Beth Mounier joined the Vikings as an assistant coach in June 2021, and will enter her second year on the Park Blocks during the Vikings’ 2022-23 season.
Mounier stepped into her new role as one of the most promising young coaches on the West Coast. Mounier counts both Tara and Heidi VanDerveer as mentors, having served on the staff at both Stanford and UC San Diego, where she also played for Heidi VanDerveer from 2014-17.
Mounier worked as an intern for Tara VanDerveer at Stanford during the Cardinal’s 2018-19 season. Mounier’s responsibilities at Stanford saw her create personalized mailouts for ESPN No. 1 recruit Haley Jones, who went on to be named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four during Stanford’s 2021 national championship run. In addition to that, Mounier also assisted the coaching staff with scouting, recruiting and video breakdown among other tasks during her time at Stanford.
Mounier then earned a 2020 Tara VanDerveer fellowship, which seeks to provide opportunities for aspiring females to excel in coaching.
The fellowship overlapped with Mounier’s time as the Video Coordinator at UC San Diego, a role she served in during the Tritons’ 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. Mounier helped lead the Tritons to a share of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) regular-season title in her first year on staff, and the team won the CCAA tournament title that season as well. Mounier also helped the Tritons shift to NCAA Division I status, which the Tritons did before the 2020-21 season.
Mounier also had a successful run as a player at UC San Diego, where she played from 2014-17. Mounier earned All-CCAA first-team honors as a senior, when the Tritons won the CCAA regular-season title outright after sharing the honor the previous year.
Mounier was born and raised in Los Angeles, Calif. While at UC San Diego, she earned a B.A. in Communications in 2017.
