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.