VI finals and was nationally ranked for 11 weeks.
 

Coach Reed then transferred to NCAA Division I Birmingham Southern College in Birmingham, AL, where she received her Bachelors of Arts degree in Educational Services.
 

Crystal entered the coaching ranks as an assistant at the University of Illinois-Springfield. During her three years on staff, the Prairie Stars transitioned from an NAIA program to a member of the Great Lakes Conference and NCAA Division II status.
 

Reed is a native of San Antonio, Texas, where she graduated from Sam Houston High School. During her senior year, Coach Reed was the MVP of the San Antonio Independent School District and made the San Antonio All City team.