Iowa Central Names New Women’s Basketball Coach

IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH YESTERDAY.  ORTMEIER IS CURRENTLY THE HEAD COACH OF THE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM AT LARAMIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, A PROGRAM WHICH, ACCORDING TO ORTMEIERS BIOGRAPHY, WAS A NEW PROGRAM WHEN HE STARTED IN 2016.  ORTMEIER SAYS HE GREW THAT PROGRAM TO 19-12 THIS PAST SEASON, FINISHING WITH AN 18-13 RECORD OVER TOP 25 OPPONENTS.  BECAUSE OF THIS SUCCESS, ORTMEIER SAYS HE WAS NAMED THE NJCAA NATIONAL COACH OF THE WEEK.  HE ALSO NOTES THAT HIS TEAM MAINTAINED A HIGH GPA IN THE CLASSROOM AS WELL.  ORTMEIER HAS PREVIOUS HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE AT COLORADO NORTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AS WELL AS ASSISTANT COACHING EXPERIENCE AT DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY AMONG OTHERS.