- BA - Health and Physical Education - Montana State University in Billings, MT.

- Minor:  Coaching
- MA-ED - Learning Development; - Montana State University-Northern

- Emphasis: Group and Family Counseling

Personal:  Coach Handley has been married for 16 years to Chris Handley, who is a professional photographer located out of McIntosh.  They have a sixteen-year-old son, Tyler, and a thirteen-year-old daughter, Erica.  In addition to her coaching, Coach Handley is an instructor in the Health and Physical Education, Child Development and Psychology departments for NCTC.   She is also the assistant the co-athletic director.

Coaching Experience:

- The 2007 season will be the second season for Lisa Handley, as the Pioneer's head coach.  In her first season at NCTC Handley improved the team's previous win-loss record by 12 matches, and was named Coach of the Year for the Northern Division.  Coach Handley's squad had three players named as all-division players, one MCCC all-conference player and six MCCC academic all-conference players.  The team also received the MCCC Academic Team Award and the NJCAA Academic Team of the Year Award.

  Coach Handley came from being the longest tenured coach at Montana State University-Northern, which was a four-year university, in Havre, MT.  She coached for seven years, at MSU-N, then finally chose to leave Montana to return to her native state, and live in her home town of McIntosh.

  At Montana State University - Northern, Coach Handley turned a struggling program around to finish third in the Frontier Conference tournament two years in a row, and was regionally ranked those same two years.  When she left MSU-N she had coached 13 all-conference, three all-region, 42 academic all-conference, and nine Academic All-American players.  Her last year there her team accomplished one of their proudest moments by receiving the AVCA National Academic Team Award.

  Prior to coaching at MSU-N, Coach Handley was the assistant coach at Rocky Mountain College, in Billings, Montana, for two years.  She helped coach Rocky to their first ever appearance at a Regional tournament and produce their first All-American player.

  Coach Handley also coached at the high-school level, junior high-level, and all-ages of club teams in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana.  She has had a passion for coaching since she put on her very first camp in 1989.
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