Buena Vista University

610 W. Fourth Street - Storm Lake, IA - 50588
Team Office: Tel: (712) 749-2252 Fax: (712) 749-1428
Team website: www.bvu.edu/athletics/

Buena Vista offers over 40 Bachelor degree programs in a traditional liberal arts curriculum through five schools: Business, Communications and Arts, Education, Social Sciences, and Science. Majors offered include Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, Marketing, Criminal Justice, and Commercial and Advertising Art. Every student is provided a notebook computer. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Buena Vista 12th among schools in the midwest offering a Bachelor's degree.

The campus is located on the shores of Storm Lake (pop. 10k) about 100 miles from Des Moines.

School website
www.bvu.edu

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Most Popular Majors

Business - Education - Multi/interdisciplinary Studies

Misc. Information

Head coach Brian Van Haaftten completed his 12th season at Buena Vista in 2007-08. After serving as an assistant for four seasons, Van Haaften took over a program in 1996-97 that had endured five losing seasons out of the previous six, averaging just eight wins per year over that time frame. Van Haaftten is the only coach in Buena Vista's history that has produced a competitive program. During his tenure, Van Haaften (or more fondly called Coach VH on campus) reached the 100 win plateau faster than any coach at the D3 level. Van Haaften was principal and head basketball coach at St. Mary's HS in Storm Lake prior to coming to Buena Vista. In 2007-08, the Beavers went 23-7 and advanced to the D3 Sweet 16 before falling to Washington University (St. Louis).

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

Coaches

Head Coach	Brian Van Haaften
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Buena Vista	1996-97
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	255-82 (.756)
Record at Buena Vista	255-82 (.756)
Coaching Awards	IIAC COTY 5x, West Region COTY
Asst. Coaches	Eric Weibers, Randy Bissen

Recruiting Coordinator

Eric Weibers, (712) 749-2252, WeibersE@bvu.edu

Conference and Schedule

Buena Vista plays in the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (www.iowaconference.com) which is comprised of nine private institutions. The conference season can start in late November or early December though non-league games are scheduled in until January. Buena Vista will play each team twice, home and away. Games are played on one evening during the week and Saturday afternoons. Games are commonly piggybacked with the women's. The season concludes with the IIAC conference which includes all schools. Top seeds host in a single elimination format (no byes) with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

Wartburg, Central, Luthern, Simpson, Cornell, Loras, Dubuque, and Coe.

Facilities

Siebens Fieldhouse
Capacity 3,000. Average attendance (???)

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