Announcing New Head Coach: Christian Madsen

The program is happy to name Christian Madsen as its next head coach! Coach Madsen has

been the top men’s player on the team, along with being the past president/captain of the

team and has been a major reason the program has flourished. He has taken the lead on

running the annual Bear Bash Tournament, Collegiate Nationals, other tournaments, along with

assisting Hopkins with teaching the Kinesiology course on Fundamentals of Handball. Madsen

is a Presidential Scholar graduate of Missouri State University with a degree in Biology, and a

minor in Chemistry. He has also earned a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT). Madsen will be

teaching in the Science Department at Greenwood Laboratory School on the campus of

Missouri State University.

The handball program will no doubt continue its tradition and legacy under the leadership of

Christian Madsen. The program would also like to recognize and thank All-American player

Taylor Bell as its out-of-town tournament and social media coordinator during this transition

and moving forward.

Jeni Hopkins states, “The players of this program are impressive people. They, along with the

assistant coaches and their passion for handball and the family environment that has been

created has kept this program going strong. The foundation that Dr. Burnett laid will continue

to be built upon and as an alumna, and speaking for the Burnett family, we could not be

happier in our choice as the next head coach. Dr. Burnett would be very proud to have Coach Madsen lead the program”.

Read more in the press release HERE