Head Coach Mike Curfman
Concordia College '92
Third Season at Bemidji State
82-114 (.418) overall - Entering ninth season
[mcurfman@bemidjistate.edu]
phone #: 218-755-3783

Mike Curfman became the ninth head coach in Bemidji State University women's basketball program history when he was hired in the summer of 2005. He begins his third season pacing the Bemidji State sidelines and his eighth season has a head coach in 2007-08. His third season comes on the heels of a campaign in which he guided a team with a good group of core players to a record of 14-14 mark overall and a 9-9 record in the NSIC. The fourteen wins is the most wins any team has posted in eleven seasons (1994-95) and it was the first time the Beavers have posted a record that wasn’t below .500 since 1994-95 when the Beavers were 14-13.

Over the past two seasons Curfman has guided three players to All-NSIC selections in Stephanie Peterson, Amy Lawson and Heidi Matzke with Lawson getting the nod as the 2006 NSIC Defensive Co-Player of the Year.

Curfman, 38, brings a basketball resume which includes 16 seasons of collegiate coaching experience including eight as a head coach and a total of ten seasons within the NSIC. Previous to BSU, he spent six years guiding the University of Minnesota-Crookston women's basketball program where three times during his tenure the team set or equaled school records for wins (2000-01, 2001-02 and 2004-05) and racked up 55 victories during the past four seasons.

During Curfman's six seasons at Minnesota-Crookston 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 16 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 the 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 have 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 last season.

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

Over the last four years (2003-2007) Super has spent her time in the high school ranks. For the last two years she has been 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 were she taught English for seventh, eighth ninth and eleventh grades. During Supers’ two-year stop at Wyndmere she was the head girls volleyball coach, were 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 Fall 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 3-time Division II National Championship Basketball Team at the University of North Dakota. During her high school career at Badger-Greenbush-Middleriver, 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.

Super resides in Bemidji with her husband, Jeremy Popp, and their rescued pets.



Graduate Assistant Coach Denae Fisher
e-mail: dfisher@bemidjistate.edu
phone #: 218-755-2941

Denae Fisher enters her third season as an assistant coach for the Beavers. For the past two season’s Fisher has been on the sidelines as a student assistant coach for Bemidji State. Fisher will begin her first season as a graduate assistant coach for the Beavers this season. A graduate of Falls High School in International Falls, Minn., Fisher was a member of the varsity basketball team and went on to play two seasons for Diefer Humbert at Rainy River Community College before arriving at BSU. She double majored in health and physical education with a developmental adapted physical education minor and a coaching specialty in 2007 from Bemidji State University. Currently, Fisher is completing her student teaching assignments around the Bemidji Area Schools during the fall of 2007 to finish up her degree.

Since 2002, Fisher has been involved in the coaching side of the game. During the 2002-03 season she coached the Falls High School seventh grade team. Upon making the move to Bemidji in the fall of 2004, she began working within the Bemidji High School system. The 2004-05 season was spent as the head coach of the ninth grade team while assisting with coaching duties for the varsity squad. She then moved on to a role with the seventh grade Bemidji Bombers team in the spring of 2005.

She is the daughter of David and Barbara Fisher and will be seeking her master’s degree in sports studies at Bemidji State University.

Studant Assistant Coach Marissa Hinshaw
e-mail: N/A
phone #: N/A

Marissa Hinshaw begins her first season as a student assistant coach at Bemidji State University. A graduate of Dimond High School in Anchorage, Alaska., Hinshaw was a four-year contributor to the Dimond High School basketball team she helped lead the Dimond High School to two state championships during her sophomore and senior seasons, she was a four time letterwinner in basketball along with volleyball. She also helped lead DHS to the Alaska State 3A/4A Championship and was selected to the Good Sport Team. Last season she was part of the BSU volleyball team, and was thought to be the first player from Alaska to play volleyball at Bemidji State.

A native of Anchorage, Alaska, she is the daughter of Michael and Laurel Hinshaw, she is currently studying nursing at BSU.