Loren Bewley

Loren Bewley is in her tenth season as an assistant coach for the Transylvania women’s basketball team entering the 2023-24 campaign. Bewley, a 2009 Transylvania alumna, received her master of science from Eastern Kentucky University in 2014.

In her first season with the Transy coaching staff, Bewley was immediately part of a historic season for the Pioneers. The team became the first to go undefeated in regular-season HCAC play and received what was their highest national ranking in school history at 13th. Bewley has been part of the Pioneer women’s basketball steady rise, marked by the program’s first-ever appearance in the NCAA Sweet 16 during the 2018-19 season.

In the 2021-22 season, Bewley helped lead the Pioneers through an undefeated regular season, 21-0, where they were ranked as high as #2 in the nation in the coaches’ poll. After running away with their fourth straight HCAC Championship, Bewley and her staff guided Transylvania through an unforgettable NCAA Tournament run where they reached the Elite Eight, and concluded the season at 27-1 overall. After the record breaking season, she and her staff were named the 2022 Transylvania Coaching Staff of the Year.

During her time at Transy as a student, Bewley was a four-year member of the softball team and a three-year member of the women’s basketball program.

After graduating, she held a number of assistant coaching positions prior to joining the Pioneers, including stints at West Jessamine Middle School, West Jessamine High School and The Lexington School.

Bewley has also worked as an intern for the Transylvania athletic department and the Lexington Legends front office and is currently a full-time firefighter with the Nicholasville Fire Department.

She received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a minor in exercise science from Transylvania before earning her MS in physical education with a concentration in sports administration from EKU.