She was the first head coach of the women's basketball team at Louisiana State University (LSU) from 1975 to 1979.
[1] Coleman led the Lady Tigers (then the BenGals) to a 91–32 record before resigning 15 games into the 1978–1979 season.
Throughout her tenure, however, she was required to teach five physical education classes in addition to her coaching duties.
Her teams went to three Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Tournaments, won a state title in 1978, and earned a regional crown in 1977.
In the 1977 AIAW National Tournament in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Coleman's LSU team defeated Western Michigan (91-53), Baylor (71-64), and Immaculata College (74-68), before falling to Margaret Wade's #1 ranked Delta State team in the national championship game by a score of 68-55.