Women's Basketball

Simpson College

701 North C Street - Indianola, IA - 50125
Team Office: Tel: (515) 961-1671 Fax: (515) 961-1279
Team website: www.simpson.edu/storm/index.html

Founded in 1860, Simpson is a private liberal arts college offering nearly 50 Bachelor degree programs including Sport and Fitness Administration/Management, Optometry (OD), Corporate Communications, Criminal Justice, Physical Therapy, International Relations, and Drama. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Simpson in the third tier among liberal arts universities.

The 75 acre campus is located in Indianola (pop.13k) about 12 miles from Des Moines.

School website
http://www.simpson.edu/

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

United Methodist

Enrollment:

1,900

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. ACT 25/75: 22-26

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$30,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Liberal Arts- Social Sciences

Misc. Information

Head coach Brian Niemuth completed his 21st year at Simpson in 2007-08. Simpson's winningest coach in the history of women's basketball, Niemuth has compiled a .697 winning record since taking over in 1985-86. Over the last eleven years, Niemuth has led the Storm to six first place finishes in the Iowa Intercollegiate Conference, averaged 21 wins per season, and made seven NCAA appearances. In 1998-99, the Storm went 20-0 in league play. Prior to his arrival, Niemuth served as an assistant coach at Park College (Kansas City), his alma mater, where he was an all conference player and co-captain for two years. In 2007-08, the Storm finished with an overall 27-3 record but were eliminated in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tourney by UW-Whitewater.

Team Name	Storm
Colors	Red and Gold
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	535-300 (.640)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	27-3	23-7	24-5	101-38 (.726)
Conference	15-1	12-4	15-1	64-22 (.744)
Conf. Finish	1	2	1	2, 2, 1, 4, 2
Post Appear.	Swt 16	Swt 16	2nd Rnd	NCAA 1x
Final 25 Rank	#11	NR	#17	0x

Coaches

Head Coach	Brian Niemuth
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Simpson	1987-88
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	388-168 (.697)
Record at Simpson	388-168 (.697)
Coaching Awards	WBCA District COTY (00), IIAC COTY 2x

Asst. Coaches	Catherria Turner, Nicci Whalen

Recruiting Coordinator

Brian Niemuth (515) 961-1670, niemuth@simpson.edu

Conference and Schedule

Simpson plays in the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (www.iowaconference.com) which is comprised of nine small colleges, all in Iowa. Simpson will play each team twice, home and away. Games are commonly piggybacked with the men's. The farthest conference away game is at Luther College, 214 miles from Indianola. The season concludes with the IIAC tourney which takes the top eight teams with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

Wartburg, Central, Luther, Buena Vista, Cornell, Loras, Dubuque, and Coe

Facilities

Cowles Fieldhouse
Capacity: 3,000, Average attendance: 250

Style/Stats

Neimuth likes to use up to 12 players in a game as the Storm employs a full-court press which they try to use to force the tempo and create easy baskets. In 2007-08, Simpson ranked #3 in offense, averaging 83.4 ppg.