Head Coach Mike Curfman
Concordia College '92
Fifth Season at Bemidji State
Record at BSU: 43-68 (.387) - Four Seasons
108-169 (.400) overall - 10 Seasons
[mcurfman@bemidjistate.edu]
phone #: 218-755-3783

Mike Curfman is in his fifth year as head women’s basketball coach for the Beavers. Curfman has directed Bemidji State University to a 43-68 overall record (.387) in his four seasons while posting a 25-45 (.357) mark in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. Entering his fifth season as head coach, Curfman becomes the third-longest tenured coach in the program’s history, trailing only Doreen Zierer who coached 11 seasons (1990-2002) and Ruth Howe who coached the programs’ first 10 seasons (1967-77). Curfman is tied for fourth on BSU’s all-time coaching victories list. He trails Zierer (129), Howe (95), Joan Campbell (70) and is tied with Mary McDonald (43).

The 2008-09 season was the worst under Curfman as the team posted a 3-24 overall and 1-19 NSIC record. In the 2007-08 season, BSU finished with a 13-15 record, going 9-9 in the NSIC to finish league play in sixth place. With 13 wins it was the third consecutive season the Beavers have had 10 wins or more. The last time a Beaver squad had three consecutive 10-plus win seasons was from 1990-1993.
Rejuvenating a program is nothing new to Curfman, he came to Bemidji State after six years at the helm of the University of Minnesota, Crookston program where three times during his tenure his teams set or equaled school records for wins (2000-01, 2001-02 and 2004-05) and racked up 55 victories during his final four seasons.

While at UMC, he helped to elevate the program to the NCAA Division II level. After a 1-26 season in 1999-2000, Curfman directed the Golden Eagles to a school-record nine wins in 2000-01 and increased that record by16 the following year. In 2002-03, under Curfman,UMC made the NSIC tournament for the first time, cruising to the championship game before falling to NCAA Tournament bound University of Minnesota Duluth. Most recently his Golden Eagles tied for fourth place in the NSIC posting a league record of 8-6 while going 16-11 overall and making their first ever appearance in the North Central Regional Polls. He has mentored 10 All-Conference selections as a head coach including 2000-01 NSIC Newcomer of the Year and 2001-02 Player of the Year Jessica Forsline and was himself named as the 2002 NSIC Coach of the Year.
Curfman’s teams have done equally as well in the classroom. During his tenure at UMC, the Golden Eagles posted at least a 3.0 team grade point average and finished in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s Top 10 Academic National Rankings with a team G.P.A. of better than 3.4 in 2004-05.

Previous to taking over the UMC program, Curfman was an assistant coach at St. Cloud State University (1994-99), serving as Dr. Lori Ulferts’ top assistant for five seasons. He also coached under Dr. Ulferts at Moorhead State University (1992-94) as an assistant while serving as the head coach of the junior varsity team. He has presented at a number of camps and clinics and is a member of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and the Minnesota State High School League Coaches Association.

A native of Fosston, Minn., Curfman was an Academic All-America selection for the UMC basketball team while earning his A.A.S. degree. He then moved on to Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn. where he graduated in 1992 with his B.A. in Business Administration while captaining the Cobber men’s basketball program. In 1994, Curfman earned his MBA in business administration from Moorhead State University (now Minnesota State University Moorhead) while acting as an assistant coach for the Dragons’ women’s basketball program.

Curfman currently resides in Fosston with his wife Michelle, his son Caleb and his daughter Emily.

Assistant Coach Krissi Super
e-mail: ksuper@bemidjistate.edu
phone #: 218-755-2941

Krissi Super is in her third season at Bemidji State serving as both an assistant women’s basketball coach and the institution’s head women’s golf coach. She came to BSU after spending four years in the high school ranks. She spent two years as a Communication Arts/Literature teacher at the Bemidji Area Schools, teaching English for grades 9-12 at the Lumberjack Alternative High School. During her stint at the Bemidji Area Schools, Super was also the one-act play director.

From August 2003 to March 2005 she was a long-term substitute English teacher at Wyndmere Public Schools where she taught English for seventh, eighth, ninth and eleventh grades. During Supers’ two-year stop at Wyndmere she was the head girls volleyball coach, where she led the Warriors to their first-ever state tournament appearance in 2003. She was also the assistant boys basketball coach during her time at Wyndmere Public Schools.

Along with teaching high school students, Super has been a guest speaker at area high schools, speaking on peer pressure, respect and pride.

Prior to her jump to the teaching ranks, Super was a sports announcer, news assistant and DJ for Thief River Falls Radio (2000-2002). During her time there she covered over 100 games, including boys and girls basketball, women’s college basketball, high school and college volleyball, softball, baseball, girls hockey and football sideline reporting.

Along with covering games, Super compiled news stories, conducted interviews, produced advertising, and worked with public relations and promotions. In addition to her time at Thief River Falls Radio, she worked as a sports anchor/reporter at Studio One Television at the University of North Dakota for two years.

On the basketball court, Super was a member of the three-time Division II National Championship Basketball Team at the University of North Dakota. During her high school career at Badger-Greenbush-Middle River, Super compiled 2,804 points in her career which sits her in eighth place on the all-time scorers list for Minnesota girls basketball.

In addition to her coaching experience at Wyndmere, Super is the founder and director of Super Camps, which began in June 1997. She organizes and instructs Super Hooper Basketball camps for boys and girls grades K-6 in northwestern Minnesota.

Super has received degrees from two different institutions. In May 2000 she graduated from the University of North Dakota with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and then received her second Bachelor of Arts degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead in May 2005 in secondary education-communication arts/literature.

Her husband, Jeremy Popp, is the head women’s softball coach at BSU. They reside in Bemidji with their rescued pets.


Graduate Assistant Coach Pamela Findlay
e-mail: pfindlay@bemidjistate.edu
phone #: 218-755-2941

Pamela Findlay begins her first season as the graduate assistant coach for the women’s basketball squad. Her coaching experience includes various clinics and camps throughout high school and college.

She comes to BSU after attending the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. She played four years of basketball for the Falcons, serving as a co-captain her senior season.

Findlay attended Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Ill. She competed in varsity basketball, cross country and track.

Born in Winfield, Ill., she is the daughter of Rick and Jill Findlay. A biology major at AFA, Findlay is seeking her master’s degree in sports studies at Bemidji State University.

Studant Assistant Coach Corinne Milien
e-mail: N/A
phone #: N/A

Corinne Milien is in her first full season as a student assistant at Bemidji State University. Her main responsibilities are to help conduct drills at practice, chart statistics, film practices and games and assist in game day operations.

She joins the Beaver coaching staff after coaching at Forsyth Central High School in Georgia, helping the Bulldogs to the first winning season since 2000. Milien was a student manager for one year at U.S. Air Force Academy (2007-08) and played one season at the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School (2006-07). Played and coached in Germany (2005-06), playing for Spangdahlem AFB and helping guide Bitburg High School to its first DOD-European Championship in school history.

Milien is seeking a degree in sports management with a coaching specialist. She is a student intern with BSU Athletic Media Relations and an active member of the PEHS club.