Lloydene Searle is in her third season as an assistant coach at Cleveland State, coming to CSU after serving with head coach Becky Norris at Indiana Tech.

While at Indiana Tech, Searle had a hand in helping the program to multiple firsts, continually raising the level of expectations and standards for the program.She helped the team to the highest winning percentage in program history in her first season with the squad and followed that up with the team's first-ever postseason appearance in 2007.

In 2010, Indiana Tech posted a 30-win season for the first time and bettered the mark the following year, going 38-16 (.704).

In addition, she helped the team sustain success in the classroom with 13 student-athletes earning academic all-conference honors in 2011 - the most in program history.

Searle began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Utah before moving on to Utah State. In her first year at the helm in 1981, Searle led Utah State to its second–straight national championship in softball, and the only back–to–back national championships in school history as USU posted a 5–1 record in the 1981 AIAW National Tournament including a 4–3 win against Cal State Fullerton in the championship game in Norman, Okla.

She led the team to a 34-12 record in 1981.

She guided Utah State to national prominence over the next 17 years.

Searle served as the head coach at Eastern Illinois where she became the winningest coach in school history before joining Norris at Indiana Tech.

Searle, a graduate of Utah State University, was the first female to earn an athletic scholarship at USU and competed in volleyball, basketball, and softball, earning honors such as Female Athlete of the Year while appearing on the Dean’s List.

After her collegiate career, she signed with the Women’s Professional Softball League, playing for the Phoenix Birds and the Bakersfield Aggies.

She earned her MBA in 2005 from Indiana Tech and majored in English and Physical Education at Utah State.