Women's Basketball
Flowers, Jason

Jason Flowers
- Title:
- Director of Player Development, Women's Basketball
- Email:
- jflowers@calbaptist.edu
- Phone:
- 552-8986
Jason Flowers joined California Baptist University Women’s Basketball’s coaching staff in September 2020 after a very successful stint as the head coach of the CSUN Matadors from 2010 until July 2020.
Flowers joined the staff just in time to be part of the Lancers historic 2020-21 run where the team went 26-1, won it's first ever WAC regular season and tournament championships, and won the first and secnod WNIT games in program history as well.
Jason primarily assists with the team's academic oversight, communication services, coordinating the annual summer Team Camp, and utilizies his years of heading coach experience to act as a special advisor to Head Coach Jarrod Olson.
Flowers was a two-time Big West Conference Coach of the Year (2012 & 2014) at CSUN. He guided the Matadors to Big West Tournament Championships in 2014, 2015, and 2018 to earn the league’s automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. CSUN also won the Big West's regular season title in 2014 for the first time in program history.
Flowers concluded his time with the Matadors as their all-time winningest coach with 150 wins. He also set a single season wins record in 2014-15 (23-10). His student-athletes accomplished a lot at CSUN, as the Matadors produced three Conference Players of the Year (2014, 2017, 2018); three Conference Tournament MVPs (2014, 2015, 2018); three Freshmen of the Year (2012, 2016, 2017) and prepared eight players to play professionally.
Flowers' began his collegiate-level basketball career as a player for UC Irvine and UCLA. Following his playing days, Jason transitioned into coaching as a Volunteer Assistant for UCLA Men's Basketball (2001-03), Head Girls Basketball Coach at Valley High School (2003-04), Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Long Beach State (2004-08) and Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at UC Riverside (2008-10) before he came to CSUN.
Coaching runs through Flowers' family. He is married to Tairia Flowers, the LMU head softball coach. Tairia was a member of the United States National Team (2001-08), won a gold medal as a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic softball team in Athens (Greece) and a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games.
The couple has three children: daughters Jasmine and Trystin and son Jayce.
Flowers joined the staff just in time to be part of the Lancers historic 2020-21 run where the team went 26-1, won it's first ever WAC regular season and tournament championships, and won the first and secnod WNIT games in program history as well.
Jason primarily assists with the team's academic oversight, communication services, coordinating the annual summer Team Camp, and utilizies his years of heading coach experience to act as a special advisor to Head Coach Jarrod Olson.
Flowers was a two-time Big West Conference Coach of the Year (2012 & 2014) at CSUN. He guided the Matadors to Big West Tournament Championships in 2014, 2015, and 2018 to earn the league’s automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. CSUN also won the Big West's regular season title in 2014 for the first time in program history.
Flowers concluded his time with the Matadors as their all-time winningest coach with 150 wins. He also set a single season wins record in 2014-15 (23-10). His student-athletes accomplished a lot at CSUN, as the Matadors produced three Conference Players of the Year (2014, 2017, 2018); three Conference Tournament MVPs (2014, 2015, 2018); three Freshmen of the Year (2012, 2016, 2017) and prepared eight players to play professionally.
Flowers' began his collegiate-level basketball career as a player for UC Irvine and UCLA. Following his playing days, Jason transitioned into coaching as a Volunteer Assistant for UCLA Men's Basketball (2001-03), Head Girls Basketball Coach at Valley High School (2003-04), Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Long Beach State (2004-08) and Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at UC Riverside (2008-10) before he came to CSUN.
Coaching runs through Flowers' family. He is married to Tairia Flowers, the LMU head softball coach. Tairia was a member of the United States National Team (2001-08), won a gold medal as a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic softball team in Athens (Greece) and a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games.
The couple has three children: daughters Jasmine and Trystin and son Jayce.